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Lane County has come up with an intriguing way to boost plastic recycling: Turn it over to county residents.
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Here are the ages that the top presidential candidates will be on Inauguration Day, 2021: Bernie Sanders, 79; Joe Biden, 78; Donald Trump, 74; and Elizabeth Warren, 71.
The serenity prayer, often called the alcoholics’ prayer, states, “God grant us the serenity to accept the things we cannot change, the courage to change the things we can, and the wisdom to know the difference.”
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Blaming mental health for mass shootings shows 'complete lack of understanding' of gun violence in America
The recent call by a national coalition of mental health advocates — including Poway resident Linda Mimms — for presidential candidates to focus on mental health issues is timely and valuable.
President Donald Trump and the Republican National Committee filed suit this week challenging California’s new law requiring candidates in presidential primaries to release five years of tax returns. The challenges will almost certainly prevail.
Among the early front-runners for the dumbest California law of 2019 is the first-in-the-nation legislation requiring presidential candidates to release their tax returns to be eligible for the primary ballot.
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It took back-to-back mass shootings in Texas and Ohio, with 31 people killed and more than 50 others wounded or injured, but some Republican members of Congress are finally coming around on gun control measures.
When he set out to extract concessions from China and other countries, President Donald Trump assured Americans that “trade wars are good, and easy to win.” He regarded previous presidents as easy marks for devious foreign governments, and he thought his tough tactics would force those rival…
In the aftermath of the mass shootings in Ohio and Texas, a bipartisan consensus is emerging that America must wage a war on white nationalist terror.
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The digital age, for all its beneficial wonders, has left some regrettable casualties in its wake.
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Some two-thirds of the nation’s farmers cast their votes for Donald Trump in 2016, as did a similar percentage of non-farmers in rural, small-town America. They entrusted him to confront burdensome regulation, lower taxes, and improve trade.
The one small saving grace over these last two years of horrendous wildfires in California was that they came at a time when the state had ample resources to respond without having to divert money from schools or health care.
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In an interview on “Meet the Press” last weekend, House Intelligence Committee chair Adam Schiff, D-California, confessed his concerns about Democrats moving forward with impeaching President Trump.
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There will be plenty of comment on Wednesday about Robert Mueller’s lack of acuity in his sworn testimony before the House Judiciary Committee. And, yes, there was fatigue evident, even on his face, from the moment the former special counsel took the witness chair.
If you don’t talk to people who hold different views, you will not know what they believe, and you won’t even know what you believe.
Rep. Susan Davis is right to spotlight the sad fact that low-paid members of the military struggle to buy food for their families in areas where shelter is expensive. The housing allowances these families receive count as income in determining eligibility for the federal Supplemental Nutriti…
The federal minimum wage is abominably low: $7.25 an hour, and an egregious $2.13 for tipped workers. Its earning power has eroded since its last hike in 2009.
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I’ve often been a critic of Planned Parenthood, because I believe that despite its arguments to the contrary, the organization is primarily a political tool for the abortion industry.
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Over the last two summer construction seasons Klamath County has experienced several major traffic accidents in our State Highway construction zones, one ending in a preventable tragedy.
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We want to join the many voices rightly celebrating one of the greatest moments in our history. How hard it must have been to even imagine that journey 50 years ago that saw America reach out and touch something so distant, mysterious and powerful.
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