Did Rodney King ever get his question answered?

Do you remember Rodney King, the guy in LA who was videotaped as cops used him as a pinata? There was a riot in LA when the cops were acquitted of all charges, and Rodney was famously quoted as saying "Can't we just all get along?"

A lot of my columns ask more or less the same thing. Haven't really heard much in the way of answers. In this weekend's column, I want to know -- I really DO want to know -- why it often seems we can't. We're still fighting over such stupid stuff. Would it help to understand why?

I keep thinking so.

How to make a Martian's jaw drop

There are lots of ways, actually, and they're all around us.  I'm calling them SHTIPOOFs.  A lot of them have to do with cars, so that's where I chose to start the inquiry in this week's column.   Enjoy.

Guns make us crazy

You may not know about Barack Obama's agenda to take everyone's guns away.  The Oregonians who are hip to this have been flooding gun shops to stock their arsenals before he takes the oath of office.

Where's this headed?  And can we even talk about it without foaming at the mouth?

 I'm trying to find out here.

Whose problem is hunger?

This isn't a theoretical question.  The economic meltdown that's worrisome and nerve-wracking for most of us is becoming life-threatening to more and more people in our own country.  In an earlier newspaper column I asked readers to be honest about whether or not they think this is their problem.

Most of them answered that they do.  They even have some answers that worth thinking about.  See what you think.