by Thomas Benke | Feb 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
When a natural disaster struck Texas (an uncommonly long freeze in a normally balmy state) many electrical power generating stations shut down because they were not sufficiently “weatherized” to operate in the extremely cold weather. Electricity was rationed with...
by Thomas Benke | Feb 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
When a natural disaster struck Texas (an uncommonly long freeze in a normally balmy state) many electrical power generating stations shut down because they were not sufficiently “weatherized” to operate in the extremely cold weather. Electricity was rationed with...
by Thomas Benke | Nov 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
One of the founders of the United States of America, Benjamin Franklin, is credited with the following saying: Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. Some Americans rail at any...
by Thomas Benke | Nov 15, 2020 | Social Justice
I was recently elected President of the Portland-Khabarovsk Sister City Association for a two year term beginning January 1, 2021. My international work began with PKSCA in December 1998 when the Board sent me to Khabarovsk to begin what became a 15-year series of...
by Thomas Benke | Oct 14, 2020 | Social Justice
As I write the U.S. Presidential election is just a few weeks away. Monday October 12th was a federal holiday, Columbus Day, celebrating the famous Italian’s “discovery” of America (with the sponsorship of the most Catholic King and Queen of Spain)...
