In my Valley Views intro, I describe the Willamette Valley as “bountiful”.  Reason being is that there are many farms located here. But there’s a problem here.  Corvallis is not all it pretends to be or thinks it is.  The so-called “Progressives” here in Corvallis embrace ...

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Corvallis “Progressives”??? NOT Impressive

Join Host Dale Holiday as she shares elements of the futuristic world where “everyone is equal” as portrayed in Kurt Vonnegut’s short story, “Harrison Bergeron”.  She examines this fictional society and suggests that the same dynamics create the group think mentality in tod...

Harrison Bergeron - An Individual with Courage and Strength

Join Host Dale Holiday in Part 2 of Child Free By Choice.  She presents nine of the most frequent, predictable and baseless arguments that CBCers hear, followed by an informed comeback that you may consider repeating if you’re weary of these tiresome accusations.  In additi...

CHILD FREE BY CHOICE (Part 2)

Join Host Dale Holiday as she shares her observations about being a woman who is child free by choice (CBC).  In Part 1 of Child Free by Choice she ponders why people make the choice to have children and reviews the various pressures that CBCers encounter from individuals a...

CHILD FREE BY CHOICE (Part 1)

Al is a man that I’ve had a “nodding / how ya doing” acquaintance with for a couple of years because we work out at the same gym.  But in the past year we found ourselves conversing more about national and world politics, race relations in the US, food, exercise and other a...

Talkin' With Al

Being a Campaign Manager for my husband’s bid for Benton County Commissioner this past year put me in a unique position to hear people’s emotions, perceptions and misconceptions around the act of voting.  Voting is an activity that I view as not only a civil right, but a sa...

Voting in America - Man, We Are in Trouble

Join me for the final part of this 3-part conversation with my husband, Max Mania.  Max recently ran as a candidate for Benton County Commissioner – unaffiliated with any party, and I operated as his Campaign Manager.  Unfortunately, he lost his bid.  I operated as his Camp...

Two Parties – One Great Big Mess: How the Two Party Political System Thrives, While Freedom of Choice Dies (Part 3)

Join me for this second part of a 3-part conversation with my husband, Max Mania.  Max recently ran as a candidate for Benton County Commissioner – unaffiliated with any party, and I operated as his Campaign Manager.  Unfortunately, he lost his bid.  I operated as his Campa...

TWO PARTIES – ONE GREAT BIG MESS: How the Two Party Political System Thrives, While Freedom of Choice Dies (Part 2)

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