I submitted a letter to the editor immediately after the Portland City Council’s vote on divestment, expressing alarm. It was courteous, timely, short and never published. Noting that the controversy continues on the editorial pages as it rages in the world – including the Kristallnacht-like attacks on Jews in the Netherlands – I will try […]

Spare me the column printed recently in this paper by Trump apologists who insisted that Trump was not a danger to America (“The president isn’t some omnipotent supervillain,” Nov. 13). The authors ignore the reality that Trump is a liar of firehose proportions, incapable of telling the truth on any topic. His lies are monumental […]

Congratulations to Bri Auspland. The Nov. 7 opinion piece “The morning after: Reflections from a young American” was brilliant. It caught the angst of a student in Portland, and the angst of our nation. Larre Nelson Portland

Douglas Carter’s letter to the editor (“What if it’s not the Democrats who are out of touch?” Nov. 12), laid out why Democrats’ failure to win the presidential election was not because they were “out of touch.” As a lifelong Democrat, while I agree with Mr. Carter on all of the issues he listed, it […]

Moving forward, for a democracy (where truth, integrity, honesty, inclusiveness, rule of law and peace matter) to thrive and flourish, there must be complete and honest sharing of actual news and ideas, among the entire populace, without fake news or conspiracy theories. In our country, I understand that only 20% or so of the population […]

Now that Donald Trump is going to be president again and it looks like he will have a Republican Senate and likely a Republican House as well, I am afraid that I will lose my medical insurance, which I have through the Affordable Care Act (aka “Obamacare”). Republicans have been trying to repeal the ACA […]

While I realize that your coverage of the news is totally biased toward the left, I find it hard to believe that this newspaper cannot find a single letter expressing a positive reaction to Donald Trump winning the presidential election. Don’t you think you should show your subscribers at least a small iota of journalistic […]