The Bramble Bush: A Look at the Law on Abortion
by Neal Lemery In law school, there’s a famous, now century old, book about the study of legal reasoning and the study of law. The Bramble Bush is a must […]
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WORDS OF WISDOM: Learning From My Tomatoes
by Neal Lemery I’m always learning from my garden. Even when I think I “know it all” and expect that things will always go as planned, because I’m old and […]
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WORDS OF WISDOM: My Ten Minute Rule
by Neal Lemery I try to live an organized, purposeful life, with some guiding principles and an action plan. My “to do” list should be close at hand, current and […]
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WORDS OF WISDOM: The Power of Collective Silence
By Neal Lemery I found myself at a local café, having a late breakfast, with about a dozen other community members who had the same idea. At a nearby table, […]
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Abortion: Tornado in My Coffee Cup
EDITOR’S NOTE: The fate of Roe v. Wade the landmark abortion rights case hangs in the balance, and it seems that a “leaked” draft of the decision has the Supreme […]
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Appeals Court Decision on State Timberland Goes Against Counties; Setting Aside $1 Billion Judgment
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Oregon Court of Appeals has found the state Board of Forestry is not required to maximize logging revenues on forestland obtained from counties. Instead, the Board of […]
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WORDS OF WISDOM: Planting Seeds
by Neal Lemery “Don’t judge each day by the harvest you may reap, but by the seeds that you plant.” — Robert Louis Stevenson Spring can be such a time […]
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PART 2 Law Enforcement & Opponents – Ballot Measure 29-161: “Should Tillamook County officials be prevented from enforcing most state, federal and local firearm regulations?”
by Neal Lemery In this second part of the Pioneer’s look at a county-wide measure on the May ballot, we hear from local law enforcement and the organized opponents […]
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Revising an Old Family Story
by Neal Lemery “We are collections of stories, we are vast houses in which stories come and go, and if we don’t listen for them, and savor them, and carry […]
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WORDS OF WISDOM: Towards More Community Solutions and Healing
by Neal Lemery We live in challenging times, but we have always wrestled with difficult problems that defy easy solutions. This work often involves difficult and often divisive conversations and […]
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