(The following column was originally published April 12, 2019 in the East Oregonian newspaper, https://www.eastoregonian.com/opinion/columnists/rush-reconnecting-with-rural-america/article_733a5970-5d40-11e9-b136-af2784dd6f9a.html) There has been a spate of recent articles and analysis about the challenges facing today’s rural America. Building up to the 2020 election cycle, East Coast pundits are busy attempting to get their heads wrapped around “fly over country” inContinue reading “Reconnecting with rural America”
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Playing the Blame Game
(Note: This column, originally published in March 18, 2019 edition of the East Oregonian newspaper, was a spontaneous reaction to the instant analysis type of reporting and commentary that has largely taken over most national media outlets.) In the wake of Friday’s horrific massacre in which 50 mosque worshippers were slaughtered by a gunman inContinue reading “Playing the Blame Game”
Confessions of the Uncool: Kurt, we hardly knew you
Originally published in The Daily World of Grays Harbor, Wash. on June 10, 2009 I must confess I was not a Nirvana fan while Grays Harbor native Kurt Cobain still walked this earth. This most famous of grunge rock bands burst onto the national music scene a decade too late for me. You see, IContinue reading “Confessions of the Uncool: Kurt, we hardly knew you”
Grilled salmon, smoked salmon, baked salmon, fried…
Originally published in The Daily World newspaper of Grays Harbor, Wash. on Sept.13, 2009 Before I visited the Pacific Northwest for the first time, I had never really eaten salmon.Oh sure, I had ordered it from the menu at restaurants back in my native Midwest — things called salmon croquettes, or occasionally a salmon filet.Continue reading “Grilled salmon, smoked salmon, baked salmon, fried… “
Change in the weather
Originally published May 20, 2017 in The World newspaper of Coos Bay, Oregon It was a long, dreary winter to endure, wasn’t it? Note: The following was my last column for The World newspaper. I had already tendered my resignation with a mutually agreed upon departure date. However, once this column appeared in print, andContinue reading “Change in the weather”
Going Rogue 