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If the opposite of a shout-out is a shout-back . . .
Then here's one to Jack Bogdanski, whose example got me to start this blog 20 years ago, and whose kind words on March 19 about this blog mean a great deal to me.
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The Laquedem Plan to Improve the Discourse of Ideas – also, happy 20th to me
Today marks 20 years since I published my first blog post. The Laquedem Plan to Improve My Small Corner of the Universe for the next 20 years is to write and publish more often, particularly in the Venn diagram overlap between analysis and amusement.
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Happy anniversary to me
On this day in 1876, the United States issued a patent to Alexander Graham Bell for his invention of the telephone. My more modest contribution to March 7 is that on this day in 2004 I published my first blog post, a comment about the plan to put parking beneath the historic Pioneer Court House. …
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Sweet Sixteen
Sixteen years ago yesterday I wrote my first blog post, opining on the then-hot controversy about the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals wanting to cut a hole in the foundation of the Pioneer Courthouse for access to secure parking. Since then the driveway onto the transit mall has become part of the background. I surmise…
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John T. Molloy has some advice for Donald Trump
Donald Trump calls his opponent “Crooked Hillary.” Based on his half-century of research, John T. Molloy says that Mr. Trump is not only unmannered but making a political mistake.
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Twelve years
Monday marked 12 years since my first blog post. It's been a lot of fun. Much as I think I'm close to running out of material, the political world continues to create more.
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Eight years (two terms?) of blogging
It's been eight years since my first post on this blog. In that time I've been fortunate to have at least three Portland councilors stop by to comment, to have broken one piece of local news in advance of any of the regular media outlets, and to have had a few of my ideas show up…
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Get a buck from Jack today for a good cause
Professor Bogdanski renews his annual celebration of the seasion with another Buck-A-Hit celebration: he and supporters will donate to charity $1 for each unique visitor to his blog, up to $5000 total. Go see him here and score a dollar for charity.
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Five years blogging
Five years this month. That's a lot of curmudgeonliness to work through.