Monday, January 30, 2023

1-30-2023

 

"A more perfect union is one that will require unending toil. Instability, inequality, and intransigence easily take root without constant attention."
-- Dan Rather, 
Steady newsletter, January 28, 2023

We encourage you to read the rest of Rather's comments about the horror of Tyre Nichols's murder in Memphis. 
WHAT HAPPENS IN SALEM DOESN'T STAY IN SALEM
State Senator Suzanne Weber and state Representative Cyrus JavadI will be voting on many pieces of consequential legislation this year. How will that legislation affect you?

Kudos to about a dozen COIN volunteers, including INCO leader Cheryl Conway, who are tracking bills in this legislative session. Details in future INCO newsletters.
KEEPING UP, KEEPING HOPEFUL, BEING REAL
Searching for hope and clarity? Knowledge and perspective? INCO suggests these views about current affairs and more.  Please send your suggestions for newsletters, podcasts, and other resources to incoregon@gmail.com.

Newsletters
Robert Hubbell, Today's Edition, on Substack
Heather Cox Richardson, Letters from an American, on Substack
Dan Rather & Elliot Kirschner, Steady, on Substack
Joyce Vance, Civil Discourse, on Substack
Chop Wood, Carry Water, on Substack
Democracy Docket, headed by Marc Elias
The Bulwark 
Timothy Snyder, Thinking About...., on Substack

Podcasts
Al Franken
Pod Save America - also on YouTube

Others
America at a Crossroads - weekly webinars, Wednesdays at 5; posted on YouTube afterwards
The Lincoln Project -an array of programs
CONFRONTING INEQUALITY
Clatsop County residents feel the impact of the wealth and income inequality that are distorting Oregon's housing market. We recommend this guest column in The Astorian by Tyler Mac Innis.

"Like a house built atop a faulty foundation, a housing market operating in a society marked by extreme economic inequality seems bound to run into trouble."
-- Tyler Mac Innis, policy analyst for the Oregon Center for Public Policy

“We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can’t have both”
— Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis
RIGHT? WRONG!
Want to know more about 6 things people believe about politics that are totally wrong? Paul Waldman explains how these common beliefs lead us astray in his Washington Post column.