Whatchamacolumn: Discussion of inflation requires a few actual facts
Campaign sound bites often ignore inconvenient facts, and hyperbole dominates political debate. In a time when information searches are supercharged by artificial intelligence, it’s still too common ...
George and Simms: Repurposing Willamette dams would save money, aid salmon
About the writers: Kathleen George serves as an elected member of the Grand Ronde Tribal Council. She is a former director of the tribe’s philanthropic arm. Scott Simms heads the Public Power Council, ...
Alex Baumhardt: Hydro deauthorization delay stirring concerns in Oregon
Inexplicable delays to a federal report on ending hydropower generation in the Willamette River Basin, aimed at saving threatened salmon, are creating frustration and concern for Oregon’s tribal and conservation leaders.
Investigating the Bible: Finding mercy for those who do us wrong
Harry Truman’s Vice President, Alben Barkley, enjoyed telling the story of a preacher who asked his congregation if anyone had conquered the sin of hate. One person stood up, a 104-year old man. The parson asked, “You don’t hate anyone, Uncle Bo? That’s wonderful! Tell us how you did it.” Uncle Bo replied, “Well, all of those skunks who done me dirt, all of them blankety-blanks I hated — they’re all dead.”
Randy Stapilus: State help may be best hope for community newspapers
About the writer: Randy Stapilus is a former reporter and editor who has turned to writing and publishing books from Carlton. He has devoted his career to covering poli tics and government in Oregon, Washington ...
Calendar of Quirk: Placidly through the noise and haste, special notes from around town
From a peacock figure to streetside “Desiderata,” this week provides a particularly unusual combination of Quirk: July 17 Homeowners on Brooks Street near Macy Street have a sign with the ...
Autoimmune breakthrough holds phenomenol promise
In my 40 years of practicing medicine, I’ve been privileged to have a front-row seat to therapeutic advances surpassed only by the medical revolutions of vaccines, anesthesia and antibiotics.
Goldschmidt ‘what if’ almost 40 years later
I am a little torn about what to do with one of the mugs at my desk. Not the A&W float glass or the Linfield University one. Those I keep. This is a thrift shop purchase, a faded item dating to the ...
Whatchamacolumn: Dangerous curves on Highway 130 need guard rails
Direct to the point: The sharp curves at Upton Falls along Little Nestucca River Road — Oregon 130 — should have protective guardrails installed to prevent driver deaths. I’ve thought ...
Calendar of Quirk: Short glimpses of northeast McMinnville with its unlikely neighbors, mazes and quiet spaces
The “Compass” of Quirk turns northeast of McMinnville, after some recent southside McMinnville entries. The area just northeast of town beyond city limits is an area of Quirk strata, as highways ...
Whatchamacolumn: Surrounding the Fourth of July with political debate
This week’s column, written and published via e-edition on July 3, goes into a newspaper issue dated July 5 for mailed delivery in print on Friday. We thus are surrounding the 4th of July after experiencing ...
Calendar of Quirk: Quirk list at its midpoint is scratching the surface of unusual yard art
Calendar of Quirk reaches its midpoint with a look back, and a look around at … … Quirk that had come and gone before we could list it, such as the double-sided U.S./Oregon flag that flew ...
Mark Davis: Cut the gasoline, then the asphalt and driver
While crossing the street on a recent visit to San Francisco, I looked up on one of that city’s steep iconic steep hills and saw a car heading straight for me with nobody at the wheel. I leaped back toward the curb, then started on across the street as the driverless car glided to a smooth stop and waited for me to use the crosswalk.
Archibald-Pannone: Elder fraud soaring to epidemic proportions
By LAURIE ARCHBALD-PANNONEOf the University of Virginia Medical School Americans 60 and older lost more than $3 billion to scammers in 2023, according to the FBI. As a geriatrician — a doctor who ...
Investigating the Bible: Picturing a humble nation on the Fourth
There’s a fable of an elephant and a flea who walked together across an old wooden bridge. When they reached the other side, the flea said to the elephant, “Boy, did we shake that thing!” Human tendency is toward pride, neglecting the contributions of others. One powerful king of Israel humbly recognized his need for God and lived by that truth.
