Susan Shaw: A struggle for equality at the pulpit
During its two-day annual meeting earlier held over the summer, the Southern Baptist Convention reaffirmed the ouster of its largest congregation over its ordination of women and initiated a process to ...
Whatchamacolumn: America must stop trilateral drug trade
Americans were shocked last week when a 1-year-old child died from exposure to fentanyl kept under a nap mat at a New York City nursery. Investigators found a kilo (2.2 pounds) of fentanyl, enough to produce ...
Back, and Forth: A day of aces and A’s
The occasion was the annual Vintage Base Ball game against the Portland Pioneers crew, held at the Yamhill Valley Heritage Center, sponsor of both the game and the McMinnville Gristmillers Club. The game, ...
The Conversation: Breaking the bonds of civility becomes new norm in Congress
By SARAH BURNS Of the Rochester Institute of Technology When House Speaker Kevin McCarthy ordered an investigation into the Manhattan district attorney’s ongoing criminal probe of former President ...
Barrett Rainey: As water battle intensifies, Southwest's future looking bleak
For many a decade, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Washington have stood solidly united to protect Northwest water. “Nary a drop,” they’ve said repeatedly as the Southwest states pounded on ...
Rolling the dice on the coronavirus
COVID-19 is not over, not mild and not contained. It is currently surging throughout the United States. And it is causing hospitalizations and long-term damage among children and teens, as well ...
County holds key distinction in early history of our nation
By SHERI KING Local author and history buff When people report that Yamhill County is one of the oldest counties in the state, they aren’t kidding. Today, Oregon is made up of 36 counties. ...
Whatchamacolumn: Speculators miffed by Fox stock losses
I’m still trying to wrap my mind around this week’s lawsuit against Fox Corporation by New York and Oregon pension funds. New York Times and Associated Press reports provided the framework ...
The Conversation: New superconductors could revolutionize electronics
By MASSOUD PEDRAM Of the University of Southern California Superconductors make highly efficient electronics, but the ultralow temperatures and ultrahigh pressures required to make them work are ...
The Conversation: High elevation burns pose new threat to environment
By MOHAMMAD REZA ALIZADEH Of Boise State University As wildfire risk rises in the West, wildland firefighters and officials are keeping a closer eye on the high mountains — regions once considered ...
Fuji Kreider: Eastern Oregon power line irresponsible, unsustainable
The Oregon Public Utility Commission has ruled in favor of the 500-kilovolt Boardman to Hemingway power transmission line, which would run 275 miles through five Eastern Oregon counties, then another 25 ...
Whatchamacolumn: West Coast losing athletic traditions
The 2023 word for college athletics is realignment. Let’s start with some history of the Pac-12 Conference, now in final disintegration stages of a cultural embarrassment. West Coast college athletics ...
PeaceVoice: China's rise hits a wall, opening doors for U.S.
By MEL GURTOV Of Portland State University Over the last decade or so, the tendency among China watchers has been to see China’s rise as an endless upward progression. The same thing happened ...
Curious Kids: If humans went extinct, what would Earth be like?
By CARLTON BASMAJIAN Of Iowa State University As part of The Conversation’s Curious Kids series, open to questions from children at curiouskidsus@theconversation.com, I’d like to respond ...
