The heat is turning up on Lane County. Attempts to prevent local activist Alley Valkyrie from attending County Commission meetings backfired on the 29th when Alley not only showed up, she spoke to their conduct directly and without restraint.
As the fight over genetically modified canola and other GM crops escalates in the Willamette Valley, a group of farmers and neighbors in Benton County have spent the past year talking about how to stop GMO’s. They’ve asked the question that people across the country ask when faced with corporate threats – such as GMO’s, fracking, or water privatization – how do we say no?
We don’t really think about lying down as anything but a God-given right. Anytime we feel like resting horizontally, we do it! We fall onto our couches, our beds, and relax. In public, however, the norm is that we don’t do that. Rarely is anyone seen completely lying down in public and if they are, they must be homeless. And here it is, the potent label that cuts distinction between those that lie down outside, and everybody else. Homeless.
In this guest viewpoint, Dr. Vincent Mulier argues that voters should care deeply about who gets elected to the position of circuit court judge. Circuit court judges have enormous influence over how the law is applied and whether or not our constitutional rights and freedoms are adequately protected.
Most motorists and cyclists try to share the road and be considerate. But you should never assume too much. Bob Passaro shares his thoughts on the “Share the Road” system.
In her guest viewpoint, Rebecca Gorman argues for the possibility for a write-in candidate to break the U.S.’s two-party system.
In this week’s guest viewpoint, David W. Oaks of MindFreedom International argues that the positive celebration of mental and emotional differences does not necessarily mean opposing rationality.
In this week’s guest viewpoint, Dr. David Crabtree argues that the economy is analogous to an ecological system. There seems to be a natural (also dynamic) equilibrium in economics.
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