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Quips, queries, and querulous quibbles from the quirky mind of Don Kahle

Why do people say 'after dark' when what they mean is 'during dark'? After dark would be when it's light again, right? * There are 10 types of people in this world -- those who read binary, and those who don't. * I'm rethinking the whole brown rice thing. What if it's just more white liberal self-hatred? Whole wheat, honey, unbleached flour. All better. Sez who? * Eugene should be HQ for White People for Diversity. We'll fight for diversity to be included in books, which is where we know to look for it. * Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day, but give a man a pillow, and he'll dream of steak. * What can you say about a state that puts the town of North Bend 225 miles southwest of Bend? We rely on visitors for entertainment.

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Entries Tagged as 'Upper-Left-Edge'

Peace Prize Speaks to the Future

December 10th, 2009 · No Comments

Choices we make today affect choices we’ll have tomorrow. But it’s no less true that expectations we have for tomorrow affect choices we make today.

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Tags: Arr-Gee published · Deep · Upper-Left-Edge

Thou Needest Not Nostalgia

December 3rd, 2009 · 1 Comment

The past becomes present again, and we’re better for it. We see ourselves in context of who we were and where we came from. We needn’t open the gift. The gift opens us.

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Tags: Arr-Gee published · Deep · Upper-Left-Edge

Public Safety Needs (Un)Serious Help

November 19th, 2009 · No Comments

Well and good. Let them vote their conscience. But it’s time we exposed those who vote no for funding measures and then complain when the dog catcher isn’t available on Sundays.

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Tags: Arr-Gee published · Civic · Upper-Left-Edge

Handicapping the Governor’s Race

September 17th, 2009 · No Comments

DeFazio and Kitzhaber both seem interested in bringing big ideas — and tough choices — to Oregonians. Tom McCall, Act 2. Bradbury is likely to run a more nuts-and-bolts campaign. Kulongoski, continued.

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Tags: Arr-Gee published · Upper-Left-Edge

Health Care Solutions

August 27th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Health care reform must begin with something people want. Health care is important, but jobs are what people want.

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Tags: Arr-Gee published · Civic · Upper-Left-Edge

Springtime in Eugene

March 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Nothing surpasses the transitions from winter to spring and from spring to summer. I’ve lived in New England, famous for its autumn leaves. But that change is for the visitors. A week later, it’s old news and here comes winter. Our seasonal shift comes slowly, in fits and starts. It’s enjoyed best by those who live here.

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Tags: Arr-Gee published · Civic · Quips · Upper-Left-Edge · You-gene

Restroom Rights

March 6th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Access to restrooms is a hot topic when the weather stays cold. A restroom can offer the destitute two things they most need: some rest and a room.

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Tags: Arr-Gee published · Grins · Upper-Left-Edge · You-gene

Better Congress in Three Easy Steps

January 23rd, 2009 · No Comments

The United States House of Representatives was conceived as its wooly counterpart, a band of citizen legislators who could bring “the voice of the people” to governance. We want to solve problems, but what if the problem-solvers are part of the problem?

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Tags: Arr-Gee published · Civic · Simple · Upper-Left-Edge

A Call For a Moment of Non-Silence

January 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment

How many moments of silence have we shared as a nation over the last quarter century? Let’s take a moment together to whoop it up.

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Tags: Arr-Gee published · Civic · Upper-Left-Edge

Safety First?

January 2nd, 2009 · No Comments

Social order rests on that civic pride. Schoolchildren who learn to fear their government instead of learning how it works will have to learn later why and how to be good citizens.

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Tags: Arr-Gee published · Civic · Upper-Left-Edge