Bladine: Again drawn in by late-night hearings
Late one night this week, I watched taped congressional hearings about presidential abuses. It was mesmerizing intrigue, and later, online, I found these comments from one of the key witnesses: “I’m ...
Putin is attempting to justify the unjustifiable
By LAWRENCE WITNERThe State University of New York The Russian government’s justifications for its war in Ukraine — the largest, most destructive military operation in Europe since World War ...
Yamhill County well-prepared for new pre-trial stipulations
By TIM SVENSONYamhill County SheriffNot everyone who is accused of committing a crime belongs in jail.That seems an odd statement, doesn’t it, especially for the county’s chief law enforcement ...
Opening our eyes to history in all shades of good and bad
Political conservatives deplore rewritten history, which they perceive in the 1619 Project and Critical Race Theory. However, rewriting history actually involves erasing events, achievements and ...
Clearcutting in the offing for historic Third Street?
By CHARLES HILLESTAD Retired business and real estate attorney Can you imagine Third Street with all of its magnificent array of mature trees cut down? Well, you won’t have to imagine it much ...
Bladine: Take closer look at urban renewal
Yamhill County commissioners do well to raise questions about the finances of urban renewal (UR), as detailed this week by reporter Nicole Montesano. But those questions deserve a few questions in response. Commissioners ...
Bridge: Like his father, he knows the air
Knowing ourselves is a task for a lifetime. But knowing our forebears is a great help.
I am under no illusion that the old is good and the oldest is best, as some believe.
Drought outlook for West looking increasingly grim
By IMTIAZ RANGWALA Or the University of Colorado Much of the western U.S. has been in the grip of an unrelenting drought. The dryness has coincided with record-breaking wildfires, intense and long-lasting ...
Back and Forth: Graduation a learning time, and not just for the grads
Here are a few unreliable words about graduating from high school from a guy who skipped his own graduation ceremony. Over the weekend, I attended two local commencement ceremonies where the past was ...
Chambers: Supreme Court allows states to use gerrymandered maps
In the upcoming midterm elections, states may use maps that a federal court has found unlawful.
Back, and forth: Relishing a well-worn pattern of crossing paths
In April, I rambled on about what I call “crossing paths.” I was referring to surprise or chance encounters, faces from the past, or kindred associates unexpectedly passing into, through or ...
Knapp: Mac's tourism potential soaring to new heights
McMinnville is gearing up for a busy and enjoyable summer. This full-to-the-brim season marks a positive point of success in McMinnville’s decades-long efforts to preserve economic vitality and ...
Bladine: County wants new gun laws ignored
A majority of Americans want new gun laws in response to our continuing national epidemic of mass shoots. Congress is being pressured, but laws already passed by the U.S. House of Representatives are expected ...
Meador: No child should die by gunshot; no one should be OK with that
This innocuous photograph could tell any of a thousand stories. A young woman seems to be alive with joy, moving to the beat of silent music emanating from the stage to which her upraised left hand gestures. ...
Siegel: The role gunmakers play in America's gun culture
Americans have blamed many culprits, from mental illness to inadequate security, for the tragic mass shootings that are occurring with increasing frequency in schools, offices, stores and theaters across the U.S.
