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Editorial: Who should be the interim Deschutes sheriff?

One person that needs to leave the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office will soon be gone. It is unfortunately…

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Commentary: How Trump is purging and purifying the GOP

  Forget the doomsday predictions about what President Donald Trump’s cuts might do — his “Big Beautiful Bill”…

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Commentary: A university president stands up for higher education as it’s under assault  

The Trump administration’s attack on higher education is both wide-ranging and carefully targeted at certain institutions. It has…

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Commentary: Presidentially corrected economic talk

Whether U.S. bombers recently “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear capability (President Donald Trump’s preferred wording) or “severely damaged” it (per…

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Commentary: Charlie Chaplin’s 100-year-old film has timeless lessons

The wisest among us realize that what we normally think of as opposites are also associates. There’s life…

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Editorial: Gov. Kotek should call a special session for Oregon roads

Gov. Tina Kotek should call legislators back to Salem for a special session on transportation funding. Legislators went…

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Guest column: Don’t let anyone diminish our national parks

The National Park System, NPS, is the keeper of our national treasures. It includes 433 national parks, with…

Editorials

Editorial: Immigration law 101 from Oregon’s chief justice

If you want a good lesson in the law about immigration, read the recent order from Oregon Chief…

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Editorial: Questions for the possible interim Deschutes sheriff

Here are some questions the candidates for the interim Deschutes County Sheriff should answer: Is there anything in…

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Columnist: The Supreme Court’s majority is playing the long game  

Many legal commentators apparently believe that, in the term that just ended, the Supreme Court further enabled President…

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