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I live in the Northwestern corner of the United States. I love to do just about anything that has to do with the outdoors, which is limited to six months around here with our rainy season. Road and mountain bicycling, hiking and camping, skiing and snorkeling.

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Law & Legal Information > Business Law How the courts protect corporate board directors from liability: 1 of 2
The nature of the corporation is protection from liability. This is why the United States government originally chartered the railroad companies who were seeking protection from their actions. They were chartered as "corporate" bodies and granted the privilege and market advantage of "limited liability".It is an interesting a... More..
Local Guides > Portland The best neighborhoods to live in Northeast Portland, OR: 1 of 1
Portland, Oregon is a city of neighborhoods. This might seem like a given for any city, but few metropolitan areas can boast of such well defined and interesting neighborhoods. Each area has its own distinctive character and charm. No matter your preference when it comes to neighborhoods, you should be able to find your s... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Conservation Is economic growth a fair trade for the loss of natural beauty?: 1 of 1
The loss of natural beauty is always traded for economics. It cannot be otherwise. We must subtract from the natural world in order to sustain ourselves and sustenance is the basis for economic activity. If we accept natural beauty as that which is first "natural" and by its naturalness, beautiful, anything we do in this worl... More..
Politics, News & Issues > US Politics (Other) Why are Native American communities in the US and Canada more poverty stricken than not?: 6 of 10
Prisoners are always impoverished. While most Native Americans do not reside behind bars, they are living in a imposed state that imprisons all their archetypal beliefs. They are a people without a homeland. The present can never be analysed without the perspective of history. What a people are for millenniums does not chang... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Political Values The current Government stance on Cannabis fails our kids: 6 of 9
Our current Government position on the legality of Cannabis is an example of extreme hypocrisy. It's two greatest faults, that it is a drug and that inhaled smoke is detrimental to one's health, have not stopped the legalization and widespread use of many legal drugs such as alcohol and numerous pain relievers and cigarettes.... More..
Personal Finance > Taxes Will increased capital gains taxes discourage investment and inhibit economic growth?: 4 of 6
When anything is "taxed", a portion of its value is removed and funnelled through government to be used [or as some might say abused!] in a different area of the government or the economy. When this value is "removed", two possibilities occur; the original owner of the value now has less value, or the next owner or "purcha... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Political & Economic Theory How protectionism hurts the economy: 2 of 3
Protectionism is government intervention into the economy in order to coerce its citizens to buy more expensive and/or inferior products produced within the borders of the country rather than less expensive and/or superior products produced outside of its borders. It is usually successful, in that it succeeds in "protecting"... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Conservation Logging: Exposing myths in debates about logging: 2 of 3
The foremost myth concerning the logging debate is that the debate itself is actually about logging. The primary factor and the only one that really is of any importance is that of land use. Logging is simply the act of removing trees for utilization by people. It is neither good nor evil and certainly necessary for our subsi... More..
Personal Finance > Stock Market Who benefits if GM and Chrysler go bankrupt?: 5 of 7
The first issue with the bankruptcy of GM and Chrysler is what type of bankruptcy they will enter into. We can probably assume they will enter a "reorganization" chapter 11, and will be able to continue their business operations while their debts are put in order and hopefully eventually satisfied.The first most obvious benef... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Political Issues If you could change the nation's campaign finance system, what would you do - if anything - and why?: 22 of 24
In a fundamental manner, our current system of campaign finance is based on the founding principles of our nation. Our forefathers were "elites" and benefited greatly from the "merchant state" that was the basis for our governing system. The great "notions" of the Constitution did little to change the manner in which the stat... More..