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JABBERWOCK II: Agency makes us feel anti-social, insecure

In 1968, two black Americans stood on the Olympic podium, black gloves on raised right hands and eyes…

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AND FURTHERMORE: Sailor didn’t want distance from disaster

Teru was a 25-foot sailboat I lived on in Hawaii. My sailing experience before that was limited to…

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Car owners’ gas ration to be four gallons a week

100 YEARS AGO Nov. 7, 1912 Wallowa County and the three towns voting on the question went dry…

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JUST THINKING: Now that election’s over, let’s be bipartisan

Listen carefully and you might hear a collective sigh of relief from across the county; the 2012 elections…

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JABBERWOCK II: Better to mess up early and learn late

Solomon was a pretty interesting dude. According to the Bible, as officially documented in Wikipedia, wisdom was his…

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JABBERWOCK II: Police have been too quick with lethal force

I never met Otto, but I heard a lot about him after he passed away. Apparently Otto was…

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OUT OF THE PAST: Troy flour mill running, producing ‘staff of life’

100 YEARS AGO Oct. 31, 1912 Four homesteaders from Snake River proved up on their claims in Enterprise…

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POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY: Can’t catch any convictions in this Mitt

Now that Barack Obama has been president for nearly four years, most voters have a pretty good idea…

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OUT OF THE PAST: Anti-saloon campaign remains active

100 YEARS AGO Oct. 24, 1912 The question of abolishing Wallowa County High School will be submitted to…

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MAIN STREET: Fortunate are we who love our work

I turned 70 this weekend. Doesnt seem like Ive done much to get here except hang around. Luck,…

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