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Friday, September 29, 2017

Suddenly Thrifty USA

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Tom Price was too expensive.   Now, how about the Pentagon and the endless wars? Well, liberals are happy for a moment, but when will t...

Say Hey!

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In 1954, the year Willie Mays made his epic Game 1 catch at the Polo Grounds in New York, the most replayed highlight in World Series his...
Thursday, September 28, 2017

The Commies are Everywhere!

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Make no mistake about it: The United States has entered an era of a New McCarthyism that blames nearly every political problem on Russia a...
Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Wrapped in a Flag

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The Boycott A one-act monologue Character: the Fan Place: A New York Giants fan's man cave. It's decked out i...

Silliness

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Whenever silly debate begins to rage about the meaning of the American flag I feel obliged to reprint this poem from my colle...
Monday, September 25, 2017

The Past and the Present

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The war of words between the president and black athletes is about competing historical narratives.-- CH Chris Hedges  nails it, as usu...
Sunday, September 24, 2017

Take a Knee

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My Oregon Ducks lost to an ASU team they should have beaten last evening.  Oregon's talent just isn't there yet, and it appears t...
Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Ugh

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I've been kind of sick and knocked low by life lately. I'll get back to this in the future. TS
Friday, September 15, 2017

Bad Read, Good Read

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So someone has ghost-written another Hillary Clinton memoir. My biggest question when I picked it up was: Did Hillary stiff the writer ou...
Monday, September 11, 2017

Team Identity

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The Oregon Ducks are a sensational story now in the college football world as pundits and ordinary fans attempt to figure the team out af...
Sunday, September 10, 2017

Lunacy

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The greatest football play of all time happened yesterday in a college game.  See it here. TS
Friday, September 8, 2017

Charlottesville

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Open carry? Walden's pond.  The dickhead supported the armed takeover of Malheur. Think about that. Is he a fascist or a Repub...

Eagle Creek Fire

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Prosecute the parents of the 15 year-old whom witnesses said started this massive fire?   Highly unlikely, lawyers claim. TS

Hanging Out with Street and Levine

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So primary challengers aren’t supposed to challenge at all.  They are supposed to be thoroughly cowed patsies for the front-runners.  No,...
Thursday, September 7, 2017

Smoke No Smoke

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The wind has shifted, blowing east.  The smoke is gone for now.  I can see blue sky again.  This is a welcome respite.   How long will i...
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Terry Simons is the founder of Round Bend Press Books and Round Bend Press Detritus. He has worked as a day laborer, dishwasher, factory drone, community organizer, journalist, media consultant and freelance writer. He attended the University of Oregon and Portland State University, where he read journalism, politics, literature and history. He is the author most recently of "Third and a Mile," a fan's notes about the University of Oregon's football travails, 2010--2017. RBP books are available from Amazon and Lulu. Write to: roundbendpress@yahoo.com
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