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April 30, 2018 - Lecture: Faith, Sex & Gender

By Corban University, On Wednesday, February 28, Corban University welcomed Dr. Preston Sprinkle as the speaker for the Christian Thought Leader Conference. The Christian Thought Leader (CTL) initiative is to provide Corban University and the greater regional community a series of opportunities for candid and insightful dialogue about how faith […]


April 25, 2018 - Portland atheist student’s free speech alarm

This article by Portland State University Student, Andy Ngo, originally gained national attention by being featured in the Wall Street Journal, Feb 15,2018, about a campus controversy and the loss of free speech.  Mr. Ngo’s article is below: By Andy Ngo I belong to Freethinkers of Portland State University, a […]


April 23, 2018 - 105,000 signatures raised on no tax funding of abortions

By Oregon Right to Life, As of March of 2018, over 105,000 signatures have been collected for the initiative effort to stop taxpayer funding of abortions in Oregon. This, the 4th such attempt by pro-life group Oregon Life United (OLU), is the closest they have gotten to the required 117,578 […]


April 20, 2018 - American Atheist fires it’s President

By Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the firing of the leader of American Atheists: The board of directors of American Atheists has fired its president, David Silverman. The decision was made the night of April 12. With the exception of one […]


April 19, 2018 - Mercy Corps sets up Portland Yoga Refuge

By Mercy Corps, Melinda was afraid of yoga. “I’m now a ‘senior’ in age,” she explained, “morbidly obese by western medical measures, and labeled ‘disabled.’” She’d decided yoga was no longer for her — until she met Kate Holly at Yoga Refuge. Mercy Corps Northwest’s programs have been vital to […]


April 16, 2018 - AG debuts gun Red Flag Law website

Oregon Attorney General Press Release, What you need to know to keep your family and loved ones safe Oregon Attorney General today launched a new downloadable resource for Oregonians who are concerned about a family or household member who is in possession of a gun or other weapon. Oregon’s new […]


April 13, 2018 - Facebook faces tough questions on Catholic censorship

By Catholic League for Civil and Religious Rights Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the testimony of Facebook chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg before the Senate Commerce and Judiciary Committee on April 10 and the House Energy and Commerce Committee on April 11: Sen. Ted Cruz informed Facebook chairman […]


April 11, 2018 - 14 lessons from Oregon Rajneesh scandal Netflix film

By M. Martin, Oregon writer One of America’s biggest religious scandals, The Rajneesh movement, played out in Oregon in real life in the 1980s and is now featured in a six part Netflix series called Wild, Wild Country. Here are some things I learned from the series on the Rajneesh […]


April 10, 2018 - Father Poorman makes Earth Day Challenge

University of Portland News Release, This April, Fr. Mark L. Poorman, C.S.C. and the Presidential Advisory Committee on Sustainability (PACOS) are challenging the students, faculty, and staff of the University of Portland to make a commitment to take at least one tangible step that is within your own control toward […]


April 9, 2018 - Straight talk on pornography crisis

By Randy Alcorn Eternal Perspectives Ministry Ministry based in Sandy, Oregon “Since the time we were young teenagers, many of us have heard lists of reasons for walking in sexual purity. God commands purity and forbids impurity. Purity is right. Impurity is wrong. True? Absolutely. But it’s equally correct to […]