Category Archives: Analysis

Bridge to Nowhere

Posted on November 13, 2010 by Astoria Bob

This is a draft of an article I wrote at the beginning of 2008. I encountered it while pruning my e-mail to make sure I didn’t go over my “cloud” storage quota. Enjoy! Today I read in the Daily Astorian … Continue reading →

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Liberalism dead, eh?

Posted on November 5, 2010 by Astoria Bob

In a Washington Post column reprinted in yesterday’s Daily Astorian, George Will sang the death knell for progressives in America. Here’s the conclusion of the column: “These ideas,” Boudreaux says, “are almost exclusively about how other people should live their … Continue reading →

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Tree-huggers make better neighbors

Posted on November 5, 2010 by Watt Childress

A familiar story was shared during a harvest meal with friends who live in Astoria. Within the past few months, a new property owner next to our friends’ home cut down sizable trees that had long been part of their … Continue reading →

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Ad Doesn’t Add Up

Posted on October 30, 2010 by Astoria Bob

In Wednesday’s Daily Astorian, there’s a letter from Bob Horning, who’s running against Betsy Johnson to represent our area in the Oregon Senate. Sorry I can’t link to it, but I wanted to point out some of the glaring problems … Continue reading →

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Making the West Safe for Big Beef

Posted on October 25, 2010 by steveberk

In USA, Inc., one of the many federal agencies unduly influenced by industry is the Bureau of Land Management. The bureau operates within the Department of the Interior, long notorious for collaborating with big mining, fossil fuel and timber interests. … Continue reading →

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New State Effort to Cut Greenhouse Gases

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Astoria Bob

This just in from KPLU. In an article reported today by Liam Moriarty with the title above, the difficulties of getting anything environmentally positive done in the near future is elucidated. Here’s some of the content of the article. SEPA … Continue reading →

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Some articles from Sightline Daily

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Astoria Bob

I’m an avid reader of Sightline Daily, the daily e-mail news roundup of environmental news and views from Pacific Northwest newspapers, magazines, and other media. Today’s version had a few articles that were interesting reading, and I’m going to briefly … Continue reading →

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Yamim Noraim (Days of Awe)

Posted on October 9, 2010 by Astoria Bob

Every year around this time, Jews celebrate the New Year, then quickly get serious. For nine days, we take stock of our transgressions against ourselves, our friends, neighbors, colleagues and others we know, and promise to make good with all … Continue reading →

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