GUEST COMMENTARY - Sports event review writing is a whole separate genre. Such pieces have to follow concrete goals and a clear structure while also being informative and somewhat entertaining.

TECH TALK - It sounds like something out of the next Star Wars installment, but instead of a galaxy far, far away, robotic force multipliers are the latest addition to a casino just a few hours’ drive up I-5 from LA. 

BREAKING MONOPOLIES - As the cost of food, travel, and gifts complicate holiday plans across the country, millions of Americans have been awakened to the sinister power of monopolies.

GUEST COMMENTARY - If dying young appeals to you, here's a simple bit of advice: move to a state or county controlled by Republicans.

GUEST COMMENTARY - I felt that this is an important and a very timely story to tell, especially since Donald J. Trump has decided to run again for the presidency of the United States.

CONFLICT RESOLUTION - While there are many helpful phrases in the “street peace” trainings that we do as the Portland Peace Team, my favorite, which we offer when possible to someone in emotional distress over a soluble crisis, is, “Let’s fix this.” 

GAMBLING - In a land-based casino, the chances of cheating on roulette without getting caught are slightly better than online.

WEHO - I recently learned at a comedy workshop that fish out of water scenarios are one of the major tropes used in joke writing and reflecting on my own fish out of water experience, it’s not difficult to see why it works.