Our Ten Most Recent Articles

The Yin Yang Philosophy by Chi Newman on January 4th, 2009
Chinese people believe that in order to have a balanced life one must have opposites.

The Green Collar Economy by Richard E. Kelly on January 3rd, 2009
I just finished reading The Green Collar Economy, and I can't ever recall reading a book that changed my way of thinking so dramatically.

Stop! Don’t Make That New Years Resolution by Bob Rogers on December 30th, 2008
This New Year’s Eve, Claire and I will dance our fool hearts out to the great swing tunes of sixty years ago, and we’ll dance into the new year.

Milk by Richard E. Kelly on December 30th, 2008
My wife, Helen, and I had a friend and Grand Rapids’ neighbor, Dick Stien, as a guest for eight days in our Tucson home early in December.

The Language Barrier by Chi Newman on December 29th, 2008
When my husband retired from the Foreign Service and the United Nations, we decided to visit our children, Jeffrey and Leslie, who were attending the University of Arizona in Tucson,...

Feedback from a reader of JOO by John Hoyle on December 26th, 2008
Some days I get dozens of boring, spammy emails, or stupid jokes.

The real gift of Christmas by Bob Rogers on December 23rd, 2008
The gift of Jesus is what Christians celebrate at Christmas, but all too often, they too put the god of consumerism first.

The Great Storm of '08 by John Hoyle on December 23rd, 2008
What we first thought to be gunshots continued unabated throughout the day on Sunday.

Who is Peter Schiff and why didn’t we listen to him? by Craig Bieber on December 21st, 2008
If you have a circle of Internet friends, you are probably covered up with forwarded opinion pieces every day, as I am.

The God Delusion by Richard E. Kelly on December 20th, 2008
“The genie of religious fanaticism is rampant in present-day America, and the Founding Fathers would have been horrified,” so reports Richard Dawkins early on in his best-selling book, The God...

Archive of Reader Commentary

On The Green Collar Economy by Bente Skalstad on January 5th, 2009
I read your article and I very much agree with you.

On The Green Collar Economy by Richard E. Kelly on January 5th, 2009
Within minutes of receiving my son's response, I sent him the following email: "Keith, thank you for your quick, initial observations.

On The Green Collar Economy by Richard E. Kelly on January 5th, 2009
After reading my book review on The Green Collar Economy, my 43-year-old son, who is the plant manager for a large chemical plant in Houston, Texas, wrote me the following...

On The Green Collar Economy by Richard E. Kelly on January 5th, 2009
Bob, my post appears to have hit one of your hot buttons.

On The Green Collar Economy by bob rogers on January 4th, 2009
Putting aside the arguments for global climate change for the moment, there are numerous reasons to switch to so-called “alternative” sources of energy.

On Who is Peter Schiff and why didn’t we listen to him? by Craig Bieber on January 4th, 2009
Stacey, thank you for your comment.

On Who is Peter Schiff and why didn’t we listen to him? by Stacey Derbinshire on January 4th, 2009
I finally decided to write a comment on your blog.

On The Language Barrier by bob rogers on January 1st, 2009
Women have an unfair advantage in such encounters.

On Milk by Richard E. Kelly on December 31st, 2008
John, thank you for the pictures and video that you included with my post.

On The Death of Credit by bob rogers on December 29th, 2008
The last act of the current administration has been to continue the eight-year-long transfer of the modest wealth of middle-class Americans to the ultra wealthy.

On White Hats and Black Hats by mike nist on December 29th, 2008
You have once again given me a very positive outlook on where we are and just maybe who we are.

On Feedback from a reader of JOO by Richard E. Kelly on December 26th, 2008
John and Dear Name Withheld, thank you so much for sharing your observations.

On Feedback from a reader of JOO by bob rogers on December 26th, 2008
Dear Name Withheld, I love your name! I write fiction, and I will find a way to use your name in one of my short stories.

On The Great Storm of '08 by Richard E. Kelly on December 26th, 2008
Craig, I must admit that I didn't know that it could be used either way.

On Who is Peter Schiff and why didn’t we listen to him? by bob rogers on December 26th, 2008
Someone had to be right.

On The Great Storm of '08 by bob rogers on December 26th, 2008
How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?.

On The Great Storm of '08 by Craig Bieber on December 26th, 2008
Dick, you inadvertently raised an age-old question in your comment.

On The real gift of Christmas by Richard E. Kelly on December 25th, 2008
Bob, I read your story out loud at our Christmas celebration an hour ago and cried.

