John McDonald
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March 2, 2017
By John McDonald New England-style town meetings have been called the purest form of democracy,...
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February 24, 2017
By John McDonald Someone once said: The easiest way to sell something to a tourist...
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February 16, 2017
By John McDonald As I look out my northern window at the cold, barren landscape...
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February 10, 2017
By John McDonald A psychologist and professor from Cardiff, Wales, recently wondered if he could...
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February 2, 2017
By John McDonald I don’t spend a lot of time wondering what the average entomologist...
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January 19, 2017
By John McDonald Years ago, when I was nowhere near as “informed” as I am...
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January 11, 2017
By John McDonald Years ago we had a neighbor named Tink Billings who always had...
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January 5, 2017
By John McDonald Because I’m a talk show host on a Portland radio station (WGAN...
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December 30, 2016
By John McDonald We’ve all experienced it: You’re driving along minding your own business when...
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December 15, 2016
By John McDonald When this column began in June of 1995, I used to get...
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December 7, 2016
By John McDonald Family gatherings can be tricky things to navigate through anytime of year...
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December 1, 2016
By John McDonald Nov. 30, 2016 Last week I found myself heading out west to...
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November 28, 2016
By John McDonald From the time their folks died, Roscoe and Harold Cushman lived quietly...




