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COLUMN: Measure 118 brought Oregonians together — to say no to a new tax
The campaign promoting Oregon’s Measure 118 on the Nov. 5 ballot, which would have imposed a new corporate ...
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COLUMN: Two-faced campaigns: Politician photos and attack ads
No one ever looks worse than they do in a photograph that’s featured in a campaign television ad. ...
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COLUMN: Optimistic about the next chapter in the Herald’s story
The Baker City Herald has had three owners in the past five years. Which is one less than ...
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From My Corner: The time has come
It is an extraordinary privilege to own a newspaper. My life has been immeasurably enriched by my connections ...
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COLUMN: Appreciating the magnificence of Mount Jefferson
I grew up within sight of Oregon’s second-tallest mountain but only recently, more than three decades after I ...
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COLUMN: A memorable evening in Autzen Stadium
The goalposts at Autzen Stadium survived the Oregon Ducks’ win over Ohio State but my bag of caramel ...
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COLUMN: Becoming reacquainted with the drive ‘through the middle of the state’
I have driven so often across Oregon’s midsection that I feel I know its anatomy in something like ...
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COLUMN: Coyote chorus in the night, foxes and other urban wildlife encounters
I awoke in the dark to the maniacal yips of distant coyotes. In that moment, as I lay ...
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COLUMN: Remembering James Earl Jones, ‘Field of Dreams’ and the ‘thrill of the grass’
In “Field of Dreams,” the best film about baseball, my favorite line is not the most famous. Or ...
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COLUMN: Sept. 11, 2001: A generation passes, with memories both clear and dim
A generation has passed since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Almost a quarter century. I can’t ...