Jeb Bladine: Americans have short memories
I thought I knew a lot about the 2007-09 recession — housing costs driven up by fraudulent loans, Wall Street greed and a financial crash triggered by reckless derivatives of mortgage-backed bonds. Then, ...
Tom Henderson: We the media
Wolf Blitzer never showed up. Neither did Anderson Cooper. One would think Sean Hannity or Megyn Kelly would drop by, if only to interrupt the speakers. Nope. Even the Portland television boys couldn’t ...
Jeb Bladine: GOP has history of convention dramas
For all the spectacle and angst of the 2016 Republican presidential primary campaign, we may be headed to an even more gripping turn of political events: a brokered GOP convention July 18-21 in Cleveland, ...
Reid Oliver: Driving wine consumption
As the last of the Millennial Generation joins the ranks of the legal drinking age, marketers around the world scramble to understand this extremely large, and historically diverse faction of the population. While ...
Jeb Bladine: Intrigue continues in Evergreen cases
It’s been 27 months since the bankruptcy of Evergreen International Airlines launched a cottage industry of legal actions that have confounded not only observers, but participants. When a monarchy ...
Mike Schmidt: Immeasurable impacts
I have always had a special place in my heart for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. As the Director of Employment Services at MV Advancements, I have the privilege of helping ...
Jeb Bladine: 2014 NIMBY caution just as relevant today
Two weeks ago, without warning, a contingent of farm owners appeared to present county commissioners with an array of concerns about the Yamhelas Westsider Trail project. We could ask what kind of organizing ...
Sal Peralta: Legislature as divided as ever
The 2016 legislative session concluded on March 3rd of this month, closing the door on one of the most contentious, partisan and acrimonious sessions in recent history. Oregon voters approved annual sessions ...
Jeb Bladine: Threatened tragedy draws slow reaction
Here at the newspaper, we like to think we understand the nuances of “public interest.” I have to confess to being fooled this week by relatively limited public reaction to a bloodcurdling ...
Ossie Bladine: 13 breathtaking Oregon celebrity mansions you must see to believe
No. 3 will blow your mind! This article actually has nothing to do with celebrities or mansions. Sorry if you feel misled. This has to do with clickbait, listicles and my internal debate about what journalism ...
Jeb Bladine: Election reality show conceals tax debate
Can you think of one good result from this year’s presidential campaign? Don’t think too hard. Instead, imagine what might be happening while the media diverts our attention with its TV reality ...
Don Iler: Springtime for Trump
With Donald Trump’s path to the Republican nomination looking increasingly like a sure thing, his neo-fascist statements and attitudes reminded me of past dictators. Since Hitler’s rise to ...
Jeb Bladine: Oregon a leader in abuse of drugs
Abuse of drugs and alcohol disrupts and frequently destroys people’s lives — locally, across Oregon and throughout the nation. We don’t recognize the full effect of substance abuse because ...
Madeline Bisgyer: New perspective on justice
Like many of my peers at the Sheridan Japanese School, my bus stop used to be the Yamhill County Courthouse. I would feel uncomfortable when I had to wait there, so close to the jail, with people who didn’t ...
Oregonians tricked into annual sessions
We were bamboozled when we supported the 2010 statewide ballot measure to allow annual sessions of the Oregon Legislature … and we had lots of company. More on that below, but first, the 2016 fallout: Super-majority ...