On The Great Storm of '08 by Richard E. Kelly on December 24th, 2008
John, this stuff happens in the midwest and not Oregon.

On The real gift of Christmas by Richard E. Kelly on December 24th, 2008
Bob, you are unbelievable. Your mind must never stop. A very good post with some very thought provoking material for us to think about. And as always, so very timely....

On W by bob rogers on December 22nd, 2008
Any depiction of our outgoing President, that is less than scathing, is of no use to me.

On The God Delusion by bob rogers on December 22nd, 2008
Barry Goldwater is one of my heroes, and the quote from hims is vintage Goldwater.

On T'was the Week Before Christmas... by Randy Graham on December 21st, 2008
With his patriotism and foresight, Fred Longcoor should run for president in 2012 as a independent.

On Intelligent Design: Religion or Science? by bob rogers on December 21st, 2008
Mr Harrison, You are right; one can be both a preacher and a scientist.

On Intelligent Design: Religion or Science? by John Hoyle on December 21st, 2008
Mr. Harrison, You have the right to voice your opinion even when it is in direct opposition to that of one or more of our contributors. If my "endorsement" of...

On Intelligent Design: Religion or Science? by Rick Harrison on December 21st, 2008
Mr. Hoyle: Modern intelligent design theorists do not attach their case to religion in any way. The only groups in the current evolutionary debate who attach intelligent design to religion...

On T'was the Week Before Christmas... by Richard E. Kelly on December 21st, 2008
Craig, what a great, timely message told in rhyme.

On Intelligent Design: Religion or Science? by John Hoyle on December 21st, 2008
As Editor I review each and every comment to be sure that nothing slanderous, libelous, or obscene becomes a permanent part of this website.

On Intelligent Design: Religion or Science? by Rick Harrison on December 20th, 2008
Mr. Rogers: You pose a false dilemma. One can be a scientist and a "preacher" at the same time. Gregor Mendel did, as has our own John Polkinghorne. (Polkinghorne, John. The...

On Intelligent Design: Religion or Science? by Rick Harrison on December 20th, 2008
Where's the beef is a good guidepost for this discussion.

On T'was the Week Before Christmas... by bob rogers on December 20th, 2008
I love it, and the serious message behind it.

On Fed drops funds rate to near 0% by bob rogers on December 20th, 2008
"...employ all available tools to promote the resumption of sustainable economic growth and to preserve price stability." Sure Ben. I see Chairman Bernanke, facing down a dozen fat bankers, all...

On Kung Shi Fa Tsai by bob rogers on December 20th, 2008
What rich images of a wonderful people, having a great time! Although we were not in China at the new year, we do remember the busy village markets filled with...

On A Most Remarkable Man by Bliss FitzRandolph on December 20th, 2008
Hello Dick I have thought of those two evenings so many time.

On Intelligent Design: Religion or Science? by Richard E. Kelly on December 20th, 2008
Mr. Harrison, after reading your comment and checking out your website, I can hear Joseph Wood Krutch whispering in my ear, "The world of poetry, mythology, and religion represents the...

On Intelligent Design: Religion or Science? by bob rogers on December 19th, 2008
Mr Harrison, Where's the beef? Intellegent design is an interesting idea (I can't dignify it with the term theory).

On Change really is coming - to your neighborhood by Tricia on December 19th, 2008
Thanks for the great report on the meeting last weekend, I was the hostess for BOb's meeting and was so excited and impressed at the grassroots enthusiasm for this process...

On Tightening our belts by Anna on December 19th, 2008
Good Article. I somehow missed this one before. Maybe every generation has to learn the lesson over again. The generation of the Great Depression is gone now...

On Intelligent Design: Religion or Science? by Rick Harrison on December 19th, 2008
I have studied the question of intelligent design intensively for the past four years, and written a 600 page book on the subject which is available free online (nonprofit), called...

On A Most Remarkable Man by Richard E. Kelly on December 18th, 2008
Rosanne and Bliss, thank you so much for your most recent comments.

On Greed by Anna on December 18th, 2008
Indeed, greed will get you sooner or later.

On Change really is coming - to your neighborhood by Anna on December 18th, 2008
I hope these meetings won't stop once the "dust has cleared" and Obama is in office.

On Tightening our belts by Richard E. Kelly on December 18th, 2008
Bob, you are a writing Machine! And with something to say.

