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My View: Franklin's life a nice piece of Pi
Portland Tribune - Opinion
Aziz Inan is a professor teaching in the electrical engineering program of the Donald P. Shiley School of Engineering at University of Portland.
My View: Columnist wrong on police shootings
Portland Tribune - Opinion
Naive criticism of officer-involved deaths comes from a lack of understanding.
My View: Law necessary to protect creative work
Portland Tribune - Opinion
'U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden has a historic opportunity to provide creators with a fair and workable way to protect and enforce rights to their works and…
Our Opinion: Do more to block drugs at jail
Portland Tribune - Opinion
We urge the Multnomah County Commission, the county's Health Department and its Mental Health and Addiction Services, and Sheriff Reese's office to…
Verna Lee North
Portland Tribune - Opinion
March 30, 1924 - December 26, 2019Verna Lee North, 95, of Beaverton, Ore., passed away at her residence Thursday, December 26, 2019.
Our Opinion: Fish remembered for his service
Portland Tribune - Opinion
'Another Nick Fish trait we wish would stand the test of time was his simple courtesy. In conversations with our editors, he sometimes disagreed with…
Letters: Rural Oregon at risk of power fiasco
Portland Tribune - Opinion
Plus, our readers are split over the impeachment of President Donald Trump, with some saying there's no crime and others saying there is
My View: Don't use 'junk' science to guide policy
Portland Tribune - Opinion
'Science that is outdated, manipulated, cherry-picked or lacking in evidence is junk science. It often is deployed by polluting industries to…
My View: A Decade Done - How we're defining 'decade'
Portland Tribune - Opinion
'When people talk about the Roaring '20s, they don't mean 1921 through 1930.'
Our Opinion: Here's hoping our 2020 visions come true
Portland Tribune - Opinion
We asked the Tribune editorial board, news reporters and the Sports folks to weigh in on their wish lists for the coming year.
Guest opinion: Police shootings often justified
Portland Tribune - Opinion
A recent opinion column in the Tribune failed to note the story behind many officer-involved shootings.
My View: City still fails to tackle police use of force
Portland Tribune - Opinion
'We have a use-of-force problem in Portland. City officials have not kept their agreement to change it.'
Letters: Don't let 'isms' prevent healthy society
Portland Tribune - Opinion
Plus, our readers thank Oregon U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici for her recent thoughtful column.
Big changes coming to the Tribune
Portland Tribune - Opinion
'We hear each day from readers who love their Portland Tribune - its intensely local focus, its thoughtful coverage of professional and collegiate…
My View: Ruling ensures sustained timber harvest
Portland Tribune - Opinion
'A timeframe for implementing new management priorities consistent with the court's ruling is yet to be determined. However, when those new…
My View: Code overhaul targets neighborhoods
Portland Tribune - Opinion
New media landscapes have created and empowered 'virtual,' but nonetheless real, communities that must have a rightful and recognized place in the…
Letters: Time to ban single-use plastics
Portland Tribune - Opinion
Our readers also support light rail expansion, and believe the pacemaker doctor story was well done.
My View: For Oregon Cultural Trust, make it a double
Portland Tribune - Opinion
If you enjoy Oregon's arts and culture community, participating in the Oregon Cultural Trust tax credit program is the best way to give back by…
My View: A.I. can lead to biased health choices
Portland Tribune - Opinion
In using algorithms, organizations often try to remove human flaws and biases from the process. But unfortunately, both the people who design these…
A way to save local journalism
Portland Tribune - Opinion
As the only consistent and dedicated source for local news about our communities, our 25 newspapers and websites provide powerful storytelling and…
My View: Americans need a bottom-up tax policy
Portland Tribune - Opinion
Among the most urgent problems is the predicament of working families trying to get by on low wages. Despite their work effort, many struggle to…
My view: NAACP column writer lacks credibility
Portland Tribune - Opinion
A former vice president of the Portland chapter says a recent opinion piece misstates the facts.
My View: MAX - If you build it, they may not come
Portland Tribune - Opinion
'The figures tell a story the public needs to hear: Even with rapid population growth in our region, adding capacity hasn't increased ridership. The…
My View: Small businesses are 'experiential shopping'…
Portland Tribune - Opinion
'Small Business Saturday ... is set to build on a decade of success and rally even more communities.''
Letters: Pay attention to new law on tipping
Portland Tribune - Opinion
Plus, our readers think it's time to rethink meat-based holidays, digital supply chains would aid economy, and suburban water rates are too high.
My View: A number of reasons to celebrate Gert Boyle
Portland Tribune - Opinion
Electrical engineering professor at the University of Portland counts the ways we can remember the business leader behind Columbia Sportswear.
Reporter's notebook: Killer lets me have the last word
Portland Tribune - Opinion
Larry Hurwitz''s unpublished autobiography ends with a challenge to the journalist who covered him for 30 years.
My View: Bill would help us care for aging parents
Portland Tribune - Opinion
We have a moral obligation to care for those who came before us. I encourage the Senate to fulfill that responsibility by passing the Dignity in…
My View: Paper lobs rumor, innuendo at NAACP
Portland Tribune - Opinion
I attended the September meeting referred to in the article. It was chaotic because two people featured in your article were actively disrupting the…
My View: Thankful for equal pay, but must do more
Portland Tribune - Opinion
Equal Pay Day happens every year, but this year I hope we can look at the whole picture - wages, paid sick days and paid family and medical leave.
