In the U.S. Senate, a proposed ban on so-called assault rifles has been stripped from a bill intended to combat gun violence. Supporters of banning these guns may be disappointed, but there’s a good reason the ban did not get the support of even 40 senators, as Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada announced on […]
If the other two candidates for Albany police chief are as good as Dan Hendrickson, the city will be in good shape no matter which of the three finalists eventually gets the job. Albany announced the finalists Monday. Hendricksen is a captain with the Corvallis police department. He has led National Guard troops from Oregon […]
Ever wish you could see the stars at night without having to travel into the wilderness? Especially the Milky Way, in all its awe-inspiring splendor? In most of our towns, you can’t do that even when it’s not overcast because the night is not really dark. There is light all over the place — from […]
What Oregon could use, especially during the rainy season, is an invention that cuts down on road spray from vehicles hurtling down the interstates. You know the problem. You are driving down I-5, say, and a line of trucks is in the right-hand lane. You get ready to pass, but you can’t see much , […]
If the Oregon Supreme Court agrees with Gary Haugen, the death row inmate convicted twice of murder, Governor Kitzhaber will have a choice to make: Let Haugen’s execution go ahead, or refuse again. Haugen wants to be executed, he says, to demonstrate problems with the death penalty. That seems like a weird way of showing […]
The other day the Pentagon press secretary was speaking of an incident in which an Iranian fighter was tailing an American spy drone over the Persian Gulf but was warned off. He said the U.S. told Iran that “we reserve the right to protect our military assets as well as our forces and will continue […]
Low carbon fuel: You may pay more
At stake in the legislature now, in the form of Senate Bill 488: Possibly higher fuel prices for years to come. In 2009 the legislature authorized an attempt to lower the amount of carbon emitted from transportation fuels in Oregon. The goal was to reduce the amount of carbon emissions from conventional gasoline and diesel […]
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