Opinion

Editor: I don’t suppose it really matters to people like George Soros what kind of danger marijuana poses…

Editor: I hope the Driver Card ballot measure passes, because I want to know that the drivers on…

My desk faces Main Street and, thanks to a couple of well-placed windows, I have a pretty good…

Keith Anderson Editor’s note: This week is National Newspapers Week. In that vein, we offer the following: There…

Editor: Congratulations on your 85th year of publishing The New Era. Having a hometown newspaper has kept our…

Editor: I was thrilled to read in The New Era (Sept. 24) that Yvonne Goode was starting a…

Editor: A new bill is heading through Congress that would provide Social Security earnings credit to long-term caregivers.…

Dr. Gary Welton An important cultural analysis by Geert Hofstede, conducted in the 1970s and ’80s, and impacting…

Editor: Recent news articles citing warm ocean winds, not man’s activities, as the main cause of global warming…

Editor: On Saturday, Sept. 27, we had over 120 people show up and Walk for Breast Cancer Awareness…

Election season is upon us and this Nov. 4 Sweet Home voters will have a rare opportunity –…

This week The New Era is 85 years old. Yes, I know the volume number on the front…

Editor: You just gotta laugh at the liberals in this world. After reading Diane Diute’s letter to the…

My wife Miriam and I just returned from an Alaskan cruise. It was a terrific vacation – with…

Editor: Regarding the proposal for a tent city to serve the homeless (Aug. 20): Let’s think about this…

Editor: I want everyone who got us into the Iraq war to preface each and every comment he…

Editor: The Introduction for the Sweet Home School District came out at the end of August. It again…

Guest Commentary: By Rich Lowry ISIS is a force for evil that poses an imminent security threat to…

Sen. Ron Wyden Two decades ago, the Internet was at a crossroads. There was an open question that…

Dr. Marvin J. Folkertsma On Sept. 2, 1945, V-J Day, the funeral-like solemnity of the Japanese surrender aboard…

Public officials, elected and otherwise, know that taxes and regulations stifle our economy. If they didn’t, they wouldn’t…

Editor: I sit back and reflect on what my community means to me and so much comes to…

Editor: East Linn Treasure Seekers has just had their first organized metal detecting hunt at the Sweet Home…

I enjoy reading the Public Safety portion of the paper. Lately I am concerned about people reporting “tall…

The variety of news reports in today’s paper prompt a mixture of emotions for us. First is incredulity,…