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“The seal, the pyramid, it’s unfinished, with the eye of God looking over it, and the words annuit coeptis — he, God, favors our undertaking. The seal is meant to be unfinished, because this country’s meant to be unfinished. We’re meant to keep doing better. We’re meant to keep discussing and debating. And, we’re meant to read books by great historical scholars and then talk about them…”

– Jeff Breckenridge, “The West Wing.’

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Six Years After Clackamas Town Center: Still Too Much of the Same

Today marks the sixth anniversary of when a masked gunman entered the food court at Clackamas Town Center  near Portland, Oregon and began shooting. Like many who live in the area, I remember the day well.  As the reports came across the television that there was an active shooter at a mall a few miles […]

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Linus Pauling: Only Winner of Two Unshared Nobel Prizes in History, and Too Few Know

55 years ago today, scientist Linus Pauling received his second unshared Nobel prize.  He is the only person in the history of the prestigious award to ever do that.  He is perhaps the most underrated Oregonian of all time, as well as one of the most underrated Americans of all time. He grew up in […]

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When Jesse Owens Brought Baseball to Portland

Today is the birthday of one of the most important athletes of all time, Jesse Owens.  His story is an incredible one, with an interesting  baseball twist that not many people know. Jesse Owens was the grandson of a slave who grew up in rural Alabama picking ten pounds of cotton a day.  When he […]

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Simon Benson, the Man Behind Multnomah Falls.

Today is the 102nd anniversary of the Dedication of Multnomah Falls. They are the second highest waterfalls in North America, and are visited by two million people a year.   We collectively breathed a huge sigh of relief this week as the falls area, and historic lodge were saved by the brave and hardworking firefighters. […]

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