Many people know that a Catholic priest, Josehp Mohr, wrote the classic Christmas hymn "Silent Night." Few know his painful history, or the chocolate treat he invented for the children who sang in his Children's Choir.
Dec. 13: Artist's project - a gift alternative As Christmas approaches, I wonder how many of you are giving gifts of art. If you are, all hail to you. I have problems with movie recommendations to friends, much less finding artwork they might like.
Dec. 6: Pearl Harbor - 60 years ago for some I wasn't there, but I grew up close enough to it to have realized the significance and the consequences.Friday marks the 60th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Oct. 11: The news media fails us in our time of need Almost thirty years ago, British writer Malcolm Muggeridge complained about the growing amount of news available to the public, particularly on television. News was becoming a background hum in our lives, a ceaseless drip. It was, he said, a kind of Newsak complimenting the Musak that permeated department stores, elevators and corporate telephone lines.
Sept. 29: A solution to this Mars-Venus thing What is it with men and pillowcases? It's an astounding conundrum of physics gone awry; a mechanical, logical happening that should happen and doesn't.
Cathy Shaw - State Street
Abolitionist movement eyes OLCC As phone lines burn across Oregon and legislators gather in small groups trying to decide how millions of dollars can be cut from the Oregon budget in the upcoming special session, Don MacIntire (author of Measure 5) has a partial solution: abolish the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC). I have never before agreed with a measure brought to the Oregon voters by Don MacIntire, but this petition deserves our signature and the initiative our vote.
