Tobias Read sticks by Elliott State Forest vote despite environmental outcry
Environmental groups are ramping up the pressure on Oregon Treasurer Tobias Read for supporting a $221 million plan to...
College Board to boost SAT test security worldwide
PITTSBURGH -- The firm that owns the SAT college entrance exam is boosting security worldwide following test-stealing and other...
University of Oregon makes list of ‘worst colleges’ for free speech
The University of Oregon is one of the worst colleges in the country for free speech, according to a...
The Trump administration’s blueprint for mass removals, with a streak of cruelty: Washington Post...
By The Washington Post Editorial Board In the fiscal year that ended last fall, the number of undocumented immigrants...
Dutch voters, too, look for alternatives: Bloomberg View
By Leonid Bershidsky It's almost 10 p.m. on a Monday night, but the 100 or so people assembled in...
Trump and ‘The Madman Theory’: Charles Krauthammer
Charles Krauthammer By Charles Krauthammer WASHINGTON -- At the heart of Donald Trump's foreign policy team lies a glaring...
Coordinated care plans are showing promise
Amid the many unknowns about the future of health care, coordinated health care programs that show they improve care, lower costs and enhance the...
High error rate for Medicaid payments
“Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain,...
Orange Coast College is run by bullies
When I was an undergraduate student studying political science at Cal State Fullerton, I once had a professor declare — in front of the...
Funny — ‘enemies’ wasn’t so offensive when it meant ‘Republicans’
When President Trump tweeted that the news media “is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American People!” the outrage on the...
Democrats are asking all the wrong questions of wannabe party chairs
There is an uncommon amount of interest in an election this weekend whose entire voting body is 447 people. The election is for the...
Democrats’ fat-cat problem, Andrew Cuomo vs. Mario and other notable comments
From the right: What’s Behind Rash of Anti-Semitism?Anti-Semitic incidents are on the rise in the United States — and that’s “even more troubling” than...
Suspect in Long Branch standoff accused of stabbing 2, including woman in bed
LONG BRANCH - A city man who barricaded himself inside a house in Long Branch and kept authorities at bay for...
Police seek man who impersonated cop, demanded cash
NEW MILFORD -- Police are seeking a man who pretended to be a police officer, pulled someone over earlier this...
Fred Rogers, Donald Trump, my daughter and me
CaptionCloseIt is a small testament to his lasting brilliance that 14 years after his death, Fred Rogers captivates my daughter.When he speaks about feelings,...
Sweden: Perhaps too welcoming to migrants
CaptionCloseAs if on cue, riots broke out in a heavily immigrant suburb of Stockholm as soon as the media mocked President Donald Trump for...
Let’s leave a healthy planet to our grandchildren | Letter
It's most important to preserve the established order every now and then -- in this case the holy grail...
Science should tell us to reject sludge plant | Letter
I'm responding to recent letters by John Reinhart and Charles Cole concerning the proposed sewage waste drying facility in Plainfield...
Get the facts on Synagro/Green Knight plan | Guest column
By Jim Hecht I'm writing to set the record straight on the Slate Belt Heat Recovery Center project proposed for...
New Kardashian Diet? After Perez Hilton 'Kleanse,' Why Entertainment Writers Are Taking A Break...
I love to hate the Kardashians and I hate that I love them. I have tried to pretend like I didn’t watch every single...