I will be fine. Since Trump was elected, my investments have already received a boost. I will no longer have to pay tax on my Social Security wages, so it’s said. I’m fortunate to have a stable financial picture. But I voted against my own interests and security because I wanted other things for people […]

America’s voters have spoken. While the results were not what I had hoped for, the Democratic Party needs to listen. Defeat is not easy to take, but valuable lessons that can be applied to future elections can be learned. During my work as an engineer, after every test of our new products, we were tasked […]

After years of reading the one-sided, negative articles, letters, opinions, cartoons about our President-elect Donald Trump, I have come to the realization that your newspaper is incapable of doing any form of self-introspection. Your newspaper is, and has been, the mouthpiece of all that is wrong with objective journalism. The daily haranguing of any conservative […]

As disheartening as the outcome of the recent national election was to many, it will give us all an opportunity to compare the effect on the country of MAGA policy (next four years) and Democratic policy (last four years). Areas to compare might include control of inflation; health care access; medical debt; childhood infections; Medicare […]

Still licking my wounds, but the sun is shining, and it’s time to move on and hope that our constitutional system of checks and balances will hold up. I think what I underestimated was how much one’s financial situation can affect one’s vote, and apparently there are plenty of Americans who feel a Trump presidency […]

I write concerning Kamala Harris’ concession speech. Only a noble leader could give such an uplifting speech. Anybody who watched it would know what a fantastic president she could have been. Suse Jahns Portland

One of the many joys of living in Portland, for me, is having a yearly subscription to the Portland Symphony Orchestra concerts. Their artistry astounds me. This past Sunday was no exception. Featured was their first chair French horn player, Lauren Winter, who played flawlessly. The French horn is a very difficult instrument to play […]