Why do doctors and HMOs not encourage patients/members who fit the allowed donor profile to donate blood? We’ve learned when medical folks ask about smoking and other health concerns, it pays off.  Well, the chronic continual recurring (and worsening) blood shortage is a health concern—a huge health concern if you’re planning [...]

During our town`s bomb scare yesterday morning on one of our busiest days of the year — Astoria Regatta with its Grand Land Parade — there was a bit of a … traffic problem. Actually you might call it The Astoria Perfect Storm. Parade floats and their handlers effectively blocked one main route through town [...]

Just saw a mention of John Kerry ending 2004 with money in the bank ($10M is the figure cited), which reminds me again of how furious I was with that incredible, inexplicable, indefensible act then and how angry I am about it now.
Here in Oregon we’ve got pols of both parties [...]

Great news reported by Oregon Citizens’ Utility Board (www.oregoncub.org): Gov. K has vetoed the line item that proposed taking $4.6M from the Energy Trust of Oregon and giving it to OMSI to help with the institution’s financial woes.
Thanks to the good Gov, and also to all the people everywhere in Oregon who insisted that [...]

You may recall that in late May the Australian documentary “Crude,” coupled with the first annual report of the Global Carbon Project, really hit me. There’s absolutely no way I can evaluate the work of GCP, which is simply an extension of the efforts of several nations to keep track of worldwide carbon dioxide emissions. [...]

Stop.  It’s nonsense.  Big Oil LOVES biofuels.  With good reason.   And at last I’m not the only one pointing this out:
“Big Oil is one of the major engines driving the biofuels bandwagon.  Measuring all energy inputs to produce ethanol, from production of nitrogen fertilizer to energy needed to clean the considerable waste from [...]

Need more exercise? Want to muscle up and increase your cardiovascular fitness, creating a new lifestyle and helping the environment by walking more and driving less? Then read on…
I received this email back from Bruce Johnson, writer, photographer, and trail historian of OregonPhotos.com, after informing him of a recent trip my wife and I made [...]