Slant
Damn dams, Hot Air, end of an RG era and EW's Kansas takeover
• Cougar Dam on the South Fork of the McKenzie River creates a quandary that government agencies and environmental geeks have been puzzling over for … Continue reading
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Nearby Clearcuts
Fighting against the logging and the aerial spraying of our forests
To clear the land for settlement, early pioneers grabbed an axe and did work that demanded time and energy enough to break a sweat. Later, … Continue reading
Know Your History
Mark Harris is right in that high schools (and all schools) also have free speech rights under the Constitution (“Black Lives, Local History,” 2/15). And … Continue reading
Letters on Gun Violence
The community reacts to the Parkland shooting
PARKLAND, FLORIDA I stand with Parkland, Florida, in mourning the murders of 17 students and faculty members at their high school. I am heartbroken, but most … Continue reading
Slant
AR-15s, clean air and an easy read
• We’re all searching for ways to control guns and stop this senseless violence in America. Here are five organizations you can plug into today: … Continue reading
Health Care Roulette
Over the past 20 years the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) has helped reduce the percentage of children without health insurance to an all-time low … Continue reading
The Oregon Way
We have a long-standing tradition in Oregon — the citizen initiative process. Other states that followed our lead refer to the initiative process as “the … Continue reading
Outdated Provincialism
Not so long ago Eugene was “The World’s Greatest City for the Arts and Outdoors.” That exaggeration was short-lived and rescinded. Now the principal of … Continue reading
Killing Free Speech
EW’s Slant (1/25) closed with a paragraph on white supremacists by stating, “the media should and will expose those who hold reprehensible viewpoints.” Whoa, Nellie! We’re … Continue reading
Dreamers and Nightmares
There are serious flaws in Brian Palmer’s assumptions in his letter to the editor (“Don’t Blame Trump,” 2/15.) Palmer says, “If Hugo Nicholas and another … Continue reading