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COLUMN: Sight of a thunderhead serves as summer preview
The juvenile thunderhead seemed to rest on the shoulder of Black Mountain, a temporary appendage that at a…
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COLUMN: Don’t diminish the guilt of mass murderers
Lone lunatics who murder a bunch of strangers don’t deserve to have their culpability curbed. Not even by…
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COLUMN: The potential dark side of compulsory voting
Living as I do in a state that scarcely punishes people for carrying a couple hits of heroin…
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COLUMN: Digging into Baker City’s heated climate history
Anyone who endured Oregon’s record-breaking heatwave in late June 2021 probably wouldn’t be shocked that the year was…
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COLUMN: Twitter, Musk and the real version of free speech
I find it depressing that many Americans seem to gauge our country’s commitment to free speech based on…
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COLUMN: Savoring the first day that truly feels like spring
I walked out into the sunshine and immediately felt as though gravity’s tug was a trifle gentler than…
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COLUMN: Masterful book recounts fire that destroyed Paradise
I have seen plenty of statistics about the fire that decimated Paradise, California, in November 2018, but numbers…
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COLUMN: Why Sen. Merkley cares what you flush
I’m as worried as the next guy about clogged sewer pipes. Which apparently is not nearly worried enough.…
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COLUMN: Transfer ‘portal’ wreaks havoc in college sports
The “transfer portal” sounds like a cheesy prop in an even cheesier sci-fi film, something with lots of…
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COLUMN: Oregonians don’t want a party hack in governor’s office
For some Oregonians, the race for governor isn’t about who can raise the most money. And these voters…
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