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Main Street: A good eight-day birthday week

Last week was my birthday week. My friend, Russell Ford, born in 1942 just a few days before…

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Tee time: Concluding a successful year on the golf course

Unimaginable shades of green, touches of dark plum, russet reds scattered here and there gently reminds the golfer…

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Other views: Give the Chieftain another look

I have been in the journalism profession off and on for the better part of 40 years. I…

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Layin’ it on the line: Know the detriment of the sequencing risk

What is the sequence of returns risk, and how can it negatively impact your retirement savings? The sequence…

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On Liberty: Don’t outsource your thinking

The capitalist system of economics incentivizes specialization and the division of labor. Broadly speaking, these concepts maximize production,…

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Other views: An open letter opposing the River Democracy Act

To Wallowa County commissioners: First, thank you for your opposition to Sen. Ron Wyden’s River Democracy bill. I…

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Other Views: Let them eat Kix

I never parted with a $20 bill faster. It happened at one of my favorite diners. The Western…

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Other Views: Don’t skip teaching an essential life skill

We all have busy lives filled with activities from the moment we wake up until our head hits…

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From the editor’s desk: I want to hear what you have to say

I’ve been pleased to see the letters to the editor flowing to my inbox the way they have…

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Other Views: Think less about liberties and more about community well-being

Growing up in a rather large family where we had a rather Darwinian survival-of-the-fittest perspective, our father used…

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