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6:30 Paul Steidler is a Senior Fellow at the Lexington Institute, a public policy think tank based in Arlington, VA.
MAGA country is experiencing an economic boom as Big Tech pours tens of billions of dollars into AI infrastructure across red states, but a dangerous rift has emerged within President Trump’s coalition that could kill this golden goose.
Expert policy analyst Paul Steidler reveals in a new article published by American Greatness how some Trump supporters are successfully courting the massive job creation and investment flowing into their communities from large tech companies. Others on the “populist right” are supporting policies that would drastically harm these companies and curb investments.
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7:10 Tom Zeller Jr. is co-founder and editor-in-chief of Undark, a nonprofit digital magazine exploring the intersection of science and society. Previously, he was a reporter and columnist at the New York Times, an editor at large for National Geographic and a Knight Science Journalism fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He lives in Lolo, Montana. The Headache is his first book. In THE HEADACHE: The Science of a Most Confounding Affliction-and a Search for Relief (Mariner Books; on sale 7/15/2025), veteran science journalist Tom Zeller Jr. delivers a deeply reported journey into the world of headaches-equal parts gripping memoir, cutting-edge science, and insightful exploration of what it means to live with severe, unexplained, and recurrent head pain.
For decades, Zeller has battled excruciating cluster headaches, a disorder so painful it is sometimes described as “suicide headache” in the scientific literature. But instead of succumbing to despair, he used his unique skills as a journalist to dig deeper. THE HEADACHE chronicles his personal quest for answers-from experimental drug trials to groundbreaking research on brain function, and even the unexpected possibilities of psychedelic therapy. Zeller’s captivating narrative explores the history of headache treatment, the science behind the nervous system, and how modern medicine is finally starting to take these conditions seriously
. 7:20 Joseph Rice, chair of the Josephine County Republican Party – Rock through the office window, now what??
7:3 Dr. Bonnor Cohen, PhD from the Committee for A Constructive Tomorrow
His bio-https://www.cfact.org/bonner-cohen/
topic-below statement on cloud seeding.
Cloud-Seeding Had No Role in Texas Floods, But
Beware of Geoengineering to Combat “Climate Change”
Cloud-seeding, a technology developed in the United States in the 1940s, involves sprinkling clouds with particles to induce rainfall on farmland during severe droughts. It is a common practice in crop-growing regions of the aired West, including West Texas, and is regulated by the states. The devastating flash floods in the Texas Hill Country were triggered by Tropical Storm Barry, not by cloud-seeding. Cloud-seeding should not be confused with geoengineering, which aims at altering the Earth’s climate by reflecting sunlight away from the planet or removing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere. Geoengineering has the potential to do great harm, including reducing life-sustaining levels of CO2 needed for agriculture.
8:10 Dr. Dennis Powers, retired professor of business law at SOU with today’s Where Past Meets Present – www.DennisPowersBooks.com
Cave Junction
By Dennis Powers
Although gold mining was an important factor at first in the Illinois Valley, this did not lead to permanent towns or cities: It was the Oregon Caves, its development, and building road access. Elijah Davidson discovered the Oregon Caves in 1874 while bear hunting deep in the Siskiyou Mountains. After shooting a deer, he followed his dog to a large hole in a mountain (now renamed Mount Elijah after him). Making his way carefully into the black darkness, Davidson lit match after match to find the silhouettes of caverns, stalactites (hanging down like icicles) and stalagmites (from below, sticking up). Telling others about his discovery, the labyrinth of caves and passageways became fairly known, but its remote location kept exploration to only the adventurous.
Experts determined that acidic rainwater from the ancient forest above had dissolved the underlying marble to create one of the world’s rare marble caves. In 1907, Joaquin Miller–the fabled “Poet of the Sierras”–visited the caves and was so impressed that he wrote an article about its unique beauty. Published by Sunset Magazine and entitled “The Marble Halls of Oregon,” this publicity gave the caves nationwide exposure. As a result of the continued advocacy, President Taft designated the 480-acre Oregon Caves in 1909 as a national monument.
Commercial cave tours didn’t become viable until 1922 when a road (Oregon Hwy. 46) was funded and completed by the Oregon State Highway Commission and U.S. Forest Service (“USFS”) to the monument from the Redwood Highway (Hwy. 199). One year later, the USFS agreed with a group of Grants Pass businessmen to finance the lodging and staff to run the resort (a concessionaire now does this), while it (later the National Park Service—or “NPS”) provided oversight and infrastructure, including cave lighting, trails, and a water system.
The increased traffic led to a community developing at the junction of the Redwood Highway and Highway 46. Originally known as Caves City, it was established in 1926 on land donated by Elwood Hussey. In 1935, its post office was named as Cave Junction (since it wasn’t an incorporated city, this new name was agreeable). The locality became incorporated as Cave Junction in 1948, and it is the only incorporated area in the Illinois Valley. Not surprisingly, the city’s motto is the “Gateway to the Oregon Caves.”
Over time, the chalet, cottages, dormitory, and six-story Chateau were built, rebuilt, and renovated. In 2014, Congress expanded the monument nearly 10-fold, from 480 acres to approximately 4,550. An extensive modification of the Chateau began in late 2018, whereby this structure is still closed as of 2025. The Oregon Caves is still open to tours and overnight camping at campsites, but there is no food available at the park. Cave Junction continues on as its “gateway” along with tourism, wineries, and the legalization of cannabis as economic supports. Its population is approximately 2000 hardy folks.
Sources: Dennis Powers, “Where Past Meets present,” Ashland, Oregon: Hellgate Press, 2017, pp. 140-142 (Oregon Caves); Wikipedia: Cave Junction, Oregon at History; National Park Service: Oregon Caves at Latest Park News.