Letters to Editors

How do we love all the children of all species for all time?:  It is abundantly obvious that a new design is needed.

Follow the money:  Most scientists view the National Missile Defense system [NMD] as nearly impossible and enormously expensive. 

Global warming is NOT just a theory:  The economy cannot exist without the environment. The environment, however, can get by just dandy, in fact a whole lot better, without an economy.

Increased population nothing to celebrate:  It is estimated that the lifetime environmental impact of a Western child is at least 15 times that of a Third World child (in some countries, 200 times). 

Why is the Council working so hard to accommodate Hyundai?:  Hyundai's promoters talk about the economic benefits, yet Oregon has had hard lessons on the dangers of dependence on one industry.

Eugene Police & Freedom of Speech: The issue is not which "side" was "right" or "wrong" on June 18

What balance?: How does paving over more wetlands represent "balance?"

It's the Pits:  We have criminally paved over most of the superb farmland in the Valley, and should tenaciously protect what is left.

Corporate welfare ... Subsidies for profit:  How does Country Coach's success at making $33 million in profits qualify it for a taxpayer subsidy???

World Trade Organization:  U of Oregon professor's assessments of the WTO are off base.

Anarchism and industrialism - what's the difference?:  What is the difference between anarchists throwing rocks and industries spewing damaging pollutants?

Made in the USA?:  Not so that anyone would notice.

Freedom's partner is responsibility:  Decreasing fossil fuel use is an absolute essential.

First things first:  Whether intended as such or not, Bi-Mart's contributions to various causes are a form of guilt money.  Their first obligation is to provide a living wage, good working conditions and benefits to workers.

Population growth:  Some important, often overlooked, impacts of overpopulation.

The price of 'free' trade:  The only thing "free" about "free trade" is the freedom given to multinational corporations to plunder the resources of the world and enslave its workers.

The Bi-Mart union:  It's in the collective interest to have all local businesses providing decent wages and working conditions.

Rest Haven Cemetery:  Our current mode of burial doesn't even allow the dead to provide the natural service of decomposition back into earth.

Scream for alternative fuels, not lower gas prices:  The price at the pump doesn't begin to cover the costs Americans really pay for oil.

Whose territory is being encroached?: It is humans who have encroached on the territory of cougars and of every other species on Earth, not the other way round.

Growth is not inevitable: What IS inevitable is degradation of environmental and social systems supporting us no matter how "wisely" growth is "managed."

All for better, not bigger growth:  Eben Fodor's book Bigger, Not Better, recommended reading.

Forget road rage:  It's phone rage that boils my water.

1999 $6.50 minimum wage is clearly no bargain:  Workers must still   run faster to keep up.

The OTHER paper:  After six years on the staff, Wanda Ballentine resigns.

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