Dr. Mark Scott Smith has spent his post-academic medicine career writing historical fiction here on the North Oregon Coast that has taken him around the USA, Europe, Latin America and East Asia…
Category: Books
Broken News: Why the Media Rage Machine Divides America
By Jim Heffernan I was attracted to this book by the back story of the author, Chris Stirewalt. He was a political editor for Fox news and was fired for telling the…
BOOK REVIEW: Tuesday Night Massacre – Four Senate Elections and the Radicalization of the Republican Party
By Jim Heffernan I can’t shake the sensation that our political system and me were hit by a truck sometime in the distant past. As I brush myself off and look down…
BOOK REVIEW: A Politics of LOVE
By Jim Heffernan This book just kind of caught my eye somehow like a bright, shiny object. I’m glad I knew nothing of the author. I’m afraid that my biases might have…
Author Kizzie Jones Races Dachshund Nikki at 15th Annual Firecracker Wiener Nationals
By Robin Swain Kizzie Jones, author of the Tall Tale series of children’s books, arrived in Rockaway Beach 4th of July weekend to promote her new book, A Tall Tale About Dachshunds…
“Thrifty Comfort Cooking for Challenging Times” – Cookbook Provides Easy, Affordable Recipes for All Cooks; Proceeds of Cookbook Sales to Benefit Local Food Banks
By Laura Swanson This is one of the good things that has come from the pandemic – Judith Yamada’s cookbook “Thrifty Comfort Cooking for Challenging Times.” Seeing a need to help all…
BOOK REVIEW: What Unites Us – Reflections on Patriotism by Dan Rather
By Jim Heffernan I found this book of essays very enjoyable. There are 16 essays, each extolling a particular aspect of a broad topic and each aspect seems to be somehow diminished…
BOOK REVIEW: THEM – Why we hate each other – and how to heal by Ben Sasse
By Jim Heffernan I am amazed at how much I liked a book written by the conservative* Republican Senator from Nebraska. He and I differ on a lot of policies, but I…
“CHEESE WAR” Authors Marilyn Milne and Linda Kirk discuss new book at the Port of Tillamook Bay June 12th
Cheese War: Conflict and Courage in Tillamook County, Oregon Authors- Marilyn Milne and Linda Kirk will be at the Port of Tillamook Bay Conference Room at 4000 Blimp Blvd. on Sunday June…
BOOK REVIEW: “Saving Grace” – Speak Your Truth, Stay Centered and Learn to Coexist with People Who Drive You Nuts
By Jim Heffernan “Braver Angels” (a national organization that promotes civil communication between people of differing viewpoints) recommended this book. I am very glad they did, I enjoyed it very much. This…
