Remembering my sole run for public office 43 years ago still makes my stomach lurch. It was a tough, dirty campaign, friend turned on friend, the authorities got involved. I turned my back on true love for a few grubby votes.

Look to Colorado to see what impact Measure 48 could have on Oregon’s higher education.

The ban on all liquids in carry-ons in August was just another weary reminder to business travelers of the post-9/11 world in which they operate.

High gas prices are hurting small businesses of all kinds, nationwide. And how to cope has become a hot topic of conversation among business owners and entrepreneurs.

Leftist critic Jeffrey St. Clair is working to turn politics upside down from his quiet little subdivision in Oregon City.

Betting on a horse race is always dicey, especially when it’s money down on a political derby.

“I chaired the Health Care Subcommittee in the 1989 session of the Oregon Legislature and carried then-Senate president John Kitzhaber’s Oregon Health Plan to the House floor. I remember vividly the floor debate I had with now-Congressman Greg Walden over the “employer mandate” which was a part of the plan. He won!”

“If government got out of the business of dictating coverage, more people could afford to purchase policies.”

“Kitzhaber’s problem:  The forces of socialism in this state want more services for more people and don’t want to pay for them. Kitzhaber’s solution:  How do we get businesses to pay for it since federal dollars are not enough and state dollars come from everyone?”

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