Kicking Against The Pricks
An activist and a poet, I have sometimes twisted both together into barbed-wire arguments for our general freedom, often doubling as a plea for friends … Continue reading
Opinion: Page 298
Splitting The Vote
Analyzing the voting data for the dueling city auditor ballot measures shows that the majority of voters did want an auditor, but vote-splitting resulted in … Continue reading
Some Rely On Poetry
Freedom of thought. Freedom of speech. Some rely on lies and some yell impeach. The gulf in between has been filled with hate. How did … Continue reading
ZONE THEM LAND
Lane County is paying $750,000 for 1.3 acres of land on Franklin Blvd, for 147 units of low-income housing. Which is great! That’s $5,000 per … Continue reading
THE TRUMP THING
Dear fellow liberals: If you haven’t educated yourself on history, politics and philosophy enough to know that Trump supporters are not a monolith, and all … Continue reading
MCMANSIONS = EXTINCTION
We’re living through the sixth mass extinction. We see this firsthand in Lane County. Oak savannah is the most endangered habitat in the United States. … Continue reading
HARSH TOKE
This is about EW’s Cannabis issue, and “enforcement” of Idaho’s fraudulent prohibition (“A Beacon of Green for Idaho,” 5/3): According to Vol. 16 of American Jurisprudence, fake laws enacted … Continue reading
Slant
The election, ‘This is America’ and what we are reading
• We’re among the more than 100 million people who have watched Childish Gambino (Donald Glover)’s “This is America” video again and again. And again. … Continue reading
A SISTER LEFT BEHIND
My name is Pamela McClary. I am the sister of missing Eugene woman, Eryn Beth McClary (“Missing People,” 5/10). I am hurt, angry and just … Continue reading
BECOMING A BEE PLACE
I support Bee City Eugene and Bee Campus at the University of Oregon because they are local grassroots initiatives to help support native pollinator populations. … Continue reading