A few weeks ago, for a school assignment, Sydney was asked to write down what she wanted to be when she grows up. "How am I supposed to know that?" she asked. I told her it's just for fun. For...

May Day Light of Hope March and Rally&n

Participants celebrate working families and focus on driver’s license access, living wage jobs, healthcare, education and legalization for all immigrants Salem, Ore.-- On Tuesday, immigrants, labor union members, students, members of LGBT communities, women, Latinos, and allie

It's First Wednesday! Head downtown to see what businesses have in store for you. Travel Salem is a good place to start. Click here to see which businesses they're highlighting this month. And then click here to see what else is on the agenda.  

Rep. Ken Andrus, the chairman of Idaho's House Agricultural Affairs Committee, may seem an unlikely critic of the state's new felony penalty for animal cruelty, given that he wrote much of the bill. But Andrus believes the new law lacks teeth and won't deter ballot initiatives that could be onerous for agriculture. Subscri

"What you see and hear depends a good deal on where you are standing; it also depends on what kind of a person you are." ~C.S. Lewis I had not intended to stop writing for two months. (And, let's be...

These days, it seems I measure the passage of time more with a spreadsheet than with a calendar. The budget dictates everything. Two years ago this month, I started down the path of getting out of debt. May 2010 was the first time in my life I put all my debts down on the page. It was the first time I looked critically at

Last night my wife and I saw humorist David Sedaris at Salem's oh-so-cool historic Elsinore Theatre. There's a lot to like about Sedaris. He's gay, liberal, funny, ironic, cynical, profane, and a really good writer. Also, thoughtful. Many of his...

This is one of those scientific findings that cause me to say, "Well, yeah, of course!": analytical thinking leads people away from religious believing. TIME magazine has a good summary of the not-unexpected research conclusions. We all fly both ways,...