Six months ago none of us could have imagined that America – and half the civilized world – would just be sitting around twiddling our thumbs and watching our worlds being mummified, and yet, here we are and few of us are satisfied with the reasons we’ve been given.   The governor of Oregon, Kate Brown (Dem.), just extended the COVID-19 lockdown until July 6, nine weeks away.  This has us all stumped because Oregon is barely on the virus map. In my county -- Jackson County (population about 200,000) -- we’ve only had 49 cases, no deaths, and no new cases for the last couple of weeks. It’s been worse up in the more populated Portland area, but still nothing compared to our neighboring state, Washington. So one wonders why. What’s up? Instead of slogging through huge national numbers, let’s zero in on just a few communities -- that are, I’m sure, much like thousands of other towns across this nation. Let’s see...(Read Full Article)