Jacqueline Smith: Hegseth forcing Stripes to toe Pentagon PR line
A recent opinion column I wrote as the Stars and Stripes ombudsman began with this: “Pete Hegseth doesn’t want you to see cartoons in this newspaper anymore.”
Randy Stapilus: Hill steepens for GOP in Oregon’s 5th District
In 2022, after Oregon’s new map for congressional districts was set in place, the state emerged with a high number of competitive U.S. House districts:
Jonah Goldberg: Cory Booker guilty of shameful demagoguery
I wish “Meet the Press” host Kristen Welker had asked Sen. Cory Booker if he’s qualified to represent New Jersey, given that nearly nine out of 10 of his constituents are not Black.
Jeb Bladine: Time to start celebrating Mac’s historic birthday
Aliens are already here, with more arriving for Saturday’s annual UFO Festival parade. As usual, this popular McMinnville affair launches an extensive schedule of community events. This year, that ...
Investigating the Bible: Agree to disagree
Acclaimed actress Katharine Hepburn reportedly said, “Enemies are stimulating.” However, when adrenaline flows and blood pressure rises, conflicts are unsettling. A serious disagreement ...
Quirk of the Week: Lafayette, beyond the leaping squid dogs
Sheridan and Willamina had their turns, as did Dundee, in recent Quirk of the Week tours. As promised, now a little love for Lafayette. (Dayton had its moment a year or so ago, with forthcoming revisits ...
Jeb Bladine: History urges strong response to youth violence
To be clear, there’s no public evidence the April 28 melee in Joe Dancer Park was gang-related. But if it was, historic lessons have taught us as a community to act quickly and vigorously. Last ...
Christine Bader: Chemeketa/WOU partnership creates rich new opportunities
For Bobby Garibay, post-secondary education wasn’t in the cards. “I didn’t really care about high school,” he says, and it showed in his grades. “I really let them drop because I didn’t see myself going to college.”
Quirk of the Week: Instructions included
Some signs are all-purpose, location-flexible: “Wrong Way,” “Yield,” “Breakfast All Day” … “Post No Bills.” Others are unique and perhaps site-specific: ...
Attention-magnets keep hiding important stories
It’s so easy to be distracted by attention-magnets while ignoring under-covered stories. Spectacle politics hides changes in structural governance; immigration drama shrouds realities of labor economics; ...
Jonah Goldberg: When violence erupts, blame game ensues
About the writer: Conservative D.C.-based commentator Jonah Goldberg serves as editor-in-chief of The Dispatch, hosts The Remnant podcast, authors a weekly Los Angeles Times column, holds a chair with ...
Gary Conkling: Immigrants helped found U.S. and sustain it from the outset
Immigration is intimately linked to American history. Thomas Jefferson listed obstruction of immigration among the grievances in the Declaration of Independence. Immigration was essential to populating the country.
Quirk of the Week: No waffling: Ice cream just got even more fun
“Ice cream never asks silly questions. Ice cream understands.” — Anonymous Don’t ask why Serendipity Ice Cream did the thing they did on Saturday. They just did it, and a lot of ...
