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From vehicle maintenance to community issues, Tom covers what matters to drivers in Portland.

Tom’s Tidbits- Can the Mail save Representative Democracy?

Aristotle saw two ways of maintaining societies with great wealth discrepancies:  either reduce the inequality or reduce democracy.  By and

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Keith Tucker’s Post-Election Toons

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CNBSeen- Because public safety matters to us all

(orig Nov 2016, updated Jun 2020) Among the many problems facing our country, the rash of tragic police shootings may

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100 Ways To Make Your Life Better.

Ah, the InterTubes.  No matter what the question, there’s always an answer in the InterTubes.  One of the neatest things

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Our Referral Reward Quarterly Winner

We had our own electoral nailbiter, but we have a winner! In the midst of one of the most surreal

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Drew’s Kitchen- Best Fried Chicken

Thanksgiving is just around the corner, but maybe a full-blown holiday turkey extravaganza just doesn’t match up with your definition

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Shop Talk for November, 2016

        Comment of the Month This month’s Comment was hard to include as an actual comment because

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For Optimal Health, Savor Life

By Michael Finkelstein, MD, Well Being Journal, Vol. 24, No. 5.  Whether we suffer from common ailments such as insomnia,

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The long strange trip is almost over

We’re closing in on the final few installments of our Sellwood Bridge Update column.  For both of our fans out

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Book Spotlight- “The Populist Explosion” by John B. Judis

If you’re a little unsettled by the changing nature of politics at home and abroad you’re not alone.  We often

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Late Night Elections

Whatever else the election has been, it’s been fodder for late night comedy, and uniformly it’s been anti-Trump. They, like

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Popcorn Shorts for November 2016

Just like it says, Popcorn Shorts is about the kind of things we think are really interesting, but don’t really

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