On A Most Remarkable Man by Bliss FitzRandolph on December 17th, 2008
I would like to wish Darrell and Bob's friends, one and all.

On Fed drops funds rate to near 0% by Richard E. Kelly on December 16th, 2008
John, as always, you seem to be several years ahead of the other news sources in recognizing the economic dangers facing our country.

On A Most Remarkable Man by Rosanne Nicholson on December 16th, 2008
2008 is marked with having to say farewell to our dear friend, Darrell.

On The New Homeless by Anna on December 16th, 2008
Very good article. Causes us to think and to be thankful. It's so easy to look at those who have more than us but often times not so...

On Change really is coming - to your neighborhood by Richard E. Kelly on December 16th, 2008
Bob, thank you so much for providing JOO readers a first hand account of what these meetings were like.

On Corn-pone opinions by bob rogers on December 13th, 2008
Great piece. We have many great observers of American society, but Mark Twain stands alone. His thoughts were so much deeper than the popular opinion of his writing. Thank you...

On The New Homeless by Leatha on December 13th, 2008
Wow Bob, You and Claire have an awesome way of relating the circumstances round about you.

On White Hats and Black Hats by shirlee mets on December 12th, 2008
as always dear brother you are on the ball ,I'll have a scotch too, to help your celebrate.

On White Hats and Black Hats by Casey Bieber on December 12th, 2008
Great first post Dad! But, I do have to agree with Murphy about you being too soft on Bush.

On White Hats and Black Hats by Richard E. Kelly on December 12th, 2008
I thought it would be interesting for people who enjoyed reading Craig's first post on JOO to know that he received an email from the editor of his hometown newspaper...

On The New Homeless by John Hoyle on December 12th, 2008
I was overwhelmed with emotion when I first read this story and saw those photos of cold, foggy despair.

On The New Homeless by Richard E. Kelly on December 12th, 2008
Bob, thank you for the post and haunting photos.

On White Hats and Black Hats by Judd Robinson on December 11th, 2008
Your insight and reflections are put into words as if writing a novel.

On White Hats and Black Hats by Lynn Wildblood on December 11th, 2008
Craig I too have a similar background as you with many of the same attitudes developed over my life.

On White Hats and Black Hats by Randy Graham on December 10th, 2008
Your wit and values reminds me of a boss I once had.

On White Hats and Black Hats by John Murphy on December 10th, 2008
Craig, You're definetly in the white hat stable in my mental barn.

On White Hats and Black Hats by Marilyn Higdon on December 10th, 2008
Craig, good job on your first effort of your new venture.

On White Hats and Black Hats by Richard E. Kelly on December 10th, 2008
Craig, I really enjoyed your well-written post.

On White Hats and Black Hats by Jeff Atkinson on December 10th, 2008
I finally decided to write a comment on your blog.

On Will loan modifications save the housing market? by Tony Orlando on December 5th, 2008
Thanks for posting the article, was certainly a great read!.

On The Death of Credit by Stocks and Bonds » Blog Archive » The Death of Credit | Just One Opinion on December 5th, 2008
[...] The US economy has continued on a steady free-fall ever since the bank bailout bill was passed. The Federal Reserve also stepped in and lowered the rate at which...

On A very presidential President-elect by Robert Rogers on November 27th, 2008
I understand some liberals are upset at President Elect Obama's selections.

On A Most Remarkable Man by Bliss FitzRandolph on November 19th, 2008
I have just shed a few tears while reading the "story 1 and story 2" from Jane and Eric.

On A Most Remarkable Man by Eric & Jane Force on November 18th, 2008
Tales of Darrell Story 1 In the town of Annapolis Royal, near the village where Darrell and Bob spent their summers in Nova Scotia, there is a beautiful botanical garden.

On A Most Remarkable Man by J. Mickey Scoffin on November 15th, 2008
My memories of Darrell G.

On A Most Remarkable Man by Richard & Suzanne Clark on November 15th, 2008
Dear Dick, This Eulogy is so beautifully written.

On A Most Remarkable Man by Joshua & April Stechschulte on November 13th, 2008
To me and my wife one of the things that made Gene such as remarkable man was how great of a great uncle he was.

On A Most Remarkable Man by Bliss FitzRandolph on November 12th, 2008
Hello Dick and hello as well to Helen I think of you folk often and especially remember our evening that we "launched" Darrell.

On A Most Remarkable Man by Ken Carion on November 12th, 2008
Thanks for your glowing remarks about our dear friend.

