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COLUMN: Wyatt Earp puts Baker City’s age in perspective

So far as I can tell, Wyatt Earp never visited Baker City. And I’m pretty near certain that…

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COLUMN: BYU’s gesture at football game was first class

One of my favorite moments in a sports movie happens during “We Are Marshall.” More than one, come…

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COLUMN: Not convinced American democracy is ‘under attack’

The notion is in vogue these days that democracy in America is foundering and that “right-wing extremists” represent…

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COLUMN: Tired of dealing with the dreaded dust

I stepped as gently as I could into the dust, but even so I fancied that after a…

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COLUMN: Exhausted, and inspired, by a hike with Scouts

I might well have been bored except for the half dozen Cub Scouts I shared the trail with.…

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COLUMN: Focus fails, and a new book mixes humor, grammar

My eyes began to fail me along about the second grade, which strikes me as an awfully premature…

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Support needed for Baker City Watershed project

As a resident of Baker City, do you know where your water comes from? When you turn on…

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COLUMN: Clutch driving amid honks in the city by the bay

The horns began to blare, and the blood rushed to my face. A veritable sonnet of profanity came…

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College football continues to test my commitment

College football is trying to drive me away but I cling to it, a besotted and slightly pathetic…

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From the publisher: Readers provide us a feast of feedback

Ken Blanchard, known best as a business consultant, management expert and speaker, has been credited for a quote…

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