Paul Evans is the managing partner for Northwest Passage Trading Company (an import/export company dedicated to marketing Oregon products throughout Asia), an author (VeteranSpeak: An Introduction to the Language of Veterans), and an adjunct professor of public policy and speech.  
Paul served as a senior policy advisor to Governor Ted Kulongoski for military and veterans’ affairs from 2007-2010 after running for the Oregon State Senate in 2006.  He served his community as a city councilor, mayor, and school board member.  Paul is a 20-year veteran with overseas service in Central/South America, Europe, Afghanistan, Iraq, and other “hot spots” throughout the Middle East.  He graduated from Oregon State University (MAIS) in 2001, and Western Oregon State College (BS) in 1992.
 
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| November 08, 2012 | A Request from Rural Oregon | 
  
| November 07, 2012 | The Day After | 
  
| November 01, 2012 | Our President and the lessons of Sandy | 
  
| October 29, 2012 | Superstorm Sandy, Mitt, and US | 
  
| October 26, 2012 | Hometown Heroes Return | 
  
| October 24, 2012 | An Ironic Court Case, Only in Oregon... | 
  
| October 22, 2012 | A Few Things Obama Should Remind America - Tonight | 
  
| October 15, 2012 | Enough!  We Can and Must Do Better... | 
  
| October 11, 2012 | A Step (or two) to the Right: Betsy Close appointed to Frank Morse's seat | 
  
| October 10, 2012 | Genesis: Back to the Future, Again... | 
  
| October 02, 2012 | A Lot of Sizzle, Likely Not a Lot of Steak... | 
  
| October 01, 2012 | Kate Brown Is Special, Oregon Needs Her | 
  
| September 18, 2012 | Hurricane K-12 | 
  
| September 17, 2012 | A Difference between Strong and Stupid | 
  
| September 12, 2012 | Tragedy in Libya, Challenges in Egypt | 
  
| September 11, 2012 | We Must Not Forget, We Must Act | 
  
| September 07, 2012 | The Makings of a Majority Party...? | 
  
| August 21, 2012 | A Dream Comes True in Vernonia | 
  
| August 20, 2012 | What was Todd Akin thinking...?  Really. | 
  
| August 12, 2012 | A Fine line between Irony and Hypocrisy | 
  
| August 10, 2012 | Local Politics and Education Reform... It Still Matters | 
  
| August 05, 2012 | The Invisible Truth about Some Recent Statistics | 
  
| August 02, 2012 | Parlor Tricks, Public Policy, and PERS | 
  
| July 31, 2012 | A Small Something We Could Do... | 
  
| July 17, 2012 | Irony, thy name is Romney | 
  
| January 10, 2012 | We must keep faith with our veterans and fund critical reintegration programs | 
  
| September 21, 2011 | As DC quarrels, Oregon should act. | 
  
| September 11, 2011 | Let us move beyond memorials and monuments | 
  
| May 08, 2011 | After bin Laden, the promise of a new age | 
  
| October 10, 2010 | John Kitzhaber, Measure 70, and keeping faith with our veterans | 
  
| May 08, 2010 | Extraordinary Times | 
  
| November 11, 2009 | On Veterans Day, remember that someone, somewhere always pays a price | 
  
| January 12, 2009 | Re-assessing and re-thinking our military structure |