December 13, 2022, 3:11 pm 14 comments in the last 30 days.
6 Crucial Business Travel Tips.

Business travel is an essential business aspect. Traveling for business allows you to network with other industry professionals while meeting new people and connecting with prospective customers.

June 3, 2023, 6:13 pm 10 comments in the last 30 days.
Disconnecting War from Its Consequences.

Twenty-two years ago, Congress put sanity up for a vote. Sanity lost in the House, 420-1. It lost in the Senate, 98-0. Barbara Lee’s lone vote for sanity remains a tiny light of courageous hope flickering in a chaotic world.

February 3, 2021, 12:37 am 3 comments in the last 30 days.
Rumination on the Trump Deplorables.

Were we better off January 20 than we were four years ago? The answer is a definite “NO.” I am still trying, however, without much success, to understand why 74+ million Americans voted to re-elect Trump when for four years he has embarrassed himself and this nation with his ignorance, ineptness, and lack of human decency. During the 2016 election, Hillary Clinton called Trump supporters a “basket of deplorables.” Who are these deplorables?

April 26, 2010, 6:10 pm 1 comments in the last 30 days.
Hemperor Jack Herer is Laid to Rest (Photos).

Jack Herer, 70-year old noted author and leader in the worldwide hemp/cannabis movement was laid to rest at 1:00 pm April 25th, at Eden Memorial Park in Mission Hills, CA. The ceremony was open to the public and attended by hundreds of family, friends, followers and others that wished to pay their respects to the most well-known hemp activist in the world.

June 20, 2007, 12:42 pm 1 comments in the last 30 days.
Connecticut Governor Vetoes Medical Marijuana Bill.

Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell has vetoed a bill approved by the General Assembly that would have allowed the medical use of marijuana. “Smoked marijuana as medicine has been rejected by the American Medical Association, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, the American Glaucoma Society, the American Academy of Ophthalmolgy and the American Cancer Society,” Governor Rell stated in her veto message.

March 29, 2011, 2:20 am 1 comments in the last 30 days.
Could Oregon be First to End Cannabis Prohibition? 'OCTA 2012' is Approved for Signatures.

If passed, the Oregon Cannabis Tax Act of 2012 will regulate the legal sale of marijuana to adults through state-licensed stores, allow adults to grow their own, license Oregon farmers to grow marijuana for state-licensed stores and allow unlicensed Oregon farmers to grow cannabis hemp for fuel, fiber and food. OCTA 2012 organizers need to gather 90,000 registered voters' signatures.

June 4, 2008, 2:18 am 1 comments in the last 30 days.
Medical Marijuana Doctor Gives Straight Answers to Salem-News.com Visitors (VIDEO).

Each week we receive dozens of letters, comments, stories and questions about medical marijuana and other toxicology/pharmacology issues.

July 12, 2011, 4:03 am 1 comments in the last 30 days.
Monsanto official Beaten by farmers in India over Failed GMO Bt Cotton Seeds.

More than 10,000 here have committed suicide because of Monsanto's failed Bt cotton seeds. Monsanto stands accused of having an international monopoly of the notorious bio-engineered Bt cotton seeds.

April 30, 2009, 10:14 am 1 comments in the last 30 days.
SB 388 Was an Attempt to Sink Oregon's Medical Marijuana Program.

It seems to be a record. This legislative session there were over two dozen bills introduced which would change our landmark Oregon Medical Marijuana Act! Ranging the whole gamut from good to bad to ugly, the number of bills portended a hectic session.

April 6, 2009, 7:26 am 1 comments in the last 30 days.
Sole Survivor of Cape Lookout B-17 Crash in WWII, Wilbur Perez, Dies.

A man whose life crossed paths briefly but significantly with Oregon history when his B-17 bomber crashed into Cape Lookout during World War Two, Wilbur "Buck" Perez, passed away Friday, March 20th, 2009 in Escondido, California. I relate this news with genuine sadness. I was one of the very few Oregonians who had the great fortune of knowing Wilbur Perez, the sole survivor of a 200 mile-per-hour plane crash that claimed the lives of nine of his fellow crewmen when the plane crashed, lost in the fog, August 2nd, 1943.