Still Feeling The Pain
I’m still waiting for surgeons to clear their backed up schedules. That’s fine. However, it more than just irks me when I still hear of … Continue reading
Letters: Page 59
Don’t Even Think Of Asking For Something Hard
Getting a vaccine and wearing a mask are such minor inconveniences, it’s hard to imagine how people will behave in the face of actual hardship. … Continue reading
Go Electric At Home, Too
The city of Eugene is looking to electrify new buildings starting in 2023. One personal move we made in that direction was to purchase a … Continue reading
Stop Killing Wolves
Recent information from Cascadia Wildlands and Oregon Wild report that Oregon’s wolves are being illegally slaughtered at an alarming rate. On Feb. 15, Oregon State … Continue reading
Mad About Marty
Given Jerry Ritter’s (EW Letters March 3) history of inaccurate, misleading biased information and commentary, I will side with Rep. Marty Wilde on the political … Continue reading
Finding The White Oaks
Walk outside. Chances are you won’t find Oregon’s native white oak in Eugene. Before colonization, white oaks lived all over the Willamette Valley. Today white … Continue reading
A Tip To The Grocery Chains
Tip jars for checkers and baggers: an idea whose time has come, dontcha think? They’re essential workers. They deal with hundreds of us daily. They’re … Continue reading
Don’t Blame The Unhoused
The cities of Portland and Seattle are in the process of possibly passing bills to have their unhoused citizens moved off the streets and encampments … Continue reading
Eugene: An Emerald Of The West
With ever gloomy news out of the world, rapidly changing climate and the ever-worsening prophecies of the crumbling social peace of this land, I wanted … Continue reading
We Should Teach Real History
The ultimate example of white privilege is when parents and/or school boards claim that white people have a right to not acknowledge or teach history … Continue reading