By M. Martin, I was listening to a Portland vintage rock radio station, The Eagle, this week and the DJ excitedly announced that he had a list of retail stores in the Portland area that were going to be open during Thanksgiving day. Roughly 1 out of 4 Americans work […]

By Oregon Optimist, As Brendan Kelly danced to upbeat music at the Borderline Bar and Grill in Thousand Oaks, California, he heard a familiar sound: pop-pop-pop-pop. Kelly remembered hearing the same noise–the distinctive rattle of gunfire–at a country music concert in Las Vegas last year, and immediately took action. “As […]

By Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on a news release published by the Departments of Health and Human Services, Treasury, and Labor on the subject of religious exemptions: When giving the Commencement Address at the University of Notre Dame in 2009, President […]

Paul Louis Metzger, New Wineskins ministry Multnomah University professor We all struggle with memory loss. There are times people forget certain things because of trauma (as with dissociative amnesia). At other times, it is due to aging, disease, or injury to the brain. Still, at other times, it may be […]

By Randy Alcorn Eternal Perspectives Ministry By now you’ve probably read and heard all sorts of commentaries analyzing the midterm election results. Whatever your political leanings, you’ve likely been encouraged by some results and discouraged by others. For example, here in Oregon, Measure 106, which I shared about on my […]

By Faith News Note, Country and Pop star, Carrie Underwood, spoke with CBS Sunday Morning and provided a very intimate and emotional interview about her string of miscarriages and tragedies over the past few years.  Carrie also speaks honestly about her faith struggles and the power of prayer as shared […]

Oregon abortion tax funding measure 106 is defeated. By Jim Miller, Oregon abortion measure 106 to ban government tax dollars from being spent on abortions failed. Oregonians rejected the tax by 64%. Roughly 36% of the voters supported the measure. Abortion measure 106 revealed a large disparity in the funding […]

By Oregon Family Council, As Americans, we have been given an incredible privilege: we hold the power to choose our elected officials by exercising our right to vote. Each election day is not something to take lightly, for the candidates who win their races make significant decisions with lasting consequences. […]

By Oregon Optimist, It was a blast from the past when Brandon Seminatore, a doctor, and nurse Vilma Wong reconnected. Wong, 54, has worked as a neonatal nurse for 32 years at the hospital in Palo Alto, California.

Faith News Note, The former executive assistant to Buffalo’s Bishop Richard Malone has come forward with copied documents from the Bishop’s office the proves a cover-up and neglect in protecting children from abusive priests.  See the 60 Minutes report below: