As we vilify each other
As we wallow in our own egos of “rightness”
As we blame others for the darkness in our own hearts
As we blindly lose our own humanity
I deeply resonate with the lament of Alan Paton:
Cry the beloved Country!
Roxanne Rae
Ashland
John Marciano and Leslie Dwyer: While hedge funds and rich corporate interests are buying up hospitals across the country and cutting services and staff to increase their profits, the well-being of hospital staff and patients is undermined.
Brenda B. Gould: A recent study reveals that in Gaza the war death toll of health care workers is three to four times as high as that of the general population.
Michael O’Looney: There seem to be too many pieces to assemble. Somehow the Democrats lost the vote of the working class, the truck drivers, farmers, the factory workers, the little man and woman trying to make ends meet, even our young people.
Dan Van Dyke: Think a casino in Medford would be a good thing? If so, you must want more pawn shops, illegal camping on the greenway, drug use and crime.
Residents from across Southern Oregon made the trip to Oak Knoll Golf Course in Ashland on Saturday, Jan. 18, for a “benefit concert for vulnerable communities” co-sponsored by Women’s March Southern Oregon and ORD2 Indivisible.
A group of about 40, mostly women, gathered in near-freezing weather Saturday morning on the East Main Street side of Ashland Plaza to show their support for women’s rights, from reproductive autonomy to equality across the board.
Ashland’s 37th annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration is set for noon to 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Historic Ashland Armory in downtown Ashland. The event is free and open to the public.
At its first meeting of the new year Tuesday, the Ashland City Council is expected to sew up loose threads from last year with votes to approve the 2200 Ashland St. Master Plan, formally create an Ashland Parks & Recreation Department and the first reading of an ordinance to mitigate carbon pollution for new residential structures, according to meeting materials.
Ask Strider: Our advice columnist turns to the problems of making friends and keeping them. As usual, he counsels restraint in troubled friendships, and asks the Old Cedar Tree what to do about making friends in the first place. The Old Cedar Tree has interesting thoughts on the subject.
A vandalism incident that left damage from large tire marks in Railroad and Lithia parks will cost thousands to repair and is part of a larger trend of vandalism in the city’s parks, according to Ashland Parks Superintendent Kevin Caldwell.
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