On A Most Remarkable Man by Lori Petry on November 12th, 2008
Richard: Thank you for sharing some of your memories of Uncle Gene in your recent article.

On A Most Remarkable Man by Richard E. Kelly on November 12th, 2008
Dick, thank you for your quick response.

On A Most Remarkable Man by Dick Strojan on November 12th, 2008
Dick–Yours is a glowing, accurate tribute of our mutual buddy.

On Online - Finally by dick strojan on November 11th, 2008
Dick--Yours is a glowing, accurate tribute of our mutual buddy.

On Barack Obama elected 44th President by Robert Rogers on November 6th, 2008
The morning of November 5th, a young black man stood in front of me in the checkout line, a newspaper in one hand, a dollar in the other.

On Tom Chereck-Republican Candidate by John Hoyle on November 5th, 2008
I'm sorry to announce that in spite of our free advertising and somewhat dubious support for Mr.

On Obama's socialist agenda by kim on November 1st, 2008
Thanks Bob, I have enjoyed it as well.

On Obama's socialist agenda by Robert Rogers on November 1st, 2008
Thanks Kim, This has been one of the most refreshing political interactions I've had in years.

On Obama's socialist agenda by Kim on October 31st, 2008
Thanks Bob. I wish that my opinion was based on financial factors alone, yet it is not. I was simply responding to Colin Powells comment regarding the next...

On Obama's socialist agenda by Robert Rogers on October 31st, 2008
Well-done Kim. Where we live, what we do for a living, what values are important to us, and the life-path we see for ourselves, certainly do factor into how we...

On Obama's socialist agenda by Kim on October 30th, 2008
Hi Robert, I appreciate your comments and your investigation in ways to help others.

On McCain vs. Obama - How their proposals could affect you by Robert Rogers on October 30th, 2008
John, You make the choice quite clear.

On Obama's socialist agenda by Robert Rogers on October 30th, 2008
Kim, As a small businessperson all my life, I hear your, and Joe The Plumber's, frustrations with working hard and paying taxes.

On McCain vs. Obama - How their proposals could affect you by Richard E. Kelly on October 29th, 2008
John, it's just one opinion, but I think that this article that you've just written is one of your best.

On Obama's socialist agenda by Kim on October 28th, 2008
Hi Richard, My opinion is not based on the oodles of twisted data that exists on the internet or the various news programs.

On Obama's socialist agenda by Richard E. Kelly on October 28th, 2008
Kim, what data did you use to help you formulate your hypothesis that Obama has a socialistic agenda and a communistic approach that will penalize your family and business if...

On Tom Chereck-Republican Candidate by John Hoyle on October 25th, 2008
Mr. Chereck (writing under the pen-name "floraspec") provided his own followup comments on the Statesman-Journal article. Chereck writes: "I thought this article about us would be worse in regards to...

On Tom Chereck-Republican Candidate by John Hoyle on October 25th, 2008
The Statesman-Journal, Salem, Oregon's excuse for a newspaper, printed an article on October 2nd that described the race for the 22nd District.

On Decision Day by Richard E. Kelly on October 25th, 2008
Bob, my best wishes to you on your change of affiliation.

On Tom Chereck-Republican Candidate by Richard E. Kelly on October 25th, 2008
John, I have to compliment you for having the courage to let Mr Chereck promote his skills for State Representative on your Just One Opinion.

On W by movie fan on October 24th, 2008
Josh Brolin did a convincing Dubya, though he reminded me a lot of his cowboy character from No Country for Old Men.

On The "Bradley Effect" - the real story by Robert Rogers on October 23rd, 2008
Wow. Great to have the "Bradley Effect" finally explained, and debunked. There are other things to fear this time, few having to do with race: THEY will do anything...

On Your Ballot - tallied, tweaked, or trashed? by Robert Rogers on October 23rd, 2008
I grew up in West Virginia in the 1950's.

On Ditz & Dean - Who is the "real" John McCain? by Robert Rogers on October 22nd, 2008
Claire and I sailed to Fiji from Australia in 2002 on the catamaran Songlines.

On McCain vs. Obama - A look back with two weeks to go by Robert Rogers on October 21st, 2008
As usual, Just One Opinion is spot on.

On Appaloosa by Richard E. Kelly on October 10th, 2008
John, is there no end to your talent? A movie review, now isn't that a clever thing to do.

On Greed by Richard E. Kelly on October 9th, 2008
Bob, thank you so much for your post on greed.