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Egan: National parks for the 1 percent or all Americans?

America’s Best Idea is now just another commodity. A president who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing, as Oscar Wilde had it, wants to make it prohibitively expensive for...

Demientieff: Sen. Gardner, please ask yourself: “What legacy do we want to leave?”

As a Native Alaskan and member of the Gwich’in Nation, my people have depended on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for centuries. The oil industry has unsuccessfully attempted...

Turiel: Nonviolent communication is a better approach to conflict that fosters compassion and connection

To blame is human; to find mutually satisfying solutions, divine. It is extremely challenging for parties locked in conflict to find mutually satisfying solutions. Not because myr...

Milbank: Democrats are setting themselves up to lose

WASHINGTON – President Trump’s job approval rating fell to just 33 percent in a Gallup poll this week. One of his campaign aides pleaded guilty in the Russia probe and two more w...

Keillor: The art of the perjorative

When his old campaign manager was indicted Monday, Mr. Trump called me on the phone, crying like a baby, and begged me to endorse him. I said, “You’re already president, Mr. President. You w...

Krugman: Trump’s $700 billion gift to wealthy foreigners

Why is Donald Trump planning to give away $700 billion – that’s billion, with a “b” – to foreigners, no strings attached? You probably didn’t know that he’s planning to do this. In fact, he ...

Cepeda: ‘American’ is not a language

CHICAGO - People who care deeply about language are sticklers for precision. But it doesn’t take a grammar freak to take offense at the notion that the words “American” and “English” are syn...

Schultheis: Korea - Deja Vu all over again

The last time there was a war in Korea, an estimated 2,730,000 civilians died, most of them killed by a U.S. bombing campaign that targeted cities, towns and villages, as well as battlefield...

Schultz: Yes, it is bad out there, but you are not alone

The cashier smiled as she requested my license to prove I was old enough to buy cabernet. I complied and thanked her for making my day. Something shoved against me, ha...

Scott: Let Obama’s “Clean Power Plan” rest in peace

The Environmental Protection Agency has published official notice of plans to withdraw the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan. States will no longer be required to meet the specific car...

Keillor: So a man walks into a bar in Oregon....

I hung out in Eugene last week where it rains every day so the air is fresh and clean. Old people my age don’t care for rain so Eugene is not a retirement mecca – more of a youth...

Simonovich: FLC needs strong leadership, vision and transparency

Fort Lewis College is about to hire a new president. Last May, current college president Dene Thomas announced her retirement. The college’s goal is to have a new president hired by the Spri...