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Ireland Looks Like Oregon

September 23rd, 2016 No Comments

In 1963, Ireland imposed what they called a Turnover Tax of 2.5 percent. It was controversial in its time because it was assessed to each transaction, with no deductions for expenses. In concept and calculation, it’s identical to Measure 97.

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Learning to Uproot Social Ills From the Ground Up

July 9th, 2016 2 Comments

I spent an hour this morning weeding. Of course, I couldn’t do something boring like that without thinking about things. My first thought was how boring weeding can be — boring, but necessary. Well, only necessary if the weeds are not compatible with nearby plants, or people’s expectations, or my own pleasure as I pass […]

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Facebook Could Build Communities Out of Tragedies

June 17th, 2016 No Comments

Symbols of support are sticky. They hold us together, even when there’s not much substance in common.

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World Comes To Eugene’s Taste Buds

May 20th, 2016 1 Comment

Restaurants are like skyscrapers. The first sense they make is never economic. Any entrepreneur who thinks opening a restaurant will be easy because “everybody eats” will learn quickly their mistake. There’s a reason there are no nationwide chains of paid toilets.

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Solving ISIS

November 24th, 2015 2 Comments

Fortunately, we have a couple of dozen billionaires who could not only quell the violence in the Middle East, but make money doing it.

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Fireworks Flight Gives Great Overview

July 9th, 2015 4 Comments

Like God answering prayers or Google performing searches, each expression was its own. But from above, the parts gathered into a surprisingly satisfying whole.

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Eugene Had Its Own “Charlie Hebdo”

January 16th, 2015 11 Comments

Here’s a factoid you may not have known, because we never told anyone. Our editor, publisher, head writer, and art director all had religion degrees — from Vanderbilt, Yale, Notre Dame and Bob Jones University.

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Inventive Solution “Corners” Venerable Business

August 8th, 2014 1 Comment

The Patterson is opening this fall with 100 apartments, 67 below-grade parking spaces, three commercial storefronts, and one condominium.

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Two Revolutions Took a Turn Last Week

July 12th, 2013 1 Comment

While the protests in Egypt were swelling last week, Douglas Engelbart was dying from kidney failure in his home in Atherton, Calif. at the age of 88. Engelbart led a revolution of a different sort by inventing the computer mouse in 1963.

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Two Revolutions Took a Turn Last Week

July 12th, 2013 No Comments

While the protests in Egypt were swelling last week, Douglas Engelbart was dying from kidney failure in his home in Atherton, Calif. at the age of 88. Engelbart led a revolution of a different sort by inventing the computer mouse in 1963.

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