Ransom Stephens: Are we experiencing the inflection point of history when we will confirm that our worst nature is our true nature? Or is this most recent affection for fascism the last gasp of our generation’s evil wolves, its Battle of the Bulge?
Herbert Rothschild: I don’t think the wisdom of HB 2005 can be assessed on its face. It reflects an awareness of past abuses and thoughtfully attempts to guard against their repetition. Yet, there is enough leeway for arbitrary individual discretion and poor oversight that abuses may recur, if not in one county, then in another.
MaryAnn Gernegliaro: Although I disagree with Israeli policies regarding Palestinians, I think that asking the Ashland Food Co-op to boycott Israeli products does not further the cause of Palestinians.
Kathy Collins: Now is the time for us to do more and not less – and this includes making sure Congress continues to fund Alzheimer’s research and assist with the care and support of our most vulnerable citizens.
Alison Laughlin: I encourage anyone to attend a city government meeting — City Council, Planning Commission, city Parks Commission, etc. Democracy needs citizen participation.
Matt Jones: The city appears to be spending millions of taxpayer dollars on projects where the public has little to no say in how the funds are allocated. A survey conducted by Ashland.news to gather readers’ opinions on these projects and the spending on controversial issues is suggested.
Herbert Rothschild: It’s historically fitting that Israel has succeeded apartheid South Africa as an international pariah, because from the 1960s through the 1980s Israel sold South Africa aircraft, radar and other advanced weapons systems, and it assisted South Africa’s RSA missile program. Most egregiously, it helped South Africa develop nuclear weapons.
Herbert Rothschild: Rapid response is a three-step process — reporting a suspected ICE action, verifying the report and getting a legal observer team to the site of a verified action. Everyone can help with the first. If you think you see ICE agents, you can phone in a report to 888-622-1510, a statewide hotline maintained by Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition. … But please don’t post any unverified reports on social media
Bob Kaplan: I know many of our neighbors are struggling to pay their bills and are worried about the future. Holding on to a mish-mash of outdated pay scales is a false solution.
Trisha Vigil: Trumpian reliance on anti-science hoaxes in developing policy impacts us because it’s the science of weather forecasting that allows us to learn about weather extremes and fire risk.
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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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