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November 18, 2021

Telling the truth about the way we live now

Evonne lives in a fire lookout in Oregon, and since I meet with these graduate students on Zoom, we’ve all seen snippets of her life, including the dizzying moments when she leaps up to scan for fires while holding her tablet.

November 11, 2021

‘Build Back Better’ to support our veterans

As we pause today, on the national Veterans Day holiday, to honor all American veterans who have served this nation during times of war as well as peacetime, it is worth reflecting on how well we’re treating our veterans once they leave the military and re-enter civilian life.

November 11, 2021

The problem with vaccine mandates

I live near Middlefield, Ohio, the center of the fourth-largest Amish settlement in America. I regularly see the horse and buggy operations on the road. Who am I to tell these people that I know better about how they should live than they do? Very few Amish people are getting the COVID vaccine and Amish communities have experienced some of the state’s highest rates of infection and deaths, but they are living according to their faith and God’s will.

November 4, 2021

Why is U.S. military spending increasing to outlandish levels?

Although critics of the Biden administration’s Build Back Better plan to increase funding for United States education, healthcare, and action against climate catastrophe say the U.S. can’t afford it, there are no such qualms about ramping up funding for the U.S. military.

October 28, 2021
A ballot box stands near the Camas Post Office on Oct. 16, 2020. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record files)

Letters to the Editor for Oct. 28, 2021

Henriksen: support ‘moderate, experienced, dependable’ candidates People have been asking who I believe in and support in the upcoming election. In addition to my previous endorsement of Steve…

October 14, 2021

To save our democracy, rational Republicans must find ‘thread of truth’

In my college days, I was a conservative Republican. I voted for Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan. But I gave up on the party during the presidential election of 2008. I admired John McCain, still do, but Sarah Palin was a bridge too far, and, like many other Republicans in 2008, I voted Democratic for the first time in my life.