These are the views of a still-determined recovering politician. I still promote the rule of law, environmental justice, arms control, and "trickle-up" economics in Congress and retirement life.
Retired 9-term U.S. congressman (D-OR); Professor of the Year, Southern Oregon University; author, Catch and Release: An Oregon Life in Politics (2019); fly-fisher, award-winning journalist; lover of jazz, Portland Trailblazers, and potato salad.
I am a lifelong resident of Providence, RI, USA, and a 2L Juris Doctor candidate at the Roger Williams University School of Law in Bristol, RI. This blog presents my "two cents" on current events and related matters.
My perspective on American politics and political strategy today.
From our basecamps in the Beartooth Mountains of Montana and the vineyards of southern France, we travel and explore beauty, meaning and soul.