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GUEST COLUMN: An agonizing choice for endangered owls

The Northern Spotted Owl is a charismatic icon of Oregon, and it is also a potent and divisive…

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GUEST COLUMN: Climate change ‘benefits’ deserve closer look

By now it must be obvious to anyone not comatose or living in a cave that climate change…

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OTHER VIEWS: Oregon project could be boon for youth mental health crisis

Last year saw a stream of dismal headlines about kids’ mental health. Children and teens in the U.S.…

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OTHER VIEWS: Can coastal redwoods evolve fast enough?

Coast redwoods — enormous, spectacular trees, some reaching nearly 400 feet, the tallest plants on the planet —…

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OTHER VIEWS: Ask not what Oregon can do for you …

With 2023 concluded, let me paraphrase and localize President John F. Kennedy’s memorable words from his 1961 inaugural…

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OTHER VIEWS: Pro league faults won’t deter pickleball

In the great national divide over pickleball, one side is enjoying a serving of schadenfreude over the news…

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OTHER VIEWS: Kotek growing into role as governor

Gov. Tina Kotek’s tour of Oregon’s 36 counties fascinated me. It was an audacious commitment to accomplish within…

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OTHER VIEWS: Oregon Senate walkout and the complications of ‘free speech’

The great thing about the right to free speech is that we have the right to be wrong.…

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OTHER VIEWS: State wildfire insurance law was not likely enough

As of Jan. 1, the law in Oregon is that an insurer can’t cancel a homeowner’s insurance policy…

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OTHER VIEWS: Resolving to appreciate the value of silence

My new year’s resolution for 2024 was shaped by a random moment. I was coming out of the…

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