Tag Archives: oregon

Examining Reality Without a License

Posted on April 28, 2017 by tomdwyer

Oregon agency embarrasses state over traffic light timing On the heels of a worldwide March for Science to raise awareness of science and promote its role in policy making, we ran across a story right here in Oregon that exemplified … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 April, Feature Articles, Newsletter Columns, Newsletters | Tagged beaverton, engineer, jarlstrom, oregon, oregon state board of examiners, osbeel, photo radar, photo tickets, practice engineering without a liscense, reality, red light, red light cameras, research, science, swedish air force, timing, traffic light, yellow light | 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 →

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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 →

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

Posted on November 8, 2016 by tomdwyer

Aristotle saw two ways of maintaining societies with great wealth discrepancies: either reduce the inequality or reduce democracy. By and large he thought reducing inequality and increasing participation (except, of course, for the poor, women and slaves) was the better … Continue reading →

Posted in 2016 November, Newsletter Columns, Newsletters, Tom's Tidbits | Tagged Corporatocracy, democracy, electorate, income inequality, inequality, mail, Middle class, oregon, tidbits, Tom's Tidbits, verifiable, verified, verify, vote by mail, voter registration, voting, wealth | Comments Off

Popcorn Shorts for August 2016

Posted on August 25, 2016 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 →