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Guest Column: Measure 113 is a bust

Measure 113 is a bust. It didn’t stop legislative walkouts. It’s not as clear as its backers thought.…

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Writer’s Notebook: Toronto is a quiet colossus of the North

In an era when we obtain so many of our images of places online or on television, it…

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Guest Column: Americans are angry about medical debt

For Emily Boller, it was a $5,000 hospital bill for a simple case of pink eye that took…

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Guest Column: Kotek is keeping promises, but remains unpopular

Gov. Tina Kotek is not exactly a carbon copy of her liberal predecessor, Kate Brown. Kotek is just…

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Guest Column: Progress, but not enough, on minimum wage

On July 1, workers in one region of Oregon achieved what once seemed an inspired goal. The minimum…

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Writer’s Notebook: Cantwell comes through for a heroine in danger

An old friend and I commented to one another last week about how fortunate Americans are, and how…

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Guest Column: Salem payroll tax could mean exodus of commuters

Salem could be on the verge of becoming the state capital in name only. The city’s new tax…

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Guest Column: Why I treasure a book by my father’s favorite writer

One hundred years ago, The Seattle Times fired E.B. White. This was in 1923, and White had only…

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Guest Column: Speak up for Oregon’s rivers

I’ve been a river guide for over 30 years on 15 different rivers, but this spring, I had…

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Guest Column: Boquist’s ‘unsavory’ comments deemed protected speech

“I understand the threats from members of the majority that you want to arrest me, you want to…

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