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| 6:35 Mike O’Neil with the Landmark Legal Foundation. We dig into the Judge Merchan sentencing of Trump this week along with a busy and controversial SCOTUS term. Cases discussed include:
Kerr v. Planned Parenthood South Atl. This case concerns whether South Carolina can prohibit Planned Parenthood from receiving taxpayer funding under the state’s Medicaid program. At issue is a 2018 executive order by South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster which prohibits state Medicaid funds from being sent to Planned Parenthood and other groups that provide abortions. A federal district court had struck down Governor McMaster’s order and required the state to restore Planned Parenthood’s funding. The Fourth Circuit later affirmed the district court’s decision.
South Carolina had appealed the case to the U.S. Supreme Court nine times to no avail. The Court finally accepted it this December. Oral arguments have not yet been scheduled.
United States v. Skrmetti concerns a Tennessee law which prohibits most medical treatments to minors meant to reinforce a purported gender identity inconsistent with the child’s sex. Gender-dysphoric children and related parties filed suit, arguing that the law violates constitutional principles of due process and equal protection. They argued that because some medications, like puberty blockers, could still legally be given to children for uses other than gender transitioning the law discriminated based on sex. The Tennessee Solicitor General argued that the law does not discriminate based on sex but limits medical treatments available to minors based on the treatment’s medical purpose. |
7:10 Four-term U.S. Congressman Jim Renacci talks the Speaker’s Race
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7:35 Former Josephine County Commissioner Herman Baertschiger talks the Dem attack on our area, the believe we’re being targeted, suggestions for the incoming board and more about the state of GOP politics in Oregon.
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Monday 01-06-25 Bill Meyer Show Guest Information
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6:35 Leighton Grey, host of the Grey Matter Podcast, is a litigator by trade. Leighton Grey’s leap into the world of podcasting was fueled by an unquenchable search for truth and justice.
Is Canada Doomed Unless It is Absorbed into the United States?
Leading Canadian Legal Mind Argues Becoming American is Canada’s Best Option.
Trudeau Leaves Canada In Suspense as Anxious Liberals Urge Him to Go
Majority of Justin Trudeau’s caucus calls on him to quit
The Destruction of Canada
“Canada is in reality a piece of geography made up of provinces and territories that don’t get along well with each other, where unnecessary, uneven, and unequal bureaucratic regulations across provincial and territorial borders create many frustrations for businesses that cannot flourish productively and efficiently. It is virtually impossible to correct provincial inequities by revising the 1982 Constitution, the writing of which Prime Minister Trudeau senior was a participant,” writes leading Canadian legal mind Leighton Grey.
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7:10 Dr. David Kanani serves as the Director of US ORT Operations, President of Bramson ORT Institute of Technology, and President of Los Angeles ORT College. With over 40 years of experience in engineering, education, and leadership, Dr. Kanani is a passionate advocate for STEM education and national security. He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) from Princeton University and is dedicated to fostering innovation and developing a robust pipeline of STEM talent in the United States.
America’s growing dependence on foreign STEM talent is more than an economic issue—it directly threatens national security. Dr. David Kanani warns that expanding H-1B visa programs leaves America vulnerable, creating reliance on foreign expertise in critical industries. His solution? A renewed focus on cultivating domestic STEM talent. Dr. Kanani’s vision aims to safeguard our technological independence and secure America’s future in an increasingly competitive global landscape by empowering educators, investing in students, and prioritizing homegrown innovation.
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8:10 Dr. Dennis Powers, retired professor of Business Law at Southern Oregon University with “Where Past Meets Present”.
The Carpenter Foundation
By Dennis Powers
The allure of the early 1900’s Orchard Boom drew numbers of well-educated Easterners and Midwesterners to the Valley. Included in these newcomers were the Harvard-educated brothers, Leonard and Alfred Carpenter. After college, Leonard had been an electrical engineer and Alfred in the real estate and banking business. Although neither knew much about agriculture, the Carpenter brothers planted a pear orchard in 1909 with a draft-horse team. The two men established their Veritas Orchard and took turns managing it.
