Benjamin Jensen: Advance shows mastery of modern warfare essentials
By BENJAMIN JENSEN Professor of Strategic Studies, Marine Corps University Ukrainian forces, aided by Western firepower, have upset traditional military logic once again. Advancing deep into Ukrainian ...
Scott Gibson: Opening the black box of artificial intelligence
In March of 2016, a computer challenged the grandmaster of the game Go to a match. Go is an exceptionally difficult game, considered far more complex than chess. Artificially intelligent computers had ...
Kirsten Matoy: Tribal sovereignty set back 200 years in single ruling
By KIRSTEN MATOY Of Wayne State University Over the past 50 years, Congress and the U.S. Supreme Court have increasingly diverged in how they view laws relating to Indian tribes. Congress has passed ...
Leland Thoburn: The case against psilocybin therapy
By LELAND THOBURN A concerned McMinnville citizen About 30 years ago, American Heritage magazine ran a feature piece showing that nearly every recreational drug scouring our culture had been developed, ...
Jeb Bladine: Abortion rights rise in Oregon campaign
Quick: What group has the largest number of registered voters in Oregon? Hint: It’s a trick question. Remembering that the reference was “group,” not political party, you might name ...
Casey Kulla: Psilocybin therapy deserves a chance
Unanimous. That’s right, the Yamhill County Board of Commissioners is united in allowing therapeutic psychedelic mushrooms in unincorporated Yamhill County. What does that mean for you? It means ...
Jeb Bladine: Cybercrime finds victims worldwide
Cybercrime, ranging from minor irritations to financial devastation, is rampant worldwide. Cybercriminals don’t know you, and wouldn’t care if they did. They are faceless, nameless scourges ...
John Logan: Labor mobilization movement seems to be sweeping America
By JOHN LOGAN Of San Francisco State University Labor Day 2022 comes smack bang in the middle of what is increasingly looking like a pivotal year in the history of American labor. The summer has seen ...
Iain Boyd: Hypersonic missiles pose a big challenge to defend
By IAIN BOYD Of the University of Colorado Russia used a hypersonic missile against a Ukrainian arms depot in the western part of the country on March 18. The technology the Russians used is not particularly ...
Back, and Forth: Connectivity finds its most rustic roost
The last credits I earned for my Linfield degree in 1980 were from an internship at The Nation magazine in New York. It was a fine experience. I met amazing people and learned a great deal. Yet it was ...
Offbeat Oregon: The McLoughlin House’s unlikely journey to local historical treasure
To the average Oregon City resident, there wasn’t much to celebrate in the vacant, dilapidated old house by the foot of Willamette Falls. The house had, until a few years before, been known as the ...
Randy Stapilus: With the Blue Dog out, what's next for the 5th?
For years, the Blue Dog Democrats in Congress have attached themselves to a piece of hard political logic: If you run toward the center, instead of toward the left, you’ll pick up more votes in ...
Jeb Bladine: Important year at Linfield University
September begins an important school year for Linfield University, and in many ways for rekindling long-time ties between Linfield and the McMinnville community. We are reminded from Linfield’s website: “Linfield ...
Arie Kruglanski: A quest for significance gone horribly wrong
By ARIE KRUGLANSKI Of the University of Maryland Agonizing questions are being raised by the recent tragic mass shootings, such as those at a school in Texas and a supermarket in upstate New York. As ...
Johnathan Hladik: Sourcing meat locally promises many benefits
By JOHNATHAN HLADIK Of the Center for Rural Affairs If you recently bought meat from a local farmer, you are not alone. Over the past 22 months, millions of Americans quit overpaying at the grocery ...
