Новости за 21.06.2014

By now you’ve no doubt heard about the banner-towing airplane that repeatedly buzzed Oregon State University’s commencement Saturday with a “Go Ducks!” message.

As I peruse the morning paper of Friday, June 20, I move quickly to the editorial page to see what sage advice you guys are pushing today. And there it is! The lead headline, in bold print! “O…

Should the Washington Redskins professional football team change its nickname?

In response to Carolyn Rauch’s letter of June 16:

Regarding a letter writer’s recent comment that he is not a Democrat anymore based on his disapproval of the prisoner exchange of five Taliban for one of our ill prisoners.

Draw fire from whom?

You might have heard a sigh of relief coming recently from the Linn County Courthouse as word spread that two of the area’s leading businesses had elected to talk out what was showing signs of…

Not one more.

I was extremely disappointed to open the Sunday paper only to see the prank pulled by a U of O fan as the front-page headline. Really? Not only did the prankster accomplish the goal of getting…

We can’t stabilize them

What you printed as a cartoon in the Mailbag on Monday, June 16 (“Will the Real Taliban Please Stand Up”), was the most disgusting, insultive and disrespectful I’ve seen in 50 years. It wasn’t…

Put this in your “No Surprise” file: The state of Oregon is one step closer to taking legal action against Oracle Corp., the primary outside vendor for the bungled launch of the Cover Oregon h…

Lara Logan is back at CBS; she was never banned for life, she was told to take off some time and is now doing the news again.

As summer approaches, I’ve been reflecting on the Albany I’ve come to know these past six years.

We read with real dismay the story in Monday’s Democrat-Herald about the Jefferson Mint Festival, which effectively has been canceled for this year because of a lack of volunteers and funding.