Jeff Golden came to Oregon after half an Ivy League education the last time the sky was falling (1972) to settle in the woods of Southern Oregon and learn how to take care of himself. He dropped back in by way of public broadcasting and then politics, winning a seat on the Jackson County Board of Commissioners during the Spotted Owl wars and surviving a timber industry-sponsored recall to become the first Oregonian even nominated for the JFK Profile in Courage award. He was Chief of Staff to then-Senate President Bill Bradbury and spent ten years behind the mic as host of a daily NPR talk show in Southern Oregon and Northern California. That sparked his quaint notion that Americans are ready for much more than the pablum served up by political consultants and candidates, an ongoing tantrum he managed to contain within the pages of As If we Were Grownups (2004) and Unafraid: A Novel of the Possible, which branches off from history on November 22, 1963, when the bullets fired in Dallas miss their mark. Jeff still believes we can govern ourselves.
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| September 03, 2015 | Not yet, please |
| June 02, 2014 | They--even some of us--said it couldn't be done |
| June 13, 2013 | The association of Oregon businesses that's powerfully progressive |
| February 20, 2010 | "If only the Democrats wouldn't be so EXTREME..." |
| February 16, 2010 | A wake-up giftpak from Harry & David |
| January 29, 2010 | The State of the Spin |
| January 25, 2010 | An astute overarching comment |
| January 21, 2010 | Terrible news? Well, maybe... |
| January 17, 2010 | “Can’t We All Get Along?” isn’t the point. Winning is. |
| January 15, 2010 | If it quacks like Class Warfare... |
| January 03, 2010 | What do you want to do about it this year? |
| December 20, 2009 | "Class Warfare?" Please. |
| December 11, 2009 | Take five |
| December 10, 2009 | A small event that's big. And fun. |
| December 06, 2009 | You really want to ban that photo? |
| December 03, 2009 | I'm losing the battle... |
| November 30, 2009 | A good idea, coming to a ballot measure near you |
| November 23, 2009 | Where's the beef? |
| November 17, 2009 | You know that definition of "insanity" that everybody quotes? |
| October 24, 2009 | Don't like KUMBAYA? Okay. Your idea is... ? |
| October 17, 2009 | A hot button that's not going away |
| October 09, 2009 | What if President O actually implemented the foreign policy that the Nobel Committee voted for? |
| October 03, 2009 | Confidence in WHAT? |
| September 20, 2009 | I think the fun has something to do with it-- |
| September 12, 2009 | Tell me again why bosses should pay? |
| September 06, 2009 | My media weekend |
| September 03, 2009 | Naked politics |
| August 25, 2009 | Introducing myself. |
