Smoke and Mirrors
A ban on public smoking is clearly a positive factor in enhancing public health. However, actual enforcement of this ordinance is certain to be imposed … Continue reading
Year: 2018
Money for the Manager
Eugene’s City Manager receives a five-figure raise
Eugene City Manager Jon Ruiz got a salary raise of $15,421 at the July 23 City Council meeting. Approval for the raise came after Ruiz’s … Continue reading
Calendar Listings: August 2 – August 9
Thursday, August 2 Sunrise 6:51am; Sunset 7:41pm Avg. High 83; Avg. Low 52 Art/Craft Current works by Oregon Fiber Artists, 10:30am-5pm, Eugene Textile Center, 1510 Jacobs … Continue reading
Hate-Filled Handbook?
EW’s July 25 Slant column mentioned that a communications professor from Northwest Christian University spoke about “Free Speech vs. Hate Speech” at the City Club … Continue reading
A Measured Attack on Sanctuary
November ballot will propose elimination of Oregon’s sanctuary status
Nearly seven out of 10 Americans feel sympathetic toward undocumented immigrants in the United States, according to a June 2018 poll conducted by Gallup. However, … Continue reading
Andy Traisman
“I was born and raised in suburban Chicago,” says Andy Traisman, whose T-shirt inscription in Latin, “Eamus Catuli,” translates as, “Let’s go, Cubs!” Traisman is … Continue reading
A Fresh Canvas
Social media influences have written a new chapter of hip hop, in which success is equated with appearance-based shock value and the ability to flaunt … Continue reading
Exposed Spotlights Nuke Danger
Play explores the plight of fallout downwinders
Murmurs of a nuclear threat from North Korea and Iran, along with the growing number of people suffering from nuclear fallout, create the context for … Continue reading
Union Blues
I recently received a flyer in the mail from the anti-union, anti-worker group OptOutToday. Following the 5-4 Supreme Court decision (Janus v. AFSCME), union members … Continue reading
Activist Alert
Hiroshima-Nagasaki Commemoration
• As Donald Trump makes us more and more worried about the racism and anger he engenders locally, nationally and internationally, let’s not forget the … Continue reading