Matthew Goodson: One of the hardest decisions I’ve ever had to make in my life was to go to rehab, but it was ultimately the best one.

Brent Thompson: In our hunt for presents, hopefully we don’t forget that stores in Ashland’s downtown core and parts of Ashland Street (aka Highway 66) offer crafts, books, comics, shoes, plants, baked goods, chocolate, new and used clothes, kitchen items, games, antiques, pet supplies, art supplies, collectibles, and many other things.

George Kramer: When you match your cultural donations with a gift to the Cultural Trust, you play a vital role in funding more than 1,600 cultural organizations. And come tax time, you will receive a 100% state tax credit refund for your donation to the Cultural Trust.

Michael O’Looney: If Donald Trump loses the 2024 election, we should be worried…. If Trump wins the election, we should be worried.

Michael O’Looney: We can stop the madness when we stop electing those who say it’s not guns, it’s people who kill people. Wrong. It’s people with guns who kill people.

John Marciano: Israel is a colonial and occupying power. Palestinians, as the colonized victims, have every legal, moral and political right to resist and defend themselves against the genocidal siege and slaughter now underway in Gaza.

Bea Bacher-Wetmore: Sparta and Athens finally ceased their internecine warfare, with Sparta playing the adult in the room and starting a cooperative peace. Can no one keep their eyes on the prize?

P.A. Johns: News coverage showed students protesting fossil fuels and wanting more electricity. Immediately following that presentation, there was coverage of the demolition of the hydro-electric dams on the Klamath River.

Russ Silbiger: Imagine if a mayor’s position became available again, the only opportunity for the public to participate at all, from the process to the choice, was when council approved a name that was some staff’s choice. That’s exactly what council will do Tuesday.