Kirby Neumann-Rea/News-Register##Dr. Moustafa Bayoumi: “What I am more concerned with is the way the Palestinian story, which is not the same as the Muslim-American one but shares a lot with it, and Muslim-Americans are often the ones trying to tell it. The way the Palestinian story is now being denied, distorted and suppressed in this country, in a fashion, as far I can recall, we have never seen before.”

Back, and Forth: Telling Middle East story takes may voices, views

Two weeks ago, I wrote about the Israel-Gaza situation. I cited schools that enroll a mix of Jewish and Arab students as something that might inspire hope in the otherwise bleak and tragic landscape around ...

Whatchamacolumn: Understanding the taxation 'black box'

Break out the checkbooks, it’s property tax time! The basics: Taxes are limited to $5 per $1,000 valuation for education, $10 per $1,000 for general government, plus added levies for voter-approved ...

Whatchamacolumn: Homeless camps back in the news

It’s clear, as reporter Scott Unger continues News-Register coverage of homelessness in McMinnville, that the laws of physics have analogies in human behavior: When you squeeze one part of a balloon, ...

Kirby Neumann-Rea/News-Register##Ben Franklin’s eyeglasses have been repaired since this mid-fall, but white paint for eyes is newer vandalism arts committee chair Steve Rupp plans to repair. The popular bench sculpture is at Northeast Third and Davis streets.

Back, and Forth: Chronicling comings, goings in the McMinnville art realm

Public art is a growing force in McMinnville. And while most individual pieces are static, the field itself has been increasingly dynamic. Though these things all stand still, there’s some mystery ...

Whatchamacolumn: IRS auditors track ineligible tax claims

Many employers, perhaps unsuspectingly, are walking through financial minefields of their own making. Nationwide, 3.6 million businesses and organizations have filed claims for IRS “Employee Retention ...

Whatchamacolumn: Uncertain outcome for 'war of survival'

It’s impossible to overstate the horror felt toward this week’s slaughter of Israeli citizens by Hamas forces from Gaza. It’s almost equally sad to contemplate the impending deaths of ...

Back, and Forth: The confusion of keeping tech etiquette in context

“Never use your phone on speaker in public places.” That’s the one rule I can totally agree with in the supposed “new rules of telephone etiquette.” And I saw it violated ...

Whatchamacolumn: Another chapter in Cashman shootout

We weren’t surprised that Dillan and Sarah Cashman filed a tort claim notice to protect their rights to sue McMinnville Police Department and Yamhill County over the July 2022 exchange of gunfire ...

Matthew Rea photo##Northern lights glow green and purple across the bay on Big Shag Lake, Upper Peninsula of Michigan on Sept. 19. Aurora borealis was coined by Galileo using the name of the Roman goddess of the dawn and the Greek name for the north wind.

Back, and Forth: The Northern Lights one of Upper Peninsula's splendors

A week’s vacation proved no less than luminescent. I was able to take eight days and travel to the family place on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, my mother’s birth territory, which holds ...

Whatchamacolumn: Enforce speeding, plus intersections

Local residents wasted no time this month advising McMinnville Police Department about where to focus new speed enforcement efforts. State grants are helping MPD finance enhanced enforcement of laws related ...

Whatchamacolumn: America must stop trilateral drug trade

Americans were shocked last week when a 1-year-old child died from exposure to fentanyl kept under a nap mat at a New York City nursery. Investigators found a kilo (2.2 pounds) of fentanyl, enough to produce ...

Tanner Russ/News-Register##Jesse “Duh Duh” Maxwell takes a big swing as striker. The arbiter had threatened to fine Maxwell for having a beard that “interfered with the plate.”

Back, and Forth: A day of aces and A’s

The occasion was the annual Vintage Base Ball game against the Portland Pioneers crew, held at the Yamhill Valley Heritage Center, sponsor of both the game and the McMinnville Gristmillers Club. The game, ...

Whatchamacolumn: Speculators miffed by Fox stock losses

I’m still trying to wrap my mind around this week’s lawsuit against Fox Corporation by New York and Oregon pension funds. New York Times and Associated Press reports provided the framework ...

Whatchamacolumn: West Coast losing athletic traditions

The 2023 word for college athletics is realignment. Let’s start with some history of the Pac-12 Conference, now in final disintegration stages of a cultural embarrassment. West Coast college athletics ...

Image: Sannyas Wiki##A Buddhafield Transportation bus brings sannyasins to Rajneeshpuram past the marble welcome sign.

Offbeat Oregon: 'The Rolls-Royce Guru’ came to Oregon / Part 4, Unraveling

After the election, the new formerly homeless residents of Rajneeshpuram were the most pressing problem for Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and his followers. They cost a lot of money to feed and house, and they ...

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