Moshe Ross: The wave’s swell, the trough as well as the crest of the wave, passes from water to water; we each feel each. Thus a suggestion can drag us down or lift us up, although the upliftment really lies within our own divine self, ready to break through.
Herbert Rothschild: Trump’s entire shtick is projecting strength, and meanness is a part of it. That self-presentation worked in proximity to Biden. In proximity to Harris, Trump as strong man seems like a head pushed through the hole in a cardboard cutout of Superman.
A free workshop Saturday provided attendees materials to build their own air filters, along with information on Jackson County’s emergency notification system, the Air Quality Index and understanding the health effects from smoke.
The Ashland Food Co-op recently made a big change to its back line in the kitchen, where food prep for the deli happens. It removed the last of its gas range appliances, installing three new induction ranges. The highly efficient electric appliances heat pots and pans directly using magnets. In making this switch, the co-op is moving one step closer to its goal of “carbon neutrality” (net-zero carbon emissions) by 2030.
Harnessing the vast potential of artificial intelligence to improve local communities is the thrust of an upcoming summit in Ashland. Strategists from Google X, Intel and Synaptiq will work with representatives from local organizations such as Southern Oregon University, Rogue Workforce Partnership and the Institute for Applied Sustainability.
Oregonians are likely to see more money back on their state tax returns in 2026 as tax revenues continue to exceed forecasters’ expectations. The state’s latest quarterly economic forecast, released Wednesday, anticipates a personal income tax “kicker” of $987 million.
As a school bus pulled around the backside of Ashland Middle School Monday morning, sixth-graders and new incoming students stepped off to start their first day of middle school and to be greeted by new Ashland School District Superintendent Joseph Hattrick, who wished them a cheerful “good morning” one-by-one.
More than 60 people gathered in the shadow of Talent City Hall on Tuesday to speak their minds about long and frequent power outages in the area. Many shared elaborate systems of generators, batteries and extension cords they feel compelled to leave strung up around their homes.
In the chill, weak sunlight of early morning Monday, around a dozen people moved steadily through their daily process of taking down tents and packing away belongings on the patch of lawn behind the city police station that serves as the city of Ashland’s dusk-to-dawn sleeping area, a designated area where it’s OK to sleep overnight. But Monday, Aug. 26, marked the end of the city’s allowing the stashing of possessions moved off the lawn and onto a strip of lawn near East Main Street.
Catty Corner: Kitty litter and boxes are a hot topic among humans who are owned by felines. In today’s column, we tackle a question about walnut cat litter.
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Ask Strider: A worried older brother asks our advice columnist’s advice. And a dog’s guardian wants to know if there is any hope getting their hat-hating dog to calm down. As always, Strider tries to give words that help!
After a successful production of “The Vagina Monologues” and raising more than $2,000 for Planned Parenthood of Southwestern Oregon, Ashland actor and director Lia Dugal intends for “The Climate Monologues” to premiere in Oregon in late 2025 or early 2026 at the Bellview Grange in Ashland.
It’s complicated.
Herbert Rothschild: Whether visualization and intention by themselves can effect broad social change is impossible to determine, but the question merits sustained consideration.
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