Chris Honoré
Chris Honoré: The transformative election of 2024
Chris Honoré: I was convinced that America would unambiguously reject this man who would be king. But, to my chagrin, I was wrong.
November 13, 2024
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Chris Honoré: I was convinced that America would unambiguously reject this man who would be king. But, to my chagrin, I was wrong.
John F. Kennedy: “In your hands, my fellow citizens, more than mine, will rest the final success or failure of our course.”
Chris Honoré: I am certain that over the coming decades and beyond, scholars and journalists will study this divisive period which, I would judge, began with the 2016 grievance-saturated election to the presidency of faux populist Donald Trump.
Chris Honoré: Donald Trump simply cannot win the presidency. He must not return to the White House. Perhaps he can last four more years, but our Democracy won’t. With a mixture of regret and urgency, the number of elected Democrats calling for President Biden to step down grows.
Chris Honoré: The ultimate and essential arbiter of the law is the Supreme Court, the inviolable third branch of our government that should be free of the whims of politics, bias, or greed but guided by our Constitution — and, yes, decency.
Chris Honoré: The reality is that in this moment we have only one political party and one candidate that believe in our form of democratic governance. We stand on a precipice.
Chris Honoré: Do Republicans not fully comprehend that this coming election, like no other, will ultimately represent a choice, not one framed by policy or issues, but one that affirms how we wish to be governed? In other words, our democracy is first and foremost on the ballot.
Chris Honoré: How to explain the presence of third-party candidates other than to say they have boarded the quixotic vanity train?
Chris Honoré: In this moment [Trump backers] support a candidate who openly declares that on Day One of his administration he will be a retributive dictator and that democracy is anachronistic.
Chris Honoré: The Endangered Species Act turned 50. Honeybees are reportedly making a comeback after three pesticides were banned. May Earth’s other struggling species follow.
An enhanced law enforcement area for the south side of Ashland was approved Tuesday by Ashland City Council with one nay vote. The second ELEA for the south side, which will need a second vote before going into effect, was established under the same existing rules as the downtown ELEA.
Herbert Rothschild: It’s time to hear a Mexican perspective on immigration and drug trafficking. President Sheinbaum responds to Trump’s threats.
The Mississippi-based media chain that recently bought more than three dozen newspapers in Oregon and Washington has spent the two months since its acquisition pursuing job cuts and exploring other steps to save money. Five employees of the Rogue Valley Times were told Tuesday their last day of work would be Wednesday, according to a source familiar with the newspaper’s operations.
A tsunami warning was in effect for the Oregon coast from south of Florence and into northern California as far south as just north of Santa Cruz after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake was detected 45 miles southwest of Eureka, California, at 10:44 a.m. Thursday, according to the National Tsunami Warning center
It’s not a question of if water rates will go up, it’s a question of how much. Ashland City Council reviewed a study of the finances of its water system with an eye for how much rates will need to rise in the face of various coming changes during its Monday evening study session.
When you are not ready to adopt a dog but you miss dogginess, fostering is the perfect solution. And for folks who might want to take a smaller step than fostering, there is the Field Trip program: Take a foster dog for the day, or maybe just a hike.
(It’s free)