Chris Honoré
Chris Honoré: How to write about 2022
Chris Honoré: “When I think of life as it was before the unexpected arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic and all that entailed, what comes to mind is the year 2019.”
January 12, 2023
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Chris Honoré: “When I think of life as it was before the unexpected arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic and all that entailed, what comes to mind is the year 2019.”
Chris Honoré: “How to possibly comprehend that after four years of observing the Trump administration, which I considered a train wreck, 74 million Americans still voted for him?”
Chris Honoré: “We are also bearing witness to the acceptance among many voters to the rise of authoritarianism amid cultural fears (especially among whites).”
Chris Honoré: “Followers of Q believe that they, with the support of a second-term Trump presidency, will conduct mass arrests and execute thousands of cabal members (politicians, Hollywood actors, high-ranking government officials who are named) on a day called ‘the Storm.’”
Chris Honoré: “Thinking of extreme climate events (e.g. the recent, devastating Kentucky flood) as ‘Black Swans’ offers us a rationalization wherein we can avoid recognizing what has become a pattern.”
Chris Honoré: “Is the indictment of the former President in the national interest? This is not a decision made on the basis of law, but one that is perhaps the most difficult to sort out, and also takes us back to our fundamental belief in the primacy of the law before men.”
Why are we willing to sacrifice our children and their right to life and unwilling to qualify our right to an AR-15? By Chris Honoré It’s what I think of
Chris Honoré: “Concerned parents of adolescents should not hesitate to reach out in a clear and direct manner while being compassionate, gentle, curious, and persistent while trying and avoid blame. Adolescents are often desperate to be heard. Listen.”
Chris Honoré: “I find myself searching for elusive words to describe the Russian depravity, the carnage, the charred destruction of buildings and houses, and the unprovoked executions of the innocent, all left in the wake of the Russian forces as they retreated.”
What Russia is perpetrating in Ukraine defies understanding, and all but requires a suspension of disbelief: the unprovoked military invasion of a sovereign country. Who among us has not been deeply moved by the remarkable courage, the grim tenacity and the extraordinary resistance of the Ukrainian people in the name of democracy and freedom?
Obituary: Jefferson Straub, 78, passed away Feb.25, 2023, in the arms of his wife, Kelly Nash Straub. A celebration of Jeff’s life will be held at the Ashland Congregational Church at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 6.
Herbert Rothschild: “When they covered the 20th anniversary of our invasion of Iraq, our mainstream media were as craven as they were during the run-up to the invasion itself.”
Productions of all kinds and sizes abound at the Oregon Fringe Festival, which will begin its five-day run of unfiltered creative outpourings in Ashland on April 26. Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the festival is produced by the Oregon Center for the Arts at Southern Oregon University.
Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument officials are accepting applications for the annual Artist-In-Residence program through April 17. Selected artists receive a residency at the monument during the early summer months, where they will spend time creating art while surrounded by the monument’s natural beauty.
Ashland Rotary will host its annual Easter egg hunt event at 1 p.m. Sunday, April 9, at Lithia Park near the pickleball courts, according to a news release.
Abacela Winery CEO Dr. Greg Jones will speak about climate’s influence on sustainable wine production at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 13, at Southern Oregon University’s Hannon Library, 1250 Siskiyou Blvd., in the Meese Room.
(It’s free)