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We hear the public gets the government they deserve. We disagree. Our slice of heaven deserves intelligent planning, sensible spending and public architecture of which we can be

Recently the principal at the elementary school where members from the congregation I serve were volunteering acknowledged what a profound difference it makes for children – especially those

Several years ago, I was standing in line at the courthouse with other lawyers.  I overheard two women complaining loudly about some minor issue which one felt the

Seeing a ladder, I used to think of roofers and firemen. Now I think of women and girls, challenged to climb, a step at a time towards personal

I read a lot and that is mostly because I can’t operate the television.  At one point, the use of five different remote control devices was required to

Anyone who hasn’t been living under a rock these past ten years knows that the rich are getting richer, and the poor are getting poorer, but a lot

When I thought about writing a guest opinion for the Salem Weekly, I first assumed I’d write about the new community radio station – KMUZ 88.5 FM. I’m

“Ha-ha! We were right and you were wrong!” Ah, it feels so good to say this to Patti Milne and Sam Brentano, Republican Marion County commissioners who were

At a recent luncheon sponsored by the Salem-Keizer Coalition for Equality, Executive Director Eduardo Argulo asked “How could the world’s most industrialized nation put a man on the