Opinion

Editor: The ink isn’t even dry on the new tax bill on the rich and President Obama wants…

Editor: This is to the person who took the little African drummer boy from my “Joy to the…

01Editor: To the citizens of Sweet Home… As owners of the Rio Theater, we recently had a situation…

The Oregon Solutions Project team is under way and that’s good news as we head into a new…

I’m not much of a social media user. I live a very busy life, with lots of balls…

Editor: I suppose we use the Sweet Home Fire/Ambulance District and the Sweet Home Police Department more than…

Editor: The war on guns is over and, as usual, we lost. Think of guns as drugs, the…

To borrow that usually empty catchphrase, do it for the children In the wake of the horrific Sandy…

Two mass shootings in a week – two victims dead at the Clackamas Town Center, followed by the…

Editor: I wonder when they quit teaching economics in school? I was taught that if you own a…

Editor: I saw this article by Larry Pratt on a P.C. Website and was given written permission to…

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…