Gray's Gazette

Periodic op-eds in search of the printed page.

Saturday, May 21, 2022

The "Fore-Shock" Test

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  In March, 2017, I attended a three-day Climate Reality training session in Denver.  I remember many moments from that weekend - none more ...
Thursday, May 12, 2022

Eight-score and Eight Years Ago

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Three months ago, as I began pulling together my campaign for the Oregon House, I thought mainly in terms of three related isssues:        -...
Thursday, March 10, 2022

Introducing the Two-Vote Plan

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  In my last post, I promised to introduce a new plan for electing members of the Oregon House of Representatives - a plan which would add n...
Monday, March 7, 2022

Toward Representation for All Oregonians

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I was fairly new to Oregon when I picked my candidate for President and started looking for ways to get involved in the 2020 campaign.  Over...
Tuesday, March 1, 2022

Lincoln Green: The Party America Lacks

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  For many years, I have avoided this - hoping that someone younger, or better-known, or with more national political experience - would tak...
Monday, February 21, 2022

Impossible?

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  It is a commonplace of American politics that third parties can never succeed.  Editorialists, op-ed columnists, talking heads - even poli...
Wednesday, December 30, 2020

For 2021: Only Connect

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  Those who know me from my newspaper column in the Chester Village News will recall that I have little patience with New Year's resolut...
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My influences include a lawyer's bias toward traditional conservatism; a problem-solver's temperamental orientation toward change; an inherited confidence in a nation which has provided opportunity to millions and met enormous challenges in the past; and an informed awareness of how far the present generation has fallen short of that tradition. With three degrees from the University of Virginia (earned over four different decades), I'm a lifelong student, especially of history and biography. I've practiced law, served as Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia, taught high school, and worked as a professional actor and journalist. For several years, I was full-time caregiver to my mother, in her 90s. Welcome!
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