Slant
Wondering why so many pages in the Weekly this week? We’re back up to our pre-pandemic page count for this issue — and it feels … Continue reading
Opinion: Page 99
Satire Was Just Plain Gross
I’m so appalled by your tasteless attempt at satire with Bob Keefer’s “PERS Death Squads” piece (EW 3/31) that I don’t even know where to … Continue reading
Winds of Fear
Who is responsible when a neighbor’s clearcut threatens your home and property?
By Jim Evangelista We’re waiting for the winds. When 54 acres of deeply wooded forest beside our homes off Lorane Highway were suddenly clearcut, our … Continue reading
Counting Trees Instead Of Forests
In response to Saint John Hunt’s letter “The Rape of Oregon,” EW 4/7: Our local Seneca Timber brags on a sign outside of their Hwy … Continue reading
Old Growth Research? Or Just Plain Revenue?
On the surface your article “Peace at Last” (3/31) by Clayton Franke sounds upbeat and positive, but I do question the real outcome of the … Continue reading
Middle Housing Benefits
As a doctor, I have about 30 homeless patients in my practice — and today one of my new patients brought me up short on … Continue reading
… Besides, PERS Benefits Our Economy
This letter is about Bob Keefer’s “PERS Death Squads” piece, which appears to have been meant as an April Fool’s satire but was tasteless and … Continue reading
Coming Together, Right Now
As COVID regulations and responses loosen, community events are already flourishing in Eugene. Isolation and depression have taken a heavy two-year toll, and now our … Continue reading
Misleading Rhetoric
Affordable homeownership requires incentives for middle housing
By John Fischer, Tom Bowerman, Andrew Heben and Dylan Lamar As the investors and developers of the homes that make up the C Street Co-op … Continue reading
A Community With Heart
Numerous readers responded with generous offers of help after seeing 77-year-old Jane Smith’s eloquent letter (“Steal My Car, Steal My Heart,” Letters 3/31) about the … Continue reading