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Loyalty oaths and censorship are not principles of freedom
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Rob Lafferty
Eugene :: OR :: USA | updated 2013-03-03 13:18:20 -0800 | political-news
Two Arizona lawmakers have proposed laws that would require students in public and charter schools to stand, face an American flag and recite a standard pledge of allegiance every day. Both measures are clearly unconstitutional, for they violate the First...
Wild steelhead or hatchery fish?
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Eugene :: OR :: USA | updated 2013-02-08 13:22:53 -0800 | sports-news
Everyone with an interest in river fishing or the health of aquatic life in the Siuslaw River watershed and its tributary streams is invited to a public meeting on Sunday, Feb. 10 at the Mapleton Lions Club. The meeting, scheduled...
Gun owners should relax
Posted by: Rob Lafferty
Eugene :: OR :: USA | updated 2013-01-29 00:06:38 -0800 | political-news
If you’re a hunter who goes into the woods in order to put food on your family’s table, you can relax. Government agents won’t be coming around trying to confiscate your rifle unless you hunt out of season or without...
The real mandate
Posted by: Rob Lafferty
Eugene :: OR :: USA | updated 2012-11-20 11:34:36 -0800 | political-news
Congratulations to all newly elected representatives. For those candidates and incumbents who lost their elections, thank you for your efforts – by taking such an active part in the process, you helped keep our fragile democracy alive. About 65 percent...
Hacking and stacking the vote
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Rob Lafferty
Eugene :: OR :: USA | updated 2012-11-10 07:11:26 -0800 | political-news
"Something very strange happened on election night to Deborah Tannenbaum, a Democratic Party official in Volusia County. At 10 p.m., she called the county elections department and learned that Al Gore was leading George W. Bush 83,000 votes to 62,000....
Nothing’s foreign about this policy
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Rob Lafferty
Eugene :: OR :: USA | updated 2013-03-22 14:59:50 -0700 | political-news
The third and final presidential debate is over, and it proved one thing: There’s only one foreign policy in American politics today. After 90 minutes of discussing the Middle East and China while ignoring the rest of the world, the...
