Herbert Rothschild: Whether visualization and intention by themselves can effect broad social change is impossible to determine, but the question merits sustained consideration.
Rabbi Jackie Brodsky: As many seem to have forgotten or denied, the current war in Gaza was started by Hamas terrorists breaking a ceasefire on Oct.7, 2023, when the worst attack on the Jews since the Holocaust took place.
Herbert Rothschild: A culture of peace exists in a community when mutual care and respect characterize the relationships among all its people and between them and the environment on which they depend.
Trisha Vigil: That Trump is threatening our environment and health in the Rogue Valley should be obvious to all. Where is our congressman?
Herbert Rothschild: The worst encounter between an aid flotilla and Israeli forces preventing it from reaching Gaza took place in 2010. Israeli naval commanders from speedboats and helicopters boarded the Mavi Marmara, one of six ships in a mostly Turkish flotilla. Nine aid activists were killed on board and a 10th later died from his wounds. Ten Israeli servicemen were wounded, one seriously.
Ashland Emergency Management Coordinator Kelly Burns: What we learned from the Almeda Fire is that we need each other; no one gets through this alone. Ashland is better prepared today because we faced one of our worst times together. We’re not done learning or preparing, but every step towards preparing together, at any level, makes us more resilient.
Casey Botts: I speak for many, many citizens and families — most of whom don’t have the time to attend meetings and write letters — when I say the community is excited and ready to welcome this new amenity in Ashland!
[Editor’s note: Reader MaryAnn Gernegliaro wrote a letter to the editor, in which she opposed the suggestion in the Aug. 22 Relocations column of asking the Ashland Food Co-op to
Rep. Pam Marsh: What saved us were the local nonprofits, churches, businesses and other entities that stepped up in crisis. Few if any of these organizations had formal training in disaster response and recovery. Unlike FEMA, they had trusted relationships with the community.
Herbert Rothschild: When we’re asked to name those we admire, we usually think of people of high achievement, not people of good character. Actually, we often don’t know what kind of persons they were, and I’m not sure it matters much if we do. There’s a difference between being great and being good. We admire the former; hopefully, we imitate the latter.
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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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