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COLUMN: Seeking to pierce the veil of COVID-19 secrecy

You might scoff at the notion that you haven’t heard enough about COVID-19. Perhaps you would even utter…

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COLUMN: Two farewells: to a colleague and an author

In theory I could tally how many times Chris Collins’ byline has been published in the Baker City…

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COLUMN: Stuck in a snowbound cabin with the flies

For the first time in my relatively uneventful life I was truly entertained by the chance to smash…

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COLUMN: The lingering filth attached to the Holocaust

Until I read the book, I would have claimed, and with considerable confidence, that my feelings about the…

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COLUMN: Paying the price for another slothful autumn

The problem with leaves is that they don’t. Leave, that is. Every autumn, while engaged in the seasonal…

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COLUMN: Grateful for all who help keep schools open

When I got home from work the other day my son Max, who’s almost 10, rushed into the…

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COLUMN: Fighting words and the power of politicians

I learned at least one thing from the second impeachment trial of former president Donald Trump. Politicians say…

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COLUMN: Survey shortchanges Oregon’s level of anger

The email’s subject line had the intended effect of causing my eyes to pause as they slid down…

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COLUMN: Peculiar politics: Pelosi agreeing with Trump

The saying that politics makes for strange bedfellows is a tidy aphorism, but I’m not sure it covers…

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COLUMN: Pepperoni police are on patrol in Salem

Probably you’ve been so focused on the pandemic that the sausage scourge has escaped your attention. Fortunately at…

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