We Americans, as a general rule, are lazy, we want things easy. Politicians and salespeople target and prey on you with shiny baubles. Unfortunately, life is complex. Layers of influences get us to sway this or that way. If we continue to look to the shiny bauble and easiest solution, we sha…
With a return to the EXTREME risk level, Douglas County’s lack of leadership was on clear display during Wednesday’s 16KMTR’s interview with Douglas County Commissioner Chris Boice. It’s only a five-minute interview video and can be watched at nbc16.com.
Boy the commissioners have really out did themselves this time with their stance on the COVID-19 restrictions.
There are so many things to worry about these days. We need a break. Here it is.
The Oregon Department of Education is incredibly racist if the course they are encouraging math educators to take indicates their beliefs.
Business owners are struggling, but white owners have a problem. President Biden's screaming “whites need not apply” favoring COVID-19 loans to Minority-owned businesses. There's ways to help both without his "separate, but equal" 1954 mind set.
I was overjoyed to read the Letter to the Editor of Feb. 18 in which my name was mentioned four times. Never have I ever been mentioned so often in a 300-word letter. I was equally excited to discover that so many dedicated individuals and organizations have been working so tirelessly over t…
I would like to respectfully suggest that the current promotion of transgender females (males moving to female) competing in women's sports is not as simple as some, including our new president with his executive order, might think.
My affiliation with Roseburg High School and the Roseburg School District is: our three children graduated from Roseburg High; my wife taught at Melrose Elementary for 22 years. I've been an avid Roseburg High sports fan for all my 48 years living in this great community. I especially love w…
So, State Senator Dallas Heard is now Chair of the Republican Party of Oregon.
On the heels of President Biden's promised anti-gun push, Salem Democrats are about to ram through two bills, SB 585 and SB 554, which taken together will effectively do away with the right of self defense. The state pre-emption law protects citizens from random capricious gun restrictions e…
As a 1985 alumni and parent of Roseburg High School students, I have always felt pride in being a Roseburg Indian.
One thing is for sure--if you don’t change the name of the Roseburg Indians, this issue won’t go away. If you do change it everyone will move on, and it will fade into the past. I’m not hearing anyone taking signatures to return Umpqua Community College back to the Timbermen.
The 1939 edition of the Roseburg High School “UMPQUA” featured a handsome image of a Native American on its cover. Everyone was proud of it. I visited the Roseburg headquarters of Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians last Wednesday and was told the Tribe has no objection. The complaints…
Those who want to change the name of the Roseburg Indians should be proud of the heritage of those Native Americans who have proudly and honorably held the name to the highest standards, not only in education, but sports as well. You shouldn't be ashamed that the school carries the name Indi…
How ironic that Dr. Tim Powell's column calling for reducing the restrictions necessary to slow the spread of covid-19 appeared as cases in Douglas County are surging. Nearly 500 more cases have been identified since he wrote his column and 11 more residents of our community have died. Natio…
Roseburg’s School Board will consider whether to cancel their sports teams name “Indians.”
There is no point in having an "eligibility date" for seniors to receive the vaccine since there isn't any vaccine! Clearly, Douglas County isn't getting its allocation and has administered the lowest percentage of vaccines in the State. Meanwhile, in Lane County last week 5,500 people over …
School board director Howard Johnson was recently quoted, “This country was made great through the genocide of Indians and the enslavement of Blacks. We don’t want to go back to that. We want to move forward.”
Everybody wants more transparency…at least from everybody else. Therefore, Kimberli S. Holmquist, I would like to encourage, from your group, “Community Rights Douglas County”, the same type of full-disclosure that you desire from our commissioners.
There is a beautiful stately old church in downtown Portland. Built in 1894, it is multiple stories tall, when that part of Portland was prosperous and safe. You can see this church in old drawings of Portland. That part of Portland has not aged gracefully and is frequented by the homeless.
Except for a small handful of conscientious, constitution-defending senators, with this second impeachment acquittal, the vast majority of the Republican congressmen and women have undeniably affirmed their spineless allegiance to Donald Trump's unhinged, egocentric "leadership." Not a singl…
2020 Election Steal? Was there fraud in the 2020 Presidential Election, or was it a free and fair election? The courts have determined the facts, using verifiable evidence which can be confirmed. In Arizona a Nov. 12 law suit claimed that electronic voting machines were improperly counting b…
As the Roseburg Public School system ponders the effect of a declining enrollment on the operational budget, they need look no further for answers than the progressive, ultra-left atmosphere being advanced by the educators.
The fiscal atrocity of a $1.9 trillion "single-year" bill is interesting only to economics students since others' silence about this is defining. President Reagan signed a $1 trillion budget. Everybody wrote him — aghast. Now, our legislator's are "borrowing" 6 times that, and no one blinks!
We are truly engulfed by insanity these days. We are stuck in the element of obstinacy and chicanery.
This is for those people who still do not understand why a lot of people can start removing their masks. For instance, those who have had the virus and recovered, and those who have had their vaccines. This comes from the Merriam-Webster dictionary definitions:
I was struck by the amazing irony of the two lead stories on the front page of The News-Review's Friday edition.
Contrary to Todd Vaughn’s accusations, we are an independent 501c3 organization and have no connection to the Umpqua Watersheds.
You guys, we all know 2020 was insane. But here’s some good news: You may not need to make student loan payments until October of this year because the student loan relief that came from the CARES Act has been extended through Sept. 30. Let’s talk about what this actually means so you know w…
