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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…

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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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Editorial Cartoon

Editorial cartoon for 7/4/25

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The Declaration of Independence

In Congress, July 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the…

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Commentary: I tried this new abomination at Whole Foods so you don’t have to

I love pickles. Dill pickles, kosher dill pickles, cornichons, full-sour pickles, half-sour pickles, quarter-sour pickles, quick pickles, gherkins,…

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Commentary: In the halls of Congress and on the canals of Venice, the new Gilded Age has a moment

  The juxtaposition at the weekend was apt: one big, ugly bill in Washington and one big, garish…

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Guest column: Oregon should help bring term limits to Congress

Washington, D.C. has become a place where power calcifies. Elections often hinge on name recognition and incumbency, while…

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Editorial: Gov. Kotek was right to issue school cellphone ban

Gov. Tina Kotek signed an executive order Wednesday that requires a cellphone ban for K-12 students in schools.…

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