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Editorial: No money back for no in-person Oregon college

Caine Smith was near the end of his senior year in 2020 at the University of Oregon when…

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Commentary: Dawdling on Social Security will only increase the pain

President Donald Trump has vowed not to cut Social Security benefits, and it’s easy to understand his position:…

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Commentary: You cannot ‘restore’ high scientific standards if they are already in place

  President Donald Trump’s executive order “Restoring Gold Standard Science” provides a directive to restore a higher standard…

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Editorial: Medicaid work requirements will be a challenge for Oregon

Where some people see menace in the Big, Beautiful Bill is what is euphemistically called “community engagement requirements.”…

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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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