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Letter: GOP hypocritical, lies about abortion (May 18, 2022)
Editor: A guy once said that if men got pregnant you’d be able to get an abortion at…
Letter: Sheriff’s race has one qualified candidate (May 18, 2022)
Editor: Campaigning for the November election for Linn County Sheriff has already begun and I urge all voters…
Letter: LCSO needs new leadership at top (May 18, 2022)
Editor: I’ve noticed Michelle Duncan has a slogan “because experience matters.” This carries no weight because it’s about…
Letter: Oregon needs new primary system (May 11, 2022)
Editor: I am not alone in refusing to be identified as either a Republican or Democrat. Right now…
Letter: Killing rationale makes us odd (May 11, 2022)
Editor: We humans are weird. Worldwide, we slaughter each other in our many wars. In the USA we…
Letter: Vote in support of Linn-Benton bond (May 11, 2022)
Editor: As a proud member of the Sweet Home community and our beloved Mid-Valley, and as chair of…
Letter: Current Sheriff not an incumbent (May 11, 2022)
Editor: In regard to the election story beginning on the bottom of the front page of the April…
Commentary: Oregon should lose charter restrictions (May 11, 2022)
By Dr. Eric Fruits This week is National Charter Schools Week. Oregon passed charter school legislation in 1999,…
Letter: LBCC measure deserves support (May 4, 2022)
Editor: Linn-Benton Community College is on the May ballot with a proposed bond measure. I plan to vote…
Commentary: Gauging government before we vote (May 4, 2022)
If we needed any proof that an urban-rural (liberal-conservative, ideological) divide truly exists in Oregon, last week’s announcement…
Commentary: Good steps forward for the homeless (April 27, 2022)
Scott Swanson It sure was good to see city workers clearing away the blackberries and leveling the nearly…
Commentary: Yes, I am my brother’s keeper – and much more
By Dr. Gary Welton For the first time in our lives, we have experienced a universal international event,…
Guest commentary: Inflation likely to play big role in this election
Joe Biden is engaged in the most extensive test of whether an American president can survive elevated levels…
Seventeen years, and never a dull moment
Though time flies, it does seem like eons ago that Miriam and I and our three then-young daughters…
Commentary: Wastewater plant funding a windfall for SH
Wow. $30 million. That’s quite a good-bye gift from Congressman Pete DeFazio, who’s served Oregon’s Fourth Congressional District…
Send a message when you shop (March 16, 2022)
Editor: PEOPLE!!! If you don’t want to learn to speak Russian or Chinese, buy MADE IN THE U.S.A.…
Commentary: Day at newspaper can go to the dogs fast
Running a small community newspaper can be a little crazy at times, in fact many times. This is…
Lack of flag flying etiquette sad (March 16, 2022)
Editor: Every day as I leave my home I am faced with a neighbor’s torn American flag flying…
Want change? Start with your vote
Oregonians’ COVID experience will likely weigh heavily as we head into this year’s elections. And it should weigh…
Guest commentary: Independent doctors threatened in U.S.?
By Sally C. Pipes Facing declining revenue prospects, physicians are shuttering their private, independent practices to join up…
President Biden having difficulty embracing coronavirus normality
By Rich Lowry Joe Biden was the candidate of normality who hasn’t been able to deliver it, particularly…
Former Portland mayor was compassionate, practical
By Dr. Eric Fruits Fewer than half of today’s Portlanders were here when John Elwood “Bud” Clark, Jr.…
Commentary: Bright side of COVID: Parents are thinking of new ways to teach kids (Feb. 9, 2022)
By Kathryn Hickok Oregon students are now half-way through their third school year since the COVID-19 pandemic began.…
Commentary: Alsea epitomizes tensions we’re all feeling (Feb. 2, 2022)
Scott Swanson The Alsea School District generally doesn’t make a big splash on the Oregon news frontier. But…
Politicians not dialed in to reality (Feb. 2, 2022)
Editor: I just finished reading an essay by Jamie Cate on various farming practices. It made me harken…