Alfred decided to travel around the world in 1920, as Leonard with his wife of three years, Winifred, watched over the orchard. While on the cruise, Alfred met and fell in love with Helen Bundy and were married in 1922 in Cairo. Helen’s father, Harlow Bundy, and his brother had started a business in New York state three decades before that later owned the important patents for punch clocks. Named the Bundy Time Machine Company, the operation expanded, merged with others, and in 1924 with others formed International Business Machines (“IBM”). Helen and her two siblings were the owners of very valuable stock.
Living for a few years in Pasadena, Alfred and Helen returned to the Medford area in 1926. Buying land near Jacksonville on Old Stage Road, they planted a small orchard and built a “large and inviting” home that they named “Topsides.” This became the center for their parties and social events, often for the benefit of nonprofits. Alfred managed their orchard and later became a board member of COPCO (which over time became part of the mega-utility, Pacific Power) and the Medford Irrigation District.
With the trials and tribulations of World War II, the Carpenters used their private funds to form the Jackson County Recreation Committee (“JCRC”), which provided entertainment and activities for the military personnel at nearby Camp White. This was a large undertaking with the troops numbering at one time as high as 40,000. Their committee purchased the building originally built and used by Pacific Telephone as the entertainment facility. (Alfred and Helen transferred the building’s ownership in 1958 to the University Club.)
Although there was no further need to entertain the troops when the war ended, Alfred and Helen continued their charitable support: Scholarships were granted so that “worthy” students could attend college; and major donations were made to Medford’s Community Hospital/Rouge Valley Medical Center (“RVMC”–now Asante), the Red Cross, and the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts at Harvard University. Many were made anonymously.
The JCRC reorganized in 1958 to become the Carpenter Foundation with a board of trustees; its aim was to “add opportunity, choice, inclusiveness, enrichment, and a climate for change for those living in the Rogue Valley.” The Foundation’s first grants included the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (“OSF”), RVMC, and this has continued over the years.
Alfred not only served on the RVMC board for nearly 40 years, but he also served as its president for 11 years, and would make a weekly visit to talk with the employees and physicians; he additionally served for a time as the chairman of OSF’s fund-raising committee. The major assistance given to the Valley’s arts and music is noteworthy. This included substantial grants that supported major projects and/or the development of the Angus Bowmer Theatre and Carpenter Hall at OSF, the Britt Music Festival, and the Craterian Performing Arts in Medford.
Helen Bundy Carpenter died in 1961, and Alfred later remarried Helene Salade Donker. Following into the foundation was Alfred’s nephew, Dunbar Carpenter, whose father Dunbar (Alfred’s older brother) had come to Medford during the Orchard Boom, but returned later to Boston. Dunbar was born in Medford in 1915, graduated from Harvard, married, and during World War II flew the large Pan American Clippers for civilian contractors working with the military.
After World War II, Leonard and Winifred—then in their sixties—asked Dunbar and his wife, Jane, if they would be interested in taking over their orchard. They did and moved to Medford. In 1972, four public trustees were added to the family members. When Alfred died in 1974, Dunbar (1915-2008) and Jane Carpenter (1915-2007) continued the foundation as a major charitable organization in this area
Their adult children and sisters, Karen Carpenter Allan and Emily Carpenter Mostue (joined by daughter Ali), serve as Vice-President/Secretary and President, respectively, of the Carpenter Foundation. Since its inception, the foundation has awarded near $30 million in total grants, $3-plus million in college scholarships, and 5,000-plus grants to
Southern Oregon nonprofit organizations.
It provides grants in the areas of human services, education, scholarships, the arts, and public interest. In an average year, it will make over 100 different grants, totaling as much as $850,000-plus in a given year. Despite its continued, large support of this region, the foundation’s assets are now $20 million in total (from $1 million when first established). Reviewing the list of recipients at its website gives a striking overview of the many areas so supported.
Alfred and Helen Carpenter created a foundation that truly stands out, and as Dunbar and Jane Carpenter continued with Karen and Emily. Their stewardship has brought about a striking positive climate of change–for all of us living here—that continues on.
Sources: Dennis Powers, “The Carpenters and Their Foundation,” Grants Pass Daily Courier, July 21, 2024, Pg. B-8; see generally, “Carpenter Foundation,” at History, People, Grants Made, and Financials, including downloading the Carpenter Foundation Booklet, “Fifty Years of Growing Community”; George Kramer, “The Oregon Encyclopedia: Carpenter Foundation and Alfred (1881-1974) & Helen Bundy (1886-1961),” at Synopsis.