Author Archives: tomdwyer

“Stamped From The Beginning” by Ibram X. Kendi PLUS- our recommendation for a classic

Posted on April 28, 2017 by tomdwyer

This month we bring you two recommendations. The first is essential as we grapple all too clumsily with race in America, the second is essential for understanding the deepest ideas that drive us all. As always, just click the links … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 April, Book Spotlight, Newsletter Columns, Newsletters | Tagged book, book spotlight, color blind, davis, discriminatory, du bois, garrison, ibram x kendi, jefferson, mather, pirsig, post racial, racist, slavery, stamped from the beginning, zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance | Comments Off

Humorousness- Stories of OTHER people’s idiocy

Posted on April 28, 2017 by tomdwyer

Do you ever look around yourself and wonder if you’re the only sane person left on the planet? The truth is you are. Humorousness this month is dedicated to (theoretically true) stories to support that conclusion. They come from various … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 April, Humorousness, Newsletter Columns, Newsletters | Tagged humor, humorousness, idiots, other peoples idiocy | Comments Off

Popcorn Shorts for April-May 2017

Posted on April 28, 2017 by tomdwyer

Just like it says, Popcorn Shorts is about the kind of things we think are really interesting, but don’t really need a large article to explain them. From the sublime to the ridiculous, check in here for crunchy bits of … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 April, Newsletter Columns, Newsletters, Popcorn Shorts | Tagged alpaca, hikes, llama, march for science, mountains, oregon hikes, oregonians, politics, Popcorn Shorts, reality, science, wedding | Comments Off

Why We Needed A Science March In The First Place

Posted on April 28, 2017 by tomdwyer

Millions worldwide, and tens of thousands in Portland alone, took to the streets recently. Was it an anit-war protest, a tax resistance protest, a “throw the bums out” protest? No. Embarrassingly, these millions were in the streets to support science. … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 April, News To Make You Furious, Newsletter Columns, Newsletters | Tagged america, cancer, committee on science space and technology, consensus, doubt, dumbing down, education, fracking, furious, global warming, im not a scientist but, incompetence, intellectualism, lying, march for science, national science budget, News To Make You Furious, objective, reality, science denal, scientific prostitutes, smoking, texas, texas railroad commission, tobacco, us house of representatives | Comments Off

Take your daughter to Tom Dwyer day!

Posted on April 27, 2017 by tomdwyer

by Ivy Letherwood, special embedded reporter at Tom Dwyer As a 14-year old girl, I may not be qualified to write an article on an automotive repair shop I watched for half a day. No, not even that. I watched … Continue reading →

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Portland’s March For Science

Posted on April 25, 2017 by tomdwyer

We at Tom Dwyer Automotive Services are big supporters of a rational, science-based approach to life. When you deal with reality as it is, not as you hope it should be or wished it were, you’re much more effective in … Continue reading →

Posted in Environmental, events, Politics | Tagged march for science, objective, portland, protest, reality, reality studies, science, silence not silence | Comments Off

We sang the Healthcare Blues… AND LOVED IT!

Posted on April 25, 2017 by tomdwyer

Report back from the 6th Annual Inner City Blues Fest! We spent the weekend in an intimate club filled with around 800 of our closest friends, all dressed to kill, listening to the rumbling growl of Norman Sylvester, the glistening … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 April, events, Feature Articles, Features, Newsletter Columns | Tagged bob gross, doo doo funk, hcao, healing the healthcare blues, health care for all oregon, inner city blues festival, jesse jackson, ken cropper, larhonda steele, linda hornbuckle, mad as hell doctors, mary flower, mic crenshaw, norman sylvester, obo addy, okropong, oregon, ozier, rainbow coalition, single payer, strangetones | Comments Off

Don’t just sing the Healthcare Blues… FIX THEM!

Posted on April 13, 2017 by tomdwyer

The Inner City Blues Fest is back for its 6th dynamite year! Imagine yourself enjoying an excellent dinner in an intimate club filled with around 800 of your closest friends… all dressed to kill. The stage lights flare as the … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 April, events, Feature Articles, Features, Newsletter Columns, Newsletters | Tagged bob gross, doo doo funk, hcao, healing the healthcare blues, health care for all oregon, inner city blues festival, jesse jackson, ken cropper, larhonda steele, linda hornbuckle, mad as hell doctors, mary flower, mic crenshaw, norman sylvester, obo addy, okropong, oregon, ozier, rainbow coalition, single payer, strangetone | Comments Off

It’s time to euthanize for-profit health care!

Posted on March 22, 2017 by tomdwyer

Greetings! Once upon a time you could pay your doctor with chickens, but you always get what you pay for. Costs grew with technology until individual fee-for-service medical care became too expensive. Health insurance spread those costs to make health … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 Feb Mar NL, Newsletter Columns, Newsletters, Tom's Tidbits | Tagged hcao, health insurance, inner city blues fest, insurance, obamacare, single payer, tidbits, Tom's Tidbits, trump | Comments Off

The Envelope, Please…

Posted on March 22, 2017 by tomdwyer

Here’s the winner of our $500 Referral Reward yearly award Our Referral Reward Program is our way of saying “thanks” when our existing clients generously refer new clients to our shop. Every time a new client comes in we ask … Continue reading →