Yes, ODOT will use salt if needed on region's roads
Portland Tribune - Opinion
We will spread salt in the Portland area at 100 pounds per lane mile, a minimal dilution, but we can increase that amount if conditions warrant.
My View: Everyone can help homeless community
Portland Tribune - Opinion
Colder weather is here; the city and county are gearing up, but volunteers are needed.
My View: What should a Mercy Corps supporter do?
Portland Tribune - Opinion
Morality, for me at least, is not often a matter of obvious and unqualified right and wrong, but of better and worse, which is often a matter of…
My View: Legislature bought into false housing…
Portland Tribune - Opinion
What the state Legislature has done this year with House Bill 2001 indefensibly violates local zoning by forcing multifamily dwellings into all…
My View: This is not the TriMet we signed up for
Portland Tribune - Opinion
TriMet customers deserve the safest and best commute possible, delivered by the best, most experienced workers available, including workers who have…
My View: Don't repeal Measure 11 without Plan B
Portland Tribune - Opinion
To support a repeal of Measure 11 without a concrete plan to replace it with a robust, modern sentencing framework would set us back without looking…
Our Opinion: Bipartisan cooperation is still…
Portland Tribune - Opinion
Of course, finding a common problem is easier than crafting a shared solution. But again, Oregon seems on the verge of doing so.
My View: Housing - Peering back, looking forward
Portland Tribune - Opinion
Housing, overall, is like a multifaceted puzzle that includes land supply, construction costs, having a skilled work force building the homes and a…
Letters: Some perspective on Medicare
Portland Tribune - Opinion
Plus, our readers also appreciated the pacemaker surgery story and believe options regarding childhood trauma should be explored
My View: Regardless of ZIP code, Oregonians share…
Portland Tribune - Opinion
Many issues were mentioned in each area of Oregon, but poverty and homelessness ranked among the top three in all eight.
My View: Use construction boom to boost diversity
Portland Tribune - Opinion
Construction is one of the few industries that can provide a family-sustaining career without a college degree, offering wages averaging $25 per hour…
Letters: Former DA did belong to organization
Portland Tribune - Opinion
'Schrunk was a member of the Oregon District Attorneys Association for many years. Moreover, he served for a time as its president and on its…
Our Opinion: Spend enough to get light-rail line…
Portland Tribune - Opinion
A new mass transit option for the southern part of Washington County, to complement the northernly MAX Red Line to Beaverton and Blue Line to…
My View: Flavored vape ban targets youth epidemic
Portland Tribune - Opinion
Oregon's health and education professionals stand united in this: Vaping is a youth epidemic, and there is no time left to wait for the FDA to do its…
Letters: Why did Sondland sign on with Trump?
Portland Tribune - Opinion
Plus, our readers also want a public safety tax to boost police, believe 'slimming' Barbur is a foolish idea, and still support opening Wapato for…
My View: Correcting the record on middle housing
Portland Tribune - Opinion
Prusak: 'Ensuring our communities have adequate housing is too important for us to ignore or fight against.'
My View: Trump brand of racism particularly alarms
Portland Tribune - Opinion
From the day he opted to run for the 'leader of the free world,' Trump's words and actions have fed the white supremest movement.
Letters: Neighborhood groups ensure democracy
Portland Tribune - Opinion
Our readers also think viable candidate Kasich being ignored and Portland is changing for the worse
Our Opinion: Honoring those who served our country
Portland Tribune - Opinion
Our hope is that by sharing their varied experiences, we will bring a greater understanding of the challenges veterans face while we continue the…
My View: Race can be barrier to scholastic success
Portland Tribune - Opinion
Frankly, it's easier to think we fail students because they don't have enough resources at home than because we educate white students better than…
My View: Parking requirements cut into housing
Portland Tribune - Opinion
While Better Housing by Design will not change Portland's housing makeup overnight, it will give developers the option and tools to build the types…
My View: Portland is a place for businesses of all…
Portland Tribune - Opinion
For families to thrive, and for our social safety net to be strong, we need great companies that generate family-wage jobs.
My View: Surprise medical bills hit some harder
Portland Tribune - Opinion
Medical insurance is supposed to make it easier and affordable for patients to see a doctor or get medical care. Congress must keep this in mind as…
My View: Building awareness of the monsters in…
Portland Tribune - Opinion
Cybercrime can be frightful, and everyone - including your children - can fall victim.
Proposals, priorities put meat on bones of 2020…
Portland Tribune - Opinion
We recommend sweetening the pot for Clackamas County, ditching what is sure to be a highly unpopular regional income tax, and keeping all the…
My View: Tackle climate crisis with bipartisan…
Portland Tribune - Opinion
Republicans and Democrats seek common ground on the climate emergency because public opinion reached a tipping point they can't ignore. A CBS News…
Letters: PPS policies focus on suicide prevention
Portland Tribune - Opinion
Plus, our readers want to amend the U.S. Constitution so Greta Thunberg can run for president and think Trump is the one conducting a coup
My View: My error could only be fixed by excellent…
Portland Tribune - Opinion
Each step of the way, every bureaucrat, office worker, security guard and driver who could help me, did. Everyone who needed to perform their job…
Letters: State should reject PacifiCorp's use of…
Portland Tribune - Opinion
'The company admitted that more than half of its coal plants are more expensive to run than building new clean energy from the ground up, but its…
Our Opinion: Natural areas need voters' support,…
Portland Tribune - Opinion
As density increases, it's even more important to protect and enhance our regional greenspaces, invest in urban and suburban parks, and coordinate…
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