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OTHER VIEWS: The Unkindest Cut — Florida chops up The Bard

“The Bard” of Stratford-upon-Avon is supposedly our new corrupter of youth. News reports indicated that students in a…

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OTHER VIEWS: Senate GOP case is wrong tactic for the party

Nothing conjures up images of a political train off the track better than the ongoing struggle by five…

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OTHER VIEWS: Irrigation canals aren’t suburban water features

A pair of federal judges have rightly rejected the arguments of residential property owners who are trying to…

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OTHER VIEWS: Climate change quickens the end of salmon

“Will the last person leaving SEATTLE — Turn out the lights” was an infamous billboard in 1971 when…

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OTHER VIEWS: Ruling yields paperwork but won’t help forests

The Forest Service’s reasonable plan to manage more than 7 million acres of public forests east of the…

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OTHER VIEWS: Washington considers how not to manage wolves

Wolves remain one of the animals least in need of protection. In states like Washington and Oregon, their…

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OTHER VIEWS: State should make effort to tell public about red flag law

Oregon has had a red flag law since 2018. Family, household members or law enforcement can request an…

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OTHER VIEWS: Maui disaster demands national reckoning

More than three weeks since wildfires devastated Lahaina, in western Maui, the death toll has reached 115, with…

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OTHER VIEWS: Oregon act uses nature to combat climate change

In a forward-looking move, leaders in Oregon have committed funding to utilize farms, forests and wetlands in the…

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OTHER VIEWS: Unintended consequences of ag overtime laws

When they were considering imposing overtime on agricultural employers, legislators in Oregon and Washington were repeatedly told the…

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