A World So Twisted
Growing up in a world so twisted not to wonder or shock or amaze Our fires spread quick with no one to put them out, … Continue reading
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But What Do We Do With All That Glowing Waste?
Fossil fuels must provide much of our electricity for years to come, meaning that electric vehicles are burning fossil fuels. But let’s look at where … Continue reading
Unchecked Development Means Destruction For Wildlife
The front page headlines of the Sunday (1/8) Register-Guard provide a classic, if bitter, example of unintended irony. “Growth on the Horizon” gushes about eight … Continue reading
Outgunned
The insanity of our military’s alliance with our deadliest threat: The gun industry
The year 2022 ended with the Grim Reaper having overseen the highest number of mass shootings and resulting carnage in lives lost and survivors maimed … Continue reading
Life Lessons in the Death House
VLT opens an adaptation of a prize-winning novel on facing mortality
In Ernest J. Gaines’ 1993 novel A Lesson Before Dying, a young African American man innocent of any crime is sentenced to the electric chair … Continue reading
Notorious White Supremacist Back in Jail
Shortly after EW reports on his attempt to promote a metal festival near Bend, Jacob Laskey lands in Deschutes County Jail
Less than 48 hours after Eugene Weekly reported on notorious white supremacist Jacob Laskey’s attempt to promote a black metal festival called Murder Fest near … Continue reading
Hult Center plays Host to Mayor Vinis’ State of the City Address
The Mayor’s State of the City Address recalled city successes of the past year and a new Economic Development Council for 2023
In her first live State of the City Address since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Eugene Mayor Lucy Vinis outlined the city’s successes and … Continue reading
Imagine Peace On Earth
When I was a child and the movie, which used to cost 25 cents, got scary, I simply closed my eyes. The soundtrack usually signaled … Continue reading
Robinowitz Responds
Chuck Areford (EW 1/5) claims I’m grumpy because I don’t like environmental groups being sleepy on the job. No group opposes expansions of Eugene to … Continue reading
January 6 Epiphanies
Thoughts on the anniversary of the MAGA insurrection
On the morning of Jan. 6, 2021, Nancy Pelosi spoke to members of the Democratic caucus via video conference. She closed the meeting with these … Continue reading