A Life Steeped in the Arts
In Memory of Lois Wadsworth, 1936-2019
My mother was a gatherer of people. She could draw someone she had just met into conversation, then into friendship, almost before they knew what … Continue reading
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A Different Kind of Prosecutor
Remembering Bill Warnisher
By Randy Harrington Bill Warnisher died Aug. 25 while battling acute leukemia. It was one day after his birthday. He was 62. And when I … Continue reading
She Who Watches: Mauna Kea
Native Hawaiians fight to protect a sacred site
Around the U.S. many tribal people hold particular places in high regard. Indigenous people have sought spiritual guidance from these sites creating a timeless bond … Continue reading
County Commission Climate Denier
Jay Bozievich tells Sunrise Movement to listen to fake news
By Anika Nykanen Jay Bozievich, Republican member of the Lane County Board of Commissioners, revealed his climate change-denying beliefs several weeks ago in an email … Continue reading
A Friend in Greta Thunberg
A Eugenean experiences the Climate Strike in NYC
The train to downtown Manhattan is filled with people holding signs. Many of these people are children, permitted to skip school for the day to … Continue reading
Observing 9/11 at Guantanamo Bay
A Eugene lawyer defending an accused militant leader at Gitmo reflects on terrorism, torture and justice
By Rita Radostitz For the second year in a row, I spent the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. … Continue reading
A Striking Difference
Union organization benefits workers around Oregon
A strike wave is heading for Lane County after Labor Day this year — and that can be a good thing. Preparing for a strike … Continue reading
Curiosity Killed the Bobcat
Bobcat kitten killed with 'blunt force trauma'
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is having trouble explaining to dubious animal advocates why it beat a bobcat kitten to death after it wandered … Continue reading
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The Legislature’s Unfinished Business on Climate
Oregon’s work on cap-and-invest is not done
By James Manning Out of more than four million Oregonians, 90 of us are blessed and fortunate to serve our fellow citizens in Oregon’s Legislature. … Continue reading
End the Cycle of Slaughter
A retired federal judge calls for sensible arms regulations
By Thomas Coffin Mass shootings are a rampant disease in our nation. We are numbed by the incidents and carnage. A partial list includes: Virginia … Continue reading
A Town Square Critique
Time to seize the opportunity downtown
This is a really big deal for downtown Eugene. After being buried under a parking garage for 50 years, what we once knew as our Northwest … Continue reading
No Home at Homestead
A facility holding Migrant children is empty, but questions remain
By Anne Bridgman There are no more children at the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Migrant Children. When I heard the news that Homestead had … Continue reading
Time to Pay Women More
Fred Meyer and Gender Pay inequality
By Claire Syrett In spite of many signs of increased equality between women and men in our society, the disturbing fact is that in 2019, … Continue reading
A Town Square Critique
Time to seize the opportunity downtown
This is a really big deal for downtown Eugene. After being buried under a parking garage for 50 years, what we once knew as our Northwest … Continue reading