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

Tom’s Tidbits- The goose is cooked while the gander goes free

Greetings, Crime and punishment have dominated the news the past two years, but pick the past two decades, centuries, or

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Keith Tuckers What NOW?!! Toon for March 2019

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The Two Santa Theory… No Ho Ho.

It’s not your imagination and it’s not accidental… it’s a plan. There’s never enough money for Health Care, Education, or

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Everybody loves memes. Here are ours.

Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins gave us the word ‘meme’, but he didn’t have kittens, determined toddlers, or frogs (Kermit OR

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Good Technicians are made, not born… and we’re helping make them!

Good Technicians are made, not born… and Dwyer Technician Chris Waterbury is helping make them. Gone are the days when

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Drew’s Kitchen- Cheeseburger Soup

There’s nothing better than a good, basic cheeseburger, but there’s one problem: you can’t eat it with a spoon.  Worry

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Shop Talk for March, 2019

        Comment of the Month Kathleen M. said: “What a great day!  Thanks to your amazing skill,

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Health Notes- Your money or your life

The exponentially rising costs of prescription medication (and of course, health care in general) aren’t news to anyone, but an

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Book Spotlight- “The New Rules Of War” by Sean McFate

WWII cost $4 trillion dollars and 425,000 Allied and German troops died on D-Day alone, but at least it ended.

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Humorousness- Advice that works for toddlers and drunks

Original from Meredith Masony on HuffPost, Feb 2019 Toddlers can be irritable, opinionated, self-righteous creatures. Parenting them often reminds me

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Popcorn for March 2019

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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News To Make You Furious- Professional Courtesy

“A dangerous lack of civility” is one common diagnosis of what’s ailing our country.  We agree, so any story about

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