Ron Wyden and Lisa Murkowski have introduced the Follow the Money Act to restore transparency to the murky Ads that saturate our media.Like clockwork, there’s something voters have come to count on with

The distance of the US mainland from the fighting in WWII protected us from most of the effects of warfare, but not completely.  There were several attempts to attack the US, most pretty unsuccessful.The Fire Balloons

Are we tired of the burdens of Liberty and the Constitution?  Jonathan Turley thinks so, and he wrote a strong polemic on the subject that was picked up in the

Peter DeFazio is on the hunt, his targets are business shakedown artists known as Patent Trolls.Representatives Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) introduced the SHIELD A

Earl Blumenauer has throughout his career focused on farming and Agriculture, and this may be the year something gets done. 

The Department of Justice secretly obtained the phone records of the Associated Press in what the AP calls a "massive and unprecedented intrusion" into news-gathering operatio

The Enron rot and the new twist of the Jeffrey Skilling case points to the moral rot in the DOJ. In a bizarre twist, the DOJ will reduce his sentence by 10 years because,In a revised sentencing agreement announced late

In a one-month period, I got to be on first-name terms with a bunch of home-repair people, seemed like everything in my 100 year-old home went out at once.The Spring on my Garage Door broke, trapping my wifes car inside.  Metro Overhead Door did a good job r

Who's side is government on, Main Street or Wall Street?  The multi-national corporate domination steamroller continues to lead the US in a race to the bottom in quality of life on earth.  Rep Alan Grayson (D-FL) is r

In Southeastern Oregon, a perfect fiscal storm has been brewing for years, and Josephine and Curry counties are facing the prospect of bankruptcy, with unknown consequences.  According to an audit prepared by the Secretary of State, the county has

Bob Dylan called Liam Clancy the greatest ballad singer ever.  He brought Irish music to the world in a quiet way.  Here is his performance of And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda.  Joan Baez also

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said Monday he intends to sue Bank of America and Wells Fargo for failing to help struggl

Depoe Bay, Oregon is home to fishing and Whale Watching charters, and I went out on the Mr. Max for a day of bottom fishing, we had a good day and got the limit on Ling Cod, we were actually throwing them ba

The H-1B is an immigration program that once had specific aims to bring highly skilled immigrants with unique abilities into the US to provide our companies with knowledge that would advance our innovation and benefit all citizens.  It is a temporary permit to work in the US, and the worker must be sponsored and hired

This seems to be a "Below the Radar" issue for most people, there has been virtually no media coverage, but once again the financial system has looted everybody with few consequences.  Lawsuits are proposed all across the country as a result of

FactCheck.org did a report card on the economy since President Obama took office and published some key statistics.  Make what you will of them, some good some not.Summary

The NFL doesn't pay any taxes, due to the unusual tax exemption awarded it by the Federal Government, something which Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) would put an end to.  He is sponsoring

Move over too big to fail banks, there's another monopoly in town that has jacked up the cost of living to new heights, I'm talking internet monopoly here.  The Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) has published an article on its blog that points ou

Recently an article noted that Portland has become a dumping ground of Diesel equipment that can't legally operate in Washington or California because their standards are higher then Oregon. That lead to

The legislation tightening background checks on gun sales failed, according to Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa who sponsored the bill, because Republicans couldn't stomach handin

The European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) has recommended a 2 year suspension on pesticides linked to bee deaths, and it appears the EU will implement the ban, to be formally announcedThree neo

They just can't seem to keep their nose out of trouble.  Novartis in 2010 was found guilty in 2010 of all kinds of criminal behavior, paying $422 million in fines.  They settled charges ofSpecifically, the

If you have the opportunity to go there, by all means do it.  A giant crater in a blown out volcano filled with crystal blue water almost two thousand feet deep.  Hint, best viewed July - Sept because of its high elevation.

Brian Druker is a cancer researcher at OHSU and was featured in

Think Progress reports that Peter DeFazio has introduced a bill to relieve the USPS of some millstones around their neck, as well as a "We the People" p

Bernie Sanders has referred to the Pew Report on Income Inequality as a factor that must be addressed in the deficit reduction argument.  He observed that the Middle Class in the US is disappearing due

The evidence of stagnation for most of us is all around, unemployment, underemployment, a disappearing middle class and growing income inequality.  The Pew Research Center released a study of n

This story about a New Hampshire Republican State Legislator Stella Tremblay.Last Friday, Rep. Stella Tremblay, R-Auburn, posted the following comment on conservative pundit Glenn Beck's Facebook page:

In this Opinion Story, an Economics professor talks about the revelations brought by the Secrecy For Sale project and the ICIJ.The heads of the worlds major

You can count yourself fortunate if you live in Oregon because in most parts of the state air pollution is relatively tame, but the top 5 polluted cities in the US are all to the South in California.  But some cities