Scott Gibson: Better life through chemistry comes at confounding price
We are living in an extraordinary time of advances in medical therapy. Immunotherapy is revolutionizing cancer treatment, with control and even cures for tumors that would have been rapidly fatal ...
Whatchamacolumn: Car crash boosts development plans
Belated thanks to the 80-year-old driver who, in June, accidentally slammed through a back wall of the county Planning Department building at Fourth and Ford streets. You were unidentified in the news, ...
The Conversation: Is there any realistic hope of restoring romance of flying?
By CHRISTOPHER SCHABERGOf Washington University Amelia Earhart broke a transcontinental speed record 90 years ago, in July 1933, by flying her signature red Lockheed Vega from Los Angeles to New Jersey ...
The Conversation: Green Revolution a warning, not a world hunger solution
By GLENN DAVIS STONE Of Sweet Briar College Feeding a growing world population has been a serious concern for decades, but today there is new cause for alarm. Floods, heat waves and other weather ...
Leland Thoburn: Under siege by disinformation, our minds have become a battlefield
In 1979, a Mexican brewer introduced Corona beer to the U.S. Sales grew steadily until 1987, then plummeted. The brewer investigated and found a rival distributor had been spreading a rumor that Corona’s ...
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 ...
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 ...
PeaceVoice: Replacement theory a matter of projection
The psychological phenomenon known as projection is nowhere as glaring as with white nationalists, most of whom are direct descendants of people who invaded and occupied someone else’s land, ...
PeaceVoice: There is no vaccine for domestic violence
For many, the history of mass shootings in the U.S. began with Columbine in 1999. In the quarter century since, there have been hundreds of such shootings, from concerts to houses of worship, from ...
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, ...
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 ...
Guest Commentary: An open letter to Congress
By LELAND THOBURN A loyal American Dear Sirs and Mesdames: You certainly have a mess on your hands, don’t you? Let me recap. Last January, through the first 14 rounds of voting, Kevin McCarthy ...
Randy Stapilus: Tight contests looming in Oregon's 5th District
Oregon’s 5th Congressional District is looking to offer some closely fought contests next year in both the primary and general elections. And the Democratic primary looks to be the least predictable ...
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 ...
The Conversation: Medicare drug price talks likely to drag on for years
By SIMON HAEDER Of Texas A&M University The Biden administration recently released a list of the first 10 drugs that will be up for negotiations with pharmaceutical companies over their Medicare ...
