Health vs. Profit
The timber industry asserts its practices are safe and that they have the studies to prove it. I searched for these studies and came up … Continue reading
Letters Archive
The Birth Experience
Since hearing of the impending closure of the Nurse Midwifery Birth Center, I’ve been participating in my first protest of anything. Yet, my births were … Continue reading
Good Works
Shout out to a little known organization that provides free delicious and nutritious meals to patients undergoing chemo treatment, including their caregivers. Positive Community Kitchen … Continue reading
History Repeating
I grew up during WWII and America was at war with people who did this. The only difference now is there are not yet extermination … Continue reading
Good for the Goose
One recent day I met a group of five geese along the river, four of which had “angel wing,” the deformity that is increasing among … Continue reading
Over the Edge
Lane County’s homeless population increases by about 130 per month. It is the cost of housing and living in general, imposed by government, which is … Continue reading
Fox-Hole
I saw a popular report that, because the last five years recorded the highest global temperatures on record since records began in 1880, we must … Continue reading
Swan Songs
Thank you so very much for printing Bob Keefer’s article “Music to Heal a Dying Planet: Contemporary Composers Contemplate the Apocalypse” (EW, 6-13). I have … Continue reading
Goodnight, Democracy
Tuesday night, June 18, Lane County residents addressed the county commissioners on the proposed spray ban initiative and the right to local community self-government initiative … Continue reading
Concerned Students
I am part of the Hebrew School program at Temple Beth Israel. The rest of my class and I are concerned about the school funding … Continue reading