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COLUMN: Technology and the crusade against automotive freedom
Politicians and assorted others who like to poke around in people’s personal lives have been obsessed with the ...
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COLUMN: Exploring the histories of Oregon’s county seats
When I first read the term “county seat” I wondered whether these were thrones or rather more modest ...
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COLUMN: Hearing stories of optimism and hope in Baker City’s Oxford Houses
Addiction is a scary word. When I read it I think of many things, all of them terrible. ...
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COLUMN: Bad mufflers and lost summer sleep
Among the great mysteries is why drivers of vehicles that have the most decrepit mufflers feel compelled to ...
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COLUMN: Snake pits and other sidetrips on a tour of Montana
I entered the Snake Pit and it was all my son Max’s fault. There were, fortunately, no serpents ...
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COLUMN: Searing July another challenge for Baker County ranchers
Temperatures that require three digits to express. Wildfire acreages that take up six. I’ve never experienced a July ...
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COLUMN: An impromptu offer to buy my house
Somebody wants to buy my house, and I didn’t even have to put up a sign or call ...
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COLUMN: To fans and foes alike, farewell
I debated whether to write this column at all. After all, I don’t have a personal connection to ...
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COLUMN: Remembering the craftsmen who constructed the Central Building
The Central Building, for many years an occasional destination, has become for me something more akin to a ...
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COLUMN: Celebrating small towns, and America’s birthday, in Haines
I got stuck in a traffic jam in Haines, which seems to me no small feat in a ...