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
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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
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
Labeling Divorce
Responding to news of a friend’s breakup requires empathy
By Nicole Dahmen I got divorced last year. [Cue standard response: Awkward platitude combined with a head nod, a move made famous by Tom Selleck’s character, … Continue reading
A Step Toward Justice
Middle housing recommendations support affordable and climate-responsive housing
As a Eugene resident, parent and legal scholar who focuses on housing and climate justice, I am deeply concerned about a local petition circulating under … Continue reading
The Meta… what?
Welcome to virtual everything
Facebook has been renamed Meta and is poised to roll out the metaverse. Simply put, this is where digital and virtual come together, aiming at … Continue reading
The Oppression of Suffering
A COVID meditation on the pandemic and the system’s attacks on the body
A violent attack, PTSD, anxiety, oppression, COVID, depression — we, as a society, are entrenched in a myriad of suffering, experienced collectively, voluntarily or not. The byproduct … Continue reading