EDITORIAL: The Frog will Swallow the Sun

  By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR   The path of the moon’s umbral shadow-in which the sun will be completely obscured by the moon-during the total solar eclipse of Aug. 21, 2017. The lunar shadow enters the United States near Lincoln City, Oregon, at...

COMMENTARY: Some thoughts on parenting

  By VICE CHIEF RICHARD G. SNEED   If there were ever a job that needed an instruction manual included, it’s being a parent.  Parenting in general is a difficult task, and as author and psychologist Dr. James Dobson noted in the title of his 1987 parenting...

COMMENTARY: Action, reaction…or distraction issue

Observations and random thoughts Vol. 19.1   By WILLIAM LEDFORD   It seems these days that the action never stops. It’s been another busy few weeks. The soap opera at the homeland continues to churn with the current action/reaction phase. Impeachment....

EDITORIAL: Using the “z” word

  By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR   Most communities don’t like it. When it comes to land use, owners don’t like to be told how they can, or can’t use their land. The idea of zoning gets people in a bad mood. Zoning, or comprehensive land use plans, can...

EDITORIAL: Can we handle the truth, or even recognize it?

  By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR   If ever there was an example of why we need clear, concise law, it is the situation we find ourselves in now. We are now finding that it is going to take a court session (or three) to figure the difference between the...