barack obama Archive
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Documentary Film on Blacks in Hawaii
Posted on July 13, 2011 | No CommentsObscurity defies achievements The election of Senator Barack Obama as U.S. President in 2008 brought new attention to the Hawaii of his birth and the people who live there. Although... -
President promotes future technologies
Posted on February 23, 2011 | No CommentsIntel visit makes point about investment in children President Barack Obama came to a massive, cutting edge Intel chip making plant in Hillsboro Friday to learn how to make American... -
The Immorality of ‘America at War’
Posted on December 22, 2010 | No Comments‘We the people’ removed from war’s burdens By Jim Hightower Are you aware that America has now been at war for nearly a decade? We’ve been fighting, bleeding, and dying... -
Outstanding Medal of Freedom Honorees
Posted on December 22, 2010 | No CommentsAngelou, Lewis and Russell receive top praise By Marc H. Morial With all the drama surrounding jobs and tax cuts lately, you may have missed a recent bit of good... -
Oregon Food Bank Eases Food Woes
Posted on December 15, 2010 | No CommentsThe latest USDA hunger report shows that about 13.9 percent of households — more than 500,000 Oregonians suffer from food insecurity, and another 225,000 experience very low security, meaning they are forced to cut or skip meals on a regular basis because they cannot afford food. Enter the Oregon Food Bank, a nonprofit charitable organization that acts as a hub connecting a network of regional food banks, agencies, and programs, to distribute emergency food to approximately 240,000 hungry people each month in Oregon and southwest Washington. -
Twisted Logic on Tax Cuts
Posted on December 1, 2010 | 1 CommentDon’t cave to Obama’s opponents By Marc H. Morial It comes as no surprise to most of us that 2+2 does not equal 22. But the current debate over Bush-era... -
Good-for-Nothing Commission
Posted on November 30, 2010 | No CommentsHeading toward disaster By Donald Kaul We have seen the future and it is grim. That glimpse of the road ahead arrived in the form of a preview of the... -
The GOP Propaganda Machine
Posted on November 23, 2010 | No CommentsObama-hating rhetoric is non-stop By John Wright In the witty 1966 classic cult film King of Hearts, a British soldier shows up in a French village run by lunatics after... -
End the Tax Cuts for the Wealthy
Posted on November 16, 2010 | No CommentsPriority should be job creation By Edie Rasell Congress has one major piece of unfinished business that must be tackled before the year ends. Policy makers will need to decide... -
Gay Rights are Civil Rights
Posted on November 3, 2010 | No CommentsStanding against discrimination By Judge Greg Mathis The United States is suffering from an identity crisis when it comes to the rights and safety of homosexuals and lesbians. On the... -
Obama Campaigns for Kitzhaber
Posted on October 20, 2010 | No CommentsPresident Barack Obama is arriving in Portland Wednesday, Oct. 20 to headline a campaign event for Oregon gubernatorial candidate John Kitzhaber. The Democrat and former two-term governor is hoping to... -
Educating Teens: Sex ed takes new direction
Posted on October 13, 2010 | No CommentsTeen pregnancy prevention programs in Portland and the Pacific Northwest will get a major boost of financial support and change of direction because of a new sex education policy that’s a departure from the former Bush administration’s abstinence-only directives. -
Public discourse driven by race
Posted on September 14, 2010 | No CommentsA most despicable tradition of American history Lee A. Daniels Do you remember when many pundits and other commentators were trumpeting Barack Obama’s spectacular rise as proof that America was... -
Our grandchildren deserve better
Posted on August 10, 2010 | No CommentsTake your laughs where you can Donald Kaul We live in grim times, which is why you have to take your laughs where you can get them. For example, in... -
Paying for America’s wars
Posted on August 3, 2010 | No CommentsNested truths, cascading problems Tom H. Hastings We see at least five basic truths emerging after Congress last week agreed to provide $59 billion to continue financing America’s wars in...
