OP-ED The Oregonian
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Updated June 23, 2005 |
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The following writings include remarks about Oregon's public institutions and government policies, with emphasis on the influence that politics and media coverage have on the formation and implementation of the policies. A majority of these pieces were rejected for publication by The Oregonian. Some probably got what they deserved.
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Mayor Potter Protects Portland Against Terrorist Witchhunts
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New! 06/23/05
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Tax-cutting Legislators and short-sighted fund managers fail to save for rainy days; PERS and Oregon State red ink drown schools, public services
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New! 12/24/02
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Oregon tax-cutters take money and run, schools desperate
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New! 06/07/02
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Hillsboro deputies accused of tampering with evidence in shooting
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New! 04/17/01
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The perils of being a good citizen
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New! 03/25/01
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"Money is speech" rule corrupts democracy
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New! 01/17/01
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Swing-state Naderites: hold your noses and vote for Gore
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New! 10/30/00
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Bunn backs Bush, ignores vouchers
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New! 09/23/00
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Police misconduct celebrated in News-Times article
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New! 9/17/00
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The patriotic gullible celebrate the rich and powerful
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New! 07/08/00
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Field tests for drugs bring false accusation of LCSD student
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New! 06/06/00
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The Oregon Taxcut Debate Index: Sizemore VS Kitzhaber,Oregon schools and public services; the total story with 53sources
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New! 07/04/00
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Reinhard defends "double taxation" initiative with doubletalk
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New! 05/26/00
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"Money is Speech" ruling legalizes bribery of politicians and corrupts Oregon's Initiative system
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New! 05/23/00
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Timothy McSizemore bombs Oregon's public service infrastructure
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New! 05/06/00
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Mandatory sentencing law results in travesty for teen
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New! 04/21/00
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Teaching 200 students per day in Lincoln Co. Schools
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New! 04/11/00
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Cascade Institute, the taxcutter's thinktank, loves Measure 5; blames Kitzhaber for centralized school funding
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New! 03/29/00
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Senator Derfler is frustrated more teachers aren't being fired
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New! 03/21/00
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The intimate Memoir of Clatsop Co. DA Josh Marquis
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New! 03/01/00
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Oregon School Report Cards and School Reforms
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New!02/01/00
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Oregon income gap widens; data shows taxcuts don't trickle down
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New! 01/19/00
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Sizemore "doubletax" break for rich
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New! 12/17/99
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Pledging Allegiance and history in Oregon schools
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New! 11/23/99
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addiction and individual and collective responsibility
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11/07/99
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M69-75 promote DA power, not victims rights!
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10/22/99
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Oregonian supports drug war over states' rights, Oregon's Assisted Suicide Law
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10/21/99
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Sarasohn hypes Republicrat school reform
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10/09/99
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Oregonian's Drug War hype plays role in delaying pain relief
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9/15/99
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Will Oregon charter schools teach evolution?
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8/31/99
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1999 Oregon Legislature smelled no worse than a dead cat
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8/24/99
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Oregon GOP sets teachers up for betrayal -- again
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.. 6/21/99
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Mad Mannix takes revenge on Oregon Constitution, state budget
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.. 6/04/99
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School reform is unfunded mandate |
.. 4/22/99
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Oregon Supreme Court rejects DA's law
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..4/13/99
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Innovative scheduling in schools: the basic case |
.. 3/20/99
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At the very least, charter schools are premature |
..3/20/99
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Charter schools unnecessary, wasteful |
.... 2/03/99
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Enemies of public education hype charter schools |
!.. 1/25/99 |
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St. Valentines Day Massacre revisited |
..11/25/98
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Soft coverage of Hillsboro violence.. |
12/5/98 |
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Spinning the election...oped The Oregonian |
.. 11/06/98 |
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Reinvented Bordonaro endorsed by The Oregonian |
.. 10/19/98 |
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M-59 rejected by Law School Deans |
..10/13/98 |
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Bordonaro veers left |
.. 10/04/98 |
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M-59 violates First Amendment rights |
.. 9/27/98 |
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Oregonian wrong on M-59 |
.. 9/11/98 |
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Sizemore's M-59 silences debate |
Labor Day Special! |
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Suicide and states' rights in Oregon.. |
7/28/98 |
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Victims'Rights or Publicly Subsidized Revenge.............
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7/11/98
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Mental illness killed Thurston High students
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5/26/98
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Why didn't The Oregonian expose Sizemore sooner?.. |
4/19/98 |
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The myth of public employee union power |
.. 9/11/98 |
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Oregonian likes Clinton anti-drug advertising budget |
7/10/98
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Lincoln County's Rep. Terry Thompson helps tobacco |
6/17/98
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Budget cuts make waste in public education policy
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..2/10/98
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