City leaders’ moral obligation to all residents should far exceed any owed to that minority of us who operate or visit art museums.
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Opinion: Are the Ten Commandments the basis of our moral system?
When it comes to religious matters, it’s best for the government to step aside and let people make up their own minds.
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Opinion: South Portlanders understand hard reality of rising sea levels
A recent planning workshop revealed persuasive consensus on the need for exaggerated care in zoning – and support for the concept of retreat.
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Opinion: Trump’s tax plans would wreck the economy for the middle class
It’s often challenging to get voters to focus on budget math. That’s what makes this week’s debate so important.
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Opinion: Support of Trump leaves me stumped
Why do so many decent and well-respected people support this candidate?
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Opinion: A joyful return to tennis in Portland
After 50 years, a thrill to find myself back on the ‘Park Street courts.’
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Opinion: Upcoming presidential debate has the makings of history
Trump versus Biden is a rematch ensconced in a grudge.
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Opinion: I was priced out of Portland
A city is made better by the community that built it and loves it. What will become of mine?
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Opinion: You don’t have to love Trump to fear a partisan U.S. justice system
Prosecutorial excess harnessed to nakedly partisan goals is a potent threat. It destroys trust in the rule of law.
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Opinion: We must embrace humility, be willing to be wrong
Too much certainty and our stances become rigid and brittle. Too much doubt and they waver with every breeze.