Columns

Guest Column: Election endorsements still have a role

Democrat Tina Kotek will be Oregon’s next governor. Given Kotek’s narrow victory over Republican Christine Drazan, I’ll be…

Columns

Guest Column: Infrastructure is more than roads and bridges

Indigenous tribes existed for thousands of years before we heard the word “infrastructure.” In today’s world, infrastructure includes…

Columns

Guest Column: Astorians are finding they are in the right place

Astoria is opening a new chapter in its long history. It is becoming a more established, and, we…

Columns

Writer’s Notebook: When pragmatism carried the day

Bad blood that flowed between Oregon’s U.S. Sen. Wayne Morse and U.S. Sen. Richard Neuberger in the 1950s…

Columns

Guest Column: The governor’s acceptance speech we want to hear

Once the ballots are counted in Tuesday’s Oregon gubernatorial election, this is the acceptance speech that I hope…

Columns

Behind the News: ‘It is secure, it is fair, it’s accurate’

County clerks are not always suited for politics or the culture wars. Under Clatsop County’s home rule charter,…

Columns

Guest Column: Making progress on child care

The lack of available child care in Clatsop County — and throughout the entire country — has been…

Columns

Guest Column: Oregon’s Capitol can be a terrible place to work

As a workplace, the Oregon Capitol stinks. The norms of workplace behavior often don’t apply. Why? Politics. That…

Columns

Guest Column: Be wary of Oregon stereotypes

A New York Times reporter contended that he was not hearing much introspection from Oregon Democrats. As a…

Columns

Editorial Cartoon: A good day

Marketplace