Letters to the Editor 2017-04-01
I LOVE CATS EW HATES CATS I just read the dog-centric headline of your news story this week and saw the photo, and I’m so … Continue reading
Opinion: Page 329
An Indispensable Asset
Let’s not sell the Elliott State Forest
How do we assign value to a forest? Is it in board feet of timber? Is it in jobs? Is it in its ability to … Continue reading
Slant
From the opera to March Madness and Art Robinson
If you were dismissive, as we were, of the recent rumor that Oregon’s own Art Robinson could be named Trump’s science advisor, you might read … Continue reading
Letters to the Editor 2017-03-30
TOO MANY PEOPLE The root cause of current climate change must be addressed: human over-population in a world with finite resources. Too many people equals … Continue reading
Letters to the Editor 2017-03-23
MINING TV BUTTE The Lane County Board of Commissioners has approved the land use change on a 4-1 vote, allowing for the destruction of a … Continue reading
Slant
Longtime writer Tom Giesen’s Celebration of Life, arts grants and government transitions
• Close on the heels of the news that conservative Councilor George Poling was stepping down from the Eugene City Council, longtime conservative Lane County … Continue reading
Nightingale Health Sanctuary Seeks a Site
Rest stop for the unhoused needs a home and an answer from the city
Nightingale Health Sanctuary (NHS), a city-sanctioned rest stop, needs help from its supporters. As many of you know, the Eugene Mission generously gave NHS a … Continue reading
Measuring Media Bias
An Examination of The Register-Guard’s School Coverage
One way the news media demonstrate bias is by what they report and what they leave out. Another is the negative or positive content of … Continue reading
Slant
WTF dog ban?
• When the president of your country talks violently about women, what message does that send? That was one of the niggling questions that came … Continue reading
Any-Town, USA
Don’t turn farmland into industrial parks
Take a drive out Highway 99 to Clear Lake Road and turn west. As soon as you leave the busy industrial highway you are in … Continue reading