Steal My Car, Steal My Heart
To the thieves who stole my car: I doubt that you read a community newspaper, but I wanted you to know the effect of your … Continue reading
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Slant
About 10 years ago, Supreme Court justice nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson visited Eugene when she was on the U. S. Sentencing Commission. Invited by Judge Ann … Continue reading
A Step Toward Justice
Middle housing recommendations support affordable and climate-responsive housing
As a Eugene resident, parent and legal scholar who focuses on housing and climate justice, I am deeply concerned about a local petition circulating under … Continue reading
Stop The Real Estate Free For All
The Eugene City Council is now in the process of considering substantial changes to the planning codes in R-1 single family housing throughout Eugene. According … Continue reading
NW Natural Lies About Pollution
A recent study from The Gas Index shows at least 5.5 percent of the natural gas supplied by NW Natural to the city of Portland … Continue reading
It’s Time For The Rich To Help Out
I applaud the letter (EW 3/17) calling attention to struggling families lacking income for basic needs. The Child Tax Credit lifted more than 30 percent … Continue reading
The Meta… what?
Welcome to virtual everything
Facebook has been renamed Meta and is poised to roll out the metaverse. Simply put, this is where digital and virtual come together, aiming at … Continue reading
Slant
The war in Ukraine drags tragically on with no reasonable end in sight. The city of Eugene sent $10,000 to relief efforts, as well as … Continue reading
The Truth About History
Deb Lilly’s letter (EW 3/3) about teaching real history hit a chord with me. About 10 years ago I was part of a program to … Continue reading
The Oppression of Suffering
A COVID meditation on the pandemic and the system’s attacks on the body
A violent attack, PTSD, anxiety, oppression, COVID, depression — we, as a society, are entrenched in a myriad of suffering, experienced collectively, voluntarily or not. The byproduct … Continue reading