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Talk about town: Snowdown auction to aid Mr. Snowdown, Terry Fiedler

Snowdown memorabilia from year’s past will be auctioned off through Feb. 4 to support Alzheimer’s treatment for “Mr. Snowdown,” Terry Fiedler. Auction items will be displayed Frid...

DATE: Jan 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Talk about Town

Mueller: Congress must ensure healthy forests and secure watersheds

It’s not fire season right now – or at least it shouldn’t be – but continuing drought and seemingly constant shifts in “normal” weather patterns set the stage for record-setting, winter wild...

DATE: Jan 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Will: In Oregon, progressivism spills over at the pump

WASHINGTON – Frank Lloyd Wright purportedly said, “Tip the world over on its side and everything loose will land in Los Angeles.” Today, however, Oregon is the state with the strangest state...

DATE: Jan 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Man endlessly puts off marriage

DEAR ABBY: I’m 28 and have been dating my boyfriend, “Spencer,” for 2½ years. We have talked a lot about getting married. We know where we want it to be, who will be in our wedding party...

DATE: Jan 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Brooks: Conflicting views on how democracies perish

Everybody agrees society is in a bad way, but what exactly is the main cause of the badness? Some people emphasize economic issues: The simultaneous concentration of wealth at t...

DATE: Jan 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Woman seeks to manage anger

DEAR ABBY: I am 28 and I’m disgusted with myself about how I talk to my mother when I’m stressed out. I know it’s not her. It’s me. My other issue is road rage. When I’m behi...

DATE: Jan 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Kristof: Trump’s threat to Democracy

Two political scientists specializing in how democracies decay and die have compiled four warning signs to determine if a political leader is a dangerous authoritarian: 1. The lea...

DATE: Jan 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nicholas Kristof

Rankin: Teacher to class: “Can you hear me now?”

“It’s just common sense.” How many times have you heard this phrase and thought “If only more people would just use common sense”? I was thinking that during a conversation with Dan Snowberg...

DATE: Jan 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Joyce Rankin

Wife put off by husband’s beard

DEAR ABBY: My husband has a long, bushy, ugly beard, and although I don’t like it, I realize he’s entitled to wear his facial hair any way he likes it. The problem is, when he eats, his ...

DATE: Jan 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Thiessen: The 10 best things Trump has done in his first year

As we approach the end of President Donald Trump’s first year in office, the list of extraordinary things he has done – for both good and ill – is pretty remarkable. Trump inspir...

DATE: Jan 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Marc Thiessen

James: Strong words and actions

Tyranny, conformity, risk and change are strong words. I imagine the men with powdered ponytails and short pants understood them all too well. They could and would no longer con...

DATE: Jan 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Watch Yore Topknot

Neighbor wants to help after loss

DEAR ABBY: I have just learned that a neighbor lost his wife. She died during childbirth. As a wife and mother, all I can think about is that newborn baby boy and his two beautiful siste...

DATE: Jan 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

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