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Tell me now: when are you finished reading the news? Without physical newspapers stacking up, how will you know when you’ve fallen behind?

First they came for the carriage returns, and I did not speak out. New York Times legend Russell Baker was quick and right to bemoan the loss of the mechanical “ding” at the end of every line. That bell demanded writers do some physical work, swiping the carriage to the right with a strong left […]

What followed seemed like chaos at the time, but now we can see that a fundamental realignment was underway. For the United States economy and for collegiate football, nothing has been the same since.

Any day is a good day to make a change, but the New Year offers social support. Others are pushing themselves to change. That makes it a little easier to push ourselves. By February, nobody will be asking about it anymore, so there’s little risk of enduring the shame of failure. In fact, success is barely the point.

If you believe that money is power, Oregon has not had this much power on Capitol Hill since the Packwood-Hatfield era ended two decades ago.

I worry that we’re losing something important that we call “place.” Place was central to our lives. We wanted a place of our own. We looked forward to inviting others over to our place.

How will Eugene change is marijuana is legalized for recreational use? Will a town already short on ambition be further drained? Will tourists wanting a genuine hippie experience flock here and spend loads of cash earned elsewhere? Will smoking pot lose all its cache when it no longer requires defying authority? I wonder what you […]

I can now get Vietnamese food near my house by going to Tom’s Place. But it’s not a place, at least not for anyone but Tom. There’s no going in. It’s a food truck, on wheels. In the mornings, the truck is not in the lot. Tom’s Place is in some other place. So which […]

So you have three protection systems in place, and none of them are followed. Why add a fourth layer of security instead of making sure the first three work?

Obama is unfortunately furthering this trend.