Herbert Rothschild: I hope Congress renames Dulles International Airport for Trump. Then, after Trump has receded into infamy, Congress can rename the airport for someone far more deserving than either he or the Dulles brothers.
Herbert Rothschild: What has characterized Trump’s peace efforts, including his admirable willingness to talk with the leader of North Korea during the first Trump presidency, is a disinterest in the roots of the conflicts he believes he can resolve. That disinterest doomed his opening to North Korea. In the case of Gaza, it has doomed the Palestinians.
Mark Carney: “We knew the story of the international rules-based order was partially false. That the strongest would exempt themselves when convenient. That trade rules were enforced asymmetrically. And that international law applied with varying rigor depending on the identity of the accused or the victim.”
Herbert Rothschild: Given the unhappy options they now face, I again recommend that the governor and Democratic state legislators think outside the box.
Herbert Rothschild: Those who wish to sanitize our history in the name of national pride tend to be the very ones who are perpetrating the present harms. For example, after the U.S. Supreme Court gutted the 1965 Voting Rights Act, Republican legislators moved quickly to suppress once again Black participation in elections.
Herbert Rothschild: Trump doesn’t mind showing the world the true face of this country. I’m not sure he minds showing to its own citizens the true face of this country. Make America Great Again has always been an amorphous idea, but being strong enough to do whatever you damn well please has been its implicit, if not its explicit, expression from the start.
Herbert Rothschild: People live in hell because they live in the world without recognizing its darkness. People live in purgatory because they recognize the darkness and refuse to seek their fulfillment on its terms.
Herbert Rothschild: Is Trump correct? Is the U.S. populace as morally bankrupt as he? Are we so in love with power that winning is all that matters?
Herbert Rothschild: Then, in 2008, Roy Bourgeois decided that he could no longer remain silent about the discrimination against women in his own church. He knew too many women of deep devotion and courage to countenance the prohibition against their attaining full status.
Trump’s ascendance challenges us to examine the ground of our actions By Herbert Rothschild Why John Milton went completely blind by February 1652 at the age of 44 no modern
The Ashland Independent Film Festival will spotlight homegrown talent Saturday, Feb. 21, during its revived Local Lens Spotlight at the Varsity Theatre. The one-night program features 13 short films by filmmakers from Jackson and Siskiyou counties, followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers and crew.
Evan Frost, ecologist and conservationist, passed away Dec. 12, 2025.
Ashland concertgoers have a chance to encounter a rare musical treat. Klezmer violinist Zoë Aqua and her Transylvanian String Band will play a house concert of klezmer music Wednesday, Feb. 25, as part of the group’s 12-show tour of the Western United States.
The city fire marshal closed Ashland City Hall after a building code inspection found significant structural concerns. Staff will work remotely pending an engineer’s review.
The Southern Oregon Chinese Cultural Association will bring some of the countries and customs of Asia together for the Lunar New Year celebration. Residents will have the opportunity to learn more about those cultures while kicking off the Year of the Fire Horse throughout downtown Jacksonville.
Ashland Outdoor School Ashland teacher and local fiddle instructor Robin Bliss-Wagner, critically injured Monday, is in a coma in the intensive care unit of a hospital as of publication time Wednesday. Area residents are working to raise up to $45,000 for his care, as well as to help with ICU and other expenses for his wife, Ruth, and their three sons.
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