Opinion

Editor: I’m getting rather tired of the ignorant and uninformed telling me that I don’t “need” an “Assault…

Editor: We’ve taken God of the Bible out of our schools and we’re reaping the aftermath. When people…

Sylvain Charat Editor’s note: A version of this article first appeared at Forbes.com. Welfare has become a characteristic…

Editor: I love The New Era and think everyone who lives here should subscribe! We get all the…

Editor: In my letter last week concerning school days, the correct number was 56, not 36 days. Kids…

The northern spotted owl, to be blunt, is not a popular resident in east Linn County, reasons not…

Editor: Recently, the Sweet Home School Board voted our superintendent a little more money to go into his…

Editor: We have spent $207 billion since Democratic President Johnson declared war on poverty in 1965. This year,…

Though the Christmas holiday has been secularized to the extent that many have little or no appreciation for…

Editor: The Oct. 12 announcement of the closing of St. Mary’s School prompted school families to take action…

Editor: First I want to thank all who voted for me. I enjoyed meeting so many of you…

Editor: It’s that time of year when we look back and extend gratitude for what we appreciate and…

To be honest, this column was originally supposed to focus on the election

Editor: A huge thanks goes out to the community for all the support shown to the Sweet Home…

As a new City Council prepares to take office in January, we find ourselves unhappy that Ron Rodgers…

Editor: Here is my opinion of what a veteran is: A veteran is someone who at one point…

Editor: Leadership. What is it? We have not had an example of it in the Oval Office, from…

Mark W. Hendrickson Two news items about “the rich” recently popped up online within a couple of hours…

Editor: SHPD will be offering a Kids Five-Point STAR Christmas tree this year. Do you know of anyone…

Editor: As William F. Buckley (conservative author/commentator, Founder of the magazine National Review) once said, “Even if one…

Editor: We would like to thank the 26 businesses that participated in the Oct. 12-13 Stepping Into Fall…

Editor: Watching TV, listening to the radio and reading the local papers about the flap over Libya, I…

Editor: Sunday’s Democrat-Herald article by Jeff Barnard of the Associated Press absolutely reinforces a question! Was Hasso Hering…

Watching this year’s political campaign, it’s easy to become frustrated and cynical by the inane TV commercials featuring…

Editor: A letter in the Oct. 17 paper extolled the virtues of government protection though regulative oversight of…