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Op-Ed: A Time In the Affairs of Men... Oregon Educational Funding On Brink of Catastrophic Failure

(Salem, Ore.) - This week`s specially-summoned 100-person `top leaders` conference in Portland seeking solid reassurance --and promised action-steps to save heavy, wholesale impacts on metro-area schools-- sharply illuminates the realities now faced in Oregon.

Op-Ed- Oregon Education: Myths Mislead Many, Money Now Mandated, Methods Must Be Measured

"Public records readily available show most school districts managed at least as well as would most businesses, of any size and type, under the same drastic dollar disasters."

(Salem) - Far too many Americans today, including some parents who surely should know better, believe our schools are failing miserably. Inefficient operation, inexcusable administration, and uncaring teachers seeking only salary rises and obese pensions are loudly proclaimed as the evil causes.

Guest Opinion- Contrary to Popular Belief, Meth Addicts Can Recover

Study finds possible treatment for meth addicts.

(Salem) - Besides offering hope for a new weapon against addiction, that Page One headline in an Oregon newspaper unconsciously fueled a common misconception: "People don't recover from meth."

Special Op-Ed- `No Way, No Time, No How` - Right Out There On The Courthouse Steps.

Op-Ed By Henry Clay Ruark

(Salem) - Tell the media, assembled at your call, that you and your companion Commissioners have come to that final decision already.
Tell them all, now:
There will be no more dangerous dioxins distributed;
no more inevitable micro-ash menace and inevitable air pollution added to our atmosphere in Marion County and Oregon.