Time To Practice Forgiveness
We are in full support of justice taking its course in this country regarding the decisions of those in power who have acted outside the … Continue reading
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Thanks, Pete And Betty
My many thanks to County Commissioner Pete Sorenson and City Councilor Betty Taylor for their exceptional work and many years of service. We can thank … Continue reading
We Need To Rebuild Our Country
Many progressives, especially those in Congress and the media, see the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6 as an insurrection, a coup attempt or … Continue reading
Web Letters
EUGENE NEEDS TO SUPPORT ARTISTS The gentrification-fueled real estate environment makes it increasingly impossible for artists to keep pace with. We are at a point … Continue reading
Defend Oregon’s Southern Border
Reality can be a hard pill to swallow, as is speaking the unspoken truth of it. If 2020 taught us anything, it is that desperate … Continue reading
Move Ahead Three Spaces, Mr. Bollmann
I glanced over the game board for the Eugene Fairyland game board enclosed in EW’s Dec. 31 edition and found most of it moderately amusing … Continue reading
Goodbye, Loser
Let’s look at King Trump’s legacy: the pandemic he walked away from, calling it a hoax, massive unemployment, people in line for food, businesses closing, … Continue reading
We Need Change Now
Yes, we need change, fast. Yet carbon taxing will be too hard to initiate, too slow and inadequate to the real rate of warming and … Continue reading
You Get What You Pay For In A Mayor
In a recent letter (EW 12/31), Kate Goldsworthy claimed that Mayor Lucy Vinis has had an “unremarkable tenure” and that we deserve a more progressive … Continue reading
Let’s Make 2020 An Inspiration To Live Better
2020: a year of pandemic, George Floyd’s murder followed by sustained, sometimes violent protests in Portland, and the worst wildfires in Oregon’s history. 2020 also … Continue reading