The People’s Budget
While members of the Republican majority are competing to see who can make the deepest cuts, there is a budget proposal before Congress that would … Continue reading
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Arms Race
Lao Tsu states in The Tao Te Ching that “weapons are instruments of fear, all creatures hate them. The Sage uses them only when there … Continue reading
Shut Up About Hayward
To everyone who is still debating on the East Grandstand (“Hayward Field’s Transparency Problem,” 5/17) and its viability or lack thereof: Please stop! This is … Continue reading
Kicking Against The Pricks
An activist and a poet, I have sometimes twisted both together into barbed-wire arguments for our general freedom, often doubling as a plea for friends … Continue reading
Splitting The Vote
Analyzing the voting data for the dueling city auditor ballot measures shows that the majority of voters did want an auditor, but vote-splitting resulted in … Continue reading
Some Rely On Poetry
Freedom of thought. Freedom of speech. Some rely on lies and some yell impeach. The gulf in between has been filled with hate. How did … Continue reading
ZONE THEM LAND
Lane County is paying $750,000 for 1.3 acres of land on Franklin Blvd, for 147 units of low-income housing. Which is great! That’s $5,000 per … Continue reading
THE TRUMP THING
Dear fellow liberals: If you haven’t educated yourself on history, politics and philosophy enough to know that Trump supporters are not a monolith, and all … Continue reading
MCMANSIONS = EXTINCTION
We’re living through the sixth mass extinction. We see this firsthand in Lane County. Oak savannah is the most endangered habitat in the United States. … Continue reading
HARSH TOKE
This is about EW’s Cannabis issue, and “enforcement” of Idaho’s fraudulent prohibition (“A Beacon of Green for Idaho,” 5/3): According to Vol. 16 of American Jurisprudence, fake laws enacted … Continue reading