Randy Stapilus: A better way to manage water
Idaho leading way with comprehensive approach; Oregon should look to follow
Melinda Burrell: Trouble in town? Send in the maroon people
By MELINDA BURRELL Somewhere in Dayton, Ohio, a 13-year-old girl was sassing her mom for expressing concern about strangers she had been talking to on her phone. When the mom reached over and snatched ...
The Conversation: Antarctica's riskiest glacier under assault from below
By TED SCAMBOS Of the University of Colorado Flying over Antarctica, it’s hard to see what all the fuss is about. Like a gigantic wedding cake, the frosting of snow on top of the world’s ...
Bladine: Taxes remain one of life's certainties
I’ve always been conscious of taxes … sometimes, too conscious. I’ve recognized, criticized and avoided them; I’ve counted, occasionally praised and willingly paid them; for 50-plus ...
Wokeness just another way of saying kindness
“Wokeness” is what folks on the political right love to declare themselves as being against these days. But, what is it, really, that they oppose?
The term “woke” was derived from African American Vernacular English meaning alertness to racial prejudice. For those who have used the term positively, something I am not sure anyone actually does anymore, its meaning evolved to encompass awareness of other social inequities and forms of oppression such as sexism, misogyny, white privilege, the oppression of any minority person or community, and human and environmental predations of exploitive corporations
Lynn McCoy: Carter's work encouraged democracy
When former President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn founded the nonprofit Carter Center in 1982, one of their goals was to help Latin American countries — many of which were emerging from decades of military dictatorship — transition to democracies.
Back, and Forth: Pie auction serves to dish up a healthy taste of community
Pi Day is coming up March 14. But however you plan to observe it, I think I have you beat, thanks to my involvement in a recent pie night. A key lime came our way courtesy of the drama program at Patton ...
McCracken: The high price of vaccine freedom
I like numbers.
At a time when it seems as if nearly every question is answered with a subjectivity of dubious veracity, I find the reliability of numbers comforting.
Numbers are dispassionate. Numbers are honest. Numbers are neither Republican nor Democrat.
Numbers do not lie. They simply are. You either have the correct answer or you don’t.
Bladine: A better plan for student debt relief
Three years ago, we reported a local woman’s campaign seeking debt relief and lending fairness in America’s federal student loan system. She had borrowed $108,000 for college 10 years before, ...
Israel’s drift to right eroding its democracy
By MEL GURTOV Of Portland State University Israel has always been touted as America’s most reliable friend in the Middle East, a bastion of democracy in a region dominated by autocracies. But that ...
Look at what we’re doing to others
By SHEILA HUNTER Concerned McMinnville resident Over the years, I have felt the pressure from Blacks to feel guilty about their plight. For a long time, I said, “I didn’t bring them here, ...
Back and Forth: Nobel laureate is part scientist, part magician
With atomic aplomb, William Phillips ‘blows things up’ and puts ‘the coolest stuff in the universe’ in perspective On the coldest night of the year, Dr. William Phillips invoked ...
Tyrants at the top
Stagnant wages. The opioid crisis. Job insecurity. Climate change. Economic inequality. Christine Bader Guest writer Chris- tine Bader is the author of “The Evolution of a Corporate ...
Michael Lind: Farming's future
Willamette Valley farmers have been increasingly moving away from conventional farming, which relies on synthetic chemicals and fertilizers, and toward regenerative farming, which builds and maintains ...
Jeb Bladine: Our lazy language needs new words
Here’s a fun hint for times when someone criticizes others for being “woke”: Look perplexed and ask, sincerely, “What does that word mean?” Whatever the response, you likely ...
