Too Much Pride
What’s up with all the people celebrating their group’s pride? Not only is the LGBTQIA+ community gearing up for even more pride in August, but … Continue reading
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Slant
• Oregon has a Red Flag Law allowing courts to take weapons away from people who are at risk as a danger to themselves or others. … Continue reading
Shame On Semple, Taylor
I feel shocked and saddened by Eugene City Councilors Emily Semple and Betty Taylor, both of whom are registered Democrats and voted against the Eugene … Continue reading
DeFazio The Dove
While I thank the Eugene Weekly for helping spotlight Congress’s constitutional war powers (“What’s Happening,” 8/1), the article made an ill-informed conjecture about my record opposing war. Even the least bit of research into my … Continue reading
Men In The High Tower
Re: “A Bridge to Nowhere” (8/1): “Recent architecture at the UO… conveys arrogance, power and disregard for the surrounding community,” and, may I add, also … Continue reading
Correcting an Error
Last week I sent in a letter arguing that the Oregon Constitution has strong protections for minority perspective speech. I was wrong to use “white … Continue reading
Not NIMBYs
Lynn Porter, you are mistaken (“That NIMBY Stink,” Letters, 8/1). The Lombard property has been re-zoned out of the flood plain, and therefore is fundable … Continue reading
Seventy-four Years After Hiroshima
Planting a tree on Aug. 6 will celebrate peace and hope
By Susan Cundiff When the world’s first atomic bomb was dropped in the center of the city of Hiroshima in 1945, killing 140,000 people, survivors … Continue reading
Quite A Stretch
I find no difference between “white supremacy” and “male supremacy,” as far as they are both unfair and discriminatory. So will the Eugene City Council … Continue reading
Gender Politics
I just love it when men “correct” women’s opinions. Take, for example, my letter pleading for the plight of waterfowl being harmed by people feeding … Continue reading