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Other views: Is Oregon ripe for ranked choice voting?

With three serious gubernatorial candidates on the ballot in November and the theoretical possibility of a new governor…

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Other views: Bad behavior by coaches, parents and fans must stop

There’s an unfortunate trend continuing in Oregon and across the nation that must be stopped: the bad behavior…

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Other views: A new dawn for Oregon’s labor movement?

Years from now, we may look back on 2022 as the year when the labor movement began its…

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Around Oregon: One man’s search for meaning in the health care system

I won’t bury the lead. I lost. I will never retrieve those precious hours spent on the phone.…

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Other views: Converting knowledge into wisdom

Ignorance is the absence of knowledge (sometimes willfully) but not the lack of intelligence. One can be very…

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Around Oregon: Oregon economists on recession watch

Difficult days lie in wait for Oregon legislators and our new governor. That was clear from the somber…

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Kruse Post 72: We are all important and need to support patriotism

The American Legion holds a convention each year in different states and is a worldwide organization. I just…

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Other views: Oregon’s unaffiliated voters: more partisan than you might think

If Oregon’s registered Democrats vote Democratic in this November’s general election, and the Republicans vote Republican, those numbers…

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Other views: Federal lands grazing challenge

Grazing is the foundation of the U.S. beef industry. And, regardless of the source, whether private or federal…

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Other views: Big changes coming to Oregon State Capitol

If you were building a state capitol, would you construct it on stilts? Probably not. But such an…

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