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Commentary: Here’s why Jeffrey Epstein’s tangled web is conspiratorial catnip

These are salad days for the likes of Joseph Uscinski, who spends his time peering down rabbit holes…

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Guest column: The U.S. needs a truth and reconciliation commission

On a recent trip to western Canada, the first public meeting I attended provided me with a very…

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Editorial cartoon for July 23

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Editorial: Does Bend really have the top job market in the country?

The job market in Bend ranks No. 1 in the country. So says SmartAsset, a financial information and…

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Editorial: A fond farewell to super-long Bend City Council meetings

We love Bend City Council meetings. We love the plots, the continuing storylines, the cameos, the recurring characters,…

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Editorial: Where should the new Deschutes commission districts go?

Deschutes County voters decided in 2024 they wanted a five-member county commission, instead of three. Now there’s a…

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Editorial: Minimizing the road construction disruption in Bend

Ah, summer. Vacations, school is out, and the air is perfumed by the smell of asphalt. The roads…

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Commentary: Texas floods show danger of ignoring history and common sense

Science and technology have made many hazards predictable in ways that were unthinkable 150 years ago. Tragedies, like…

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Commentary: At a Coldplay concert, personal privacy unravels

If only the couple caught canoodling Wednesday night on the Jumbotron at the Coldplay concert in Foxborough, Massachusetts,…

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Editorial cartoon for July 22

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