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COLUMN: On Super Bowl Sunday, remembering the Mosquito Bowl

During the week leading to the Super Bowl I happened to be reading a book about another football…

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COLUMN: Not ready to let computers take the wheel

It might be the most frightening sentence I’ve read that doesn’t involve nuclear holocaust or the possible demise…

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COLUMN: Beyond ‘Rip City’: Remembering Bill Schonely

Bill Schonely was a voice of my childhood. Not the only voice. Just one of many that I…

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COLUMN: Mass murderer caught in Baker — 20 years later

I had never listened to a man confess to murdering his pregnant wife and their three children. I…

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COLUMN: Hats, hate speech, and freedom’s future at stake

I’m grateful that a person’s choice of headwear does not suspend his First Amendment rights. But I’m troubled…

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COLUMN: Lamenting the loss of Trail Tenders Inc.

I caressed the fake coonskin cap and decided, as my fingers slid across the silky artificial fur, that…

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COLUMN: Pondering the revolution in television sizes

My son, Max, was watching an episode of the Netflix series “Stranger Things” the other evening and he…

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COLUMN: The Elkhorns tug at a driver’s eyes

When you read “distracted driving” you’re apt to think of a cellphone or a talkative passenger in the…

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COLUMN: Dusk hiking, and the limits of Christmas songs

I walked away from my rig, dusk darkening the firs and pines to a shade more black than…

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The enduring magic of a mountain pass

Mountain passes are my favorite landforms. The very word — pass — evokes a sense of mystery, the…

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