Oregon City Schools Quiz Bowl graphic I just wrote a two-part newspaper series on high school Quiz Bowl. One of the local faculty advisors here said, yes, part of it is about academic preparedness. But he also said the ‘genius’ … Continue reading →
I recently watched a flurry of debates a couple weeks out from the mid-terms. If there was a common denominator, ‘populace’ mantra in these, it would be a version of this: “I can relate to the everyday working people of … Continue reading →
I just interviewed a man who has had a solar energy company in the area for the past 13 years. During this time, he’s done some 60 solar installations. These have included: at residences, at businesses, at farms… He said … Continue reading →
At Fatima in 1917, the Blessed Virgin Mary showed some young children there a vision of an angel with a huge flaming sword. He was about to hurl it toward the earth. As mentioned in the last post, Mary had … Continue reading →
In this last week, Russia illegally annexed more of Ukraine and Putin threatened to use limited nuclear weapons in these regions. This could, of course, escalate into full-blown, world-wide nuclear war. What’s more, North Korea just launched a missile over … Continue reading →
Yesterday, a catastrophic hurricane (“Ian”) swept through Florida, leaving massive swaths of destruction. Today, Ketanji Brown Jackson was officially “sworn in” as the country’s next Supreme Court Justice on the White House’s South Lawn. Is there a connection between what’s … Continue reading →
With all eyes on the nuclear power plant in the Ukraine, which is currently caught in the crossfire of war, I interviewed a professor at Ohio Northern University who teaches a “Nuclear Physics” class. He said what is going on … Continue reading →
…e-bikes …photo by Joe With all the climate chaos catastrophes going on worldwide now, I have focused some of my reporting, of late, on alternative energy solutions, and such. For instance, I recently did a story on e-bikes. While researching, … Continue reading →
All eyes this week are on “Artemis One” and the beginning of manned flights back to the moon, and eventually Mars. The NASA Program had been in relative limbo, in regard to these manned flights, until President Obama, channeling his … Continue reading →
In recent weeks, I wrote a two-part article series, interviewing a local astronomer about the new James Webb Telescope. It sits 100 million miles out in space, and, in all, the project price tag was $10 billion. While I’m all … Continue reading →