Jeb Bladine: Lesson-learning campaign, bad timing: Regroup!
The election math spells likely defeat for McMinnville’s $98.5 million recreation bond proposal — more on those numbers below. Historically, McMinnville voters rarely rejected any bond measure ...
Dennis Goecks: The death of democracy being greatly exaggerated
Over the last month I have seen much regarding the No King rallies, specifically the pictures and information in the News-Register. I asked myself how I would explain all this to a civics class.
Scott Gibson: Society's sense of morality forged through interaction
I recently read a thoughtful Washington Post commentary by Utah governor Spenser Cox and Harvard philosopher Ian Marcus Corbin warning of “the consequences of America’s moral drift.” Their thesis is that many Americans, awash in consumerism and unprotected from corporations that target our psychological weaknesses, have fallen into lives of addiction and meaningless self-indulgence.
Jonah Goldberg: Trump is not a dictator, but may be set on worse
Julius Caesar still casts a long shadow. We have a 12-month calendar — and leap year — thanks to Julius. July is named after him (though the salad isn’t). The words czar and kaiser, now mostly out of use, simply meant “Caesar.”
Investigating the Bible: Extraordinary compassion
Nov. 11, 1918, Armistice Day was established to honor the soldiers of World War I. Veterans Day now honors the men and women of our armed services for their willingness to serve and sacrifice for our country. During New Testament times, Roman soldiers ruled the world. One soldier in the Bible was extraordinary.
Quirk of the Week: Celebrating unique holiday scares, smiles
Call it a Quirk-tet. Four scenes in this post-Halloween week are worth observing. They may well all be gone by publication time, but they livened the scene while they were here. We start with a unique, ...
Jeb Bladine: No Republicans or Democrats – only swimmers
Today brings an admittedly odd combination of topics: 1) Launch of a new politically conservative column in our Viewpoints section; 2) McMinnville’s proposed $98.5 million bond to build a new aquatic/community ...
New Viewpoints feature debuts
New Viewpoints feature debuts Times are tough in the newspaper business, as Brier Dudley’s piece in today's N-R amply illustrates. Never tougher, for that matter, nor do they show promise of ...
Jonah Goldberg: Trump serves to unify both Democrats and Republicans
The only thing the parties can agree on is that Donald Trump is the central issue of our time.
Brier Dudley: News deserts grow as more local papers close
As proposals to help save local journalism gathered dust in Congress and mostly fizzled in state legislatures over the last year, 136 more newspapers closed, according to a new report.
Investigating the Bible: Who can be trusted?
A recent headline ran, “Religious leaders arrested on charges of running a forced labor camp and money laundering.” David E. Taylor, who calls himself an apostle, and Michelle Brannon were arrested on charges of money laundering and forced labor.
Quirk of the Week: Garden-variety oddities
Good things often come in threes, such as water, soil and light — the basics for garden growth. And three is the exact number of garden examples of Quirk to observe this week. Starting just outside ...
Kirby Neumann-Rea: Obsolete optimism
A retrospective on those slippery Escheresque stairs of 2019 and early 2020
Investigating the Bible: Do what we can
Lyndon Baines Johnson and Richard Nixon were longtime enemies. The late Senator Bob Dole wrote that before Watergate LBJ made an astonishing prediction. He compared his old foe to a Spanish horse “… who runs faster than anyone for his first nine lengths and then turns around and runs backward.
Jeb Bladine: Dontcha just love our messy U.S. democracy?
Last time I checked, our American experiment still was a democracy. And “the people” still were in charge, despite their occasional lapses in holding their government both responsible and accountable. Reportedly, ...
