Education for Life
Don’t choose a major based on what pays well this week
I’ve taught college for almost 30 years. Over the past decade and a half, I’ve averaged a teaching award every three years. Next year I’m … Continue reading
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Local and Vocal
All the commentary that’s fit to print
For the Children of Uvalde Education for Life Live With No Regrets
For the Children of Uvalde
How about we regulate our ‘well-regulated militia’?
By Dan Bryant The newspaper said that I choked back tears as I addressed the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. Another said I … Continue reading
Live With No Regrets
What we lose by not trying
I’ve always been in love with him, since we were kids. There wasn’t much to explain, except he and I just seemed to fit. We … Continue reading
Two Years Later
The struggle against police killings of Black people continues
May 25 marked two years since the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin. Though not the last Black man killed by militarized … Continue reading
Still Possible to Unite
Making HB 2001 a housing plan for all of us
By Diana Bilovsky I often find the discussion concerning House Bill 2001 hard to watch. The disagreeableness, coupled with competing facts, make the city of … Continue reading
Carpetbaggering Dilettantes Abound!
Let’s help them vanish into Hot Air
It’s been a hoot to be out and about in the last few weeks and seeing friends again after two years. Open heart surgery and … Continue reading
All the Lonely People
Calling for a rethinking
Henry Allen is a fairly well-known commentator on our cultural and political ways. Among his themes or interests was putting a name to various decades, … Continue reading
Save the Urban Farm
The longtime beloved University of Oregon program faces destruction from the Knight Campus
By Gracie Schatz People often ask me where my career in food began, assuming that I have a mother or grandmother who is a wonderful … 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