Peter Hannaford
Who got it wrong in last week’s British election? The pollsters did, consistently concluding it was too close to call. The news media did—both there and here— by dutifully repeating the same message and predicting it would result in a…
Who is Alice Miller and what’s she wanted for? She is a Washington bureaucrat and, no, she is not wanted for breaking a federal statute. Rather, she misinterpreted a regulation and, in the process, nullified the laws of two states….
California is in the third or fourth year of a drought. It is not the first one. There was one in the early ’90s that lasted about the same length of time. Restrictions were placed on watering lawns, washing cars…
Last November District of Columbia citizens voted to legalize recreational use of marijuana, joining those of Colorado, Washington state, and Alaska. Since then debate continues about where and when it’s okay to ingest the weed, how to regulate and tax…
March 7 marked 50 years since 1965’s “Bloody Sunday,” when millions watched on television as state and local police fired tear gas at the crowd and attacked marchers in Selma, Alabama. The national outrage that followed led to a speech…
Move over National Enquirer, here comes the National Geographic to supermarket checkouts. At least that’s the way it looks judging from the cover of its March issue. A big headline proclaims, “The War on Science,” over of a photo of…
A good five decades ago, the late David Brower, long-time executive director of the Sierra Club, warned his supporters that an upcoming mountain road battle should be fought as if it were Armageddon, for if it weren’t the next one…
Oregon has long thought of itself as living on high moral ground, embracing that bastion of self-righteousness, environmentalism. The crown has taken some big dents in recent days. Governor John Kitzhaber, just into his fourth term, has resigned. His live-in…
Ronald Reagan once said, “The difference between a republic and a people’s republic is a lot like the difference between a jacket and a straitjacket.” The same can be said about lethal aid vis-à-vis non-lethal aid. When Ukrainian President Petro…
Expecting it to be another campaign speech, I sent this to several friends ahead of Tuesday’s State of the Union address: Recipe for Watching Obama’s State of the Union Speech Tonight: 1—Build and light a fire in the fireplace 2—Put…
