Here are a few conservative ideas regarding health care.
A recent study produced by the Knight Foundation and Gallup probably didn’t grab the attention of a lot of county residents, but it sure caught our gaze.
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After reading the news article about the Union County Warming Station in La Grande (“New shelter site heats up,” The Observer, Oct. 30), I, a lowly resident of our fair city and loyal Observer…
Filling the role of a local politician isn’t easy.
I love to study our nation’s history through the lens of our military veterans.
Viability not accurate portrayal of basic intrinsic human value
Focus on ‘late-term abortions’ an attempt to end all abortions
No responsible gun owner would object to the basic premise that guns should be stored in a way designed to ensure that nobody who shouldn’t have access to the guns will have it.
On Nov. 11, 1969, Operation Fulton Square in the Quang Tri Province was in full force with the assistance of the 1st Marine Division, 101st Airborne Division and the 5th Infantry Division. Thi…
Oregon Republicans most likely clearly understood at the end of the last session that the controversial carbon emission issue wasn’t going to go away.
Proponents of thinning for “fuel reductions” on the Lostine River operate under a number of flawed assumptions, including that fuel build-up is responsible for large blazes.
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Oregon may not know it yet, but in 2020 it is going to lose a tremendous amount of influence in Washington, D.C.
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Policymakers must look at complete picture, avoid ill-informed changes
More than 400 Oregonians, all of them living overseas, will have the opportunity to take part in a voting experiment this November. They’re legal residents of Jackson and Umatilla counties, an…
Chris Woodworth responded to my challenges to his On the Fence (The Observer, Aug. 23) defining a “fair and just” society with a My Voice (The Observer, Sept 4). His male chauvinism is glaring…
In his recent My Voice (“Science: Reducing fuel load in forests has little effect on wildfires,” The Observer, Oct. 7), George Wuerthner cited weather as a reason not to manage forests to redu…
The Oregon Legislature created the office of Public Records Advocate and the Public Records Advisory Council in 2017. Now, in the wake of the resignation of the first advocate, Ginger McCall, …
Hartstirn: Disappointed by location of ADA parking spaces
Two efforts to recall Gov. Kate Brown stalled Monday, sending the clear message that while many voters are dissatisfied with her performance she isn’t going anywhere anytime soon.
What are the best steps to help hungry children in Union County?
What are the best steps to help hungry children in Union County?
If Gov. Kate Brown is truly committed to government transparency, why is her government so brazenly designed for delay?
Reading through the state Department of Human Services’ public reports on the deaths of children in DHS-involved families is not for the faint of heart. In the past few years, at least a coupl…
The Wallowa-Whitman National Forest is proposing to log the Lostine Wild and Scenic River corridor. The basic justification is to reduce the potential for large wildfires.
First of all, I would like to thank Mary McCracken, in her rebuttal letter from September, for not reducing herself to the ad hominem attacks typically employed by progressives when they find …
Farm groups are lauding a new agricultural trade deal the administration has reached with Japan.
Sometimes, it appears that the environmental community can be its own worst enemy. Instead of building bridges with farmers and ranchers, some environmental groups do the opposite. Anywhere th…
The editorial “Why is only some Oregon agriculture ‘good’?” (The Observer, Sept. 18) stated: “Every one of Oregon’s more than 38,000 farms and ranches is evidence of all that is good about agr…
Hopkins: Still time to see high-energy ‘Newsies’
Oregonians in the marijuana business know all too well the problems that arise when the nation’s banking system is unavailable to an industry. So, too, does Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Portland, and …
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What should be done about plastic pollution?
Last week Oregon Director of Agriculture Alexis Taylor delivered a sobering report to members of the state Legislature.
In just over a year — Oct. 1, 2020 — Oregonians will have to have beefed up identification to board a commercial airplane, enter most federal buildings or visit a nuclear power plant. An excep…
Sher: The shift from fossil fuels can and must be done
Change is in the air. It’s not just the falling temperatures or the return of the school year. Within the walls of The Observer and Baker City Herald, the way we do business is being completel…
A key part of any governmental oversight committee or agency is independence. The freedom to investigate, before legislating, is crucial in the American democratic process and without it the g…
Oregon agriculture is a big tent.