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Pope Francis Delivers Sermon to Ashland Oregon City Hall Sinners

In Ashland Oregon the political scene is so divisive and corrosive that if a citizen has a difference of opinion contrary to the status-quo mindset of 5 of the 6 council people, that elected body will consider censure and censorship to shut out the expression of opposing views. Some call that authoritarianism. Some call it a dictatorship. Some call it autocracy. Some call it the opposite of a democracy of the people, for the people, by the people. The Pope calls it a sinful nature. We at the Outlandia Gazette call it a Kakistocracy: Government by the least-qualified or most unprincipled citizens. Maybe the Pope can lend a hand… …Read more »

Team of Detectives Cracks the Case: PostcardGate in Ashland Oregon

Nastiness. Corruption. Pettiness. Not new in Ashland Oregon City Hall politics. However, the divisiveness in this election cycle has fallen to new depths. So much disinformation being spewed on-line and in The Tidings newspaper, it is hard to tell fact from fiction. One person’s “radicalization” is another person’s “no more status quo.” Here is our input about the Shaun-Sham bogus political postcard. Decide for yourselves who is responsible for this written hatchet job. …Read more »

Help From On High: Hera Descends from the Heavens onto Ashland Oregon

Greek Goddess Hera–ruler of the heavens–and number two deity on Mt. Olympus (with number one being on an old white guy with a lighting bolt problem) makes a rare appearance on mortal ground: Ashland, Oregon. The reason: A nasty email sent by an Ashland City Councilman that accuses an Ashland citizen of invoking a racial slur. Hera is sick to death of idiot old-thinking buffoonish white guys (kinda like her husband Zeus) who think they are more powerful than they are. Here’s her response to yet another mess in Ashland, Oregon. …Read more »

Thoughts on International Women’s Day – Especially about Women Supporting Women

March 8th is International Women’s Day. Its motto is: Diversity. Equality. Unity. Fantastic concepts. But more plain ol’ common sense than an earth-shattering manifesto. That’s why it’s puzzling to me that a large portion of the American female population does not embrace these ideals for themselves. In the spirit of trying to change the minds of women who are fully entrenched in the patriarchy as the acceptable status quo in life, here goes… …Read more »

How to Step Out of Line: For the Greater Good

Last year Alex Borstein won an Emmy for Best Supporting Actress. In her acceptance speech she told a story about her grandmother, a Holocaust survivor, standing in a line that would lead to her execution. She asked the Nazi guard what would happened if she stepped out of line. He told her that somebody would shoot her. She stepped out of line anyway. Alex said, “And for that, I am here, my children are here. So step out of line, ladies, step out of line.” Although nowhere near as epic as that story, here is one of mine about stepping out of line. …Read more »

Major League Baseball Is In Trouble When It Celebrates Cheating

We at the Ashlandia Gazette have never been more weirded out by the dishonest shenanigans of two institutions we have been dedicated fans of for over twenty years: The San Francisco Giants and USA Today newspaper. The SF Giants chose to retire the jersey of a flagrant cheater (performance enhancing drug user). USA Today chose to sing the praises of this cheater and applaud the celebration. A sad day for the Great Game of Baseball. A sad day for America. …Read more »