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• On your marks ... - 2/8/2010

  Although the federal government controls less than 10 percent of public school funding, President Barack Obama is using that lever to transform education in America.

• Protect, or destroy? - 2/7/2010

  Oregon's land-use laws are worthwhile when they achieve their intended purpose: to encourage growth in and around cities and discourage sprawl that replaces farmland with subdivisions.

• Same time (every) year - 2/6/2010

  As the Oregon Legislature gathers this week for its second go-round at a special short session, one of the main subplots to watch will be this one: Will legislators succeed in making a case for...

• Cheers and jeers - 2/5/2010

  Cheers — To the Heart of Medford Association for getting some help in figuring out what downtown needs to work well.

• Paper or plastic? - 2/4/2010

  The Legislature is back in session, and with it the usual flurry of proposed laws. Among them is a proposal to ban plastic grocery bags statewide.

• Too little time, money to save powerhouse - 2/3/2010

  We're as supportive as almost anyone in the Rogue Valley when it comes to protecting our historical heritage.

• The party of nope - 2/2/2010

  President Barack Obama set forth a generally smart, realistic path for the nation during his State of the Union address Wednesday, including an emphasis on job creation and a welcome appeal for a...

• Taxpayer ambush in Oregon - 2/1/2010

  It's not often that citizens vote for higher taxes, but 54 percent of Oregonians have done precisely that.

• Opportunity knocks - 1/31/2010

  Jackson County voters and would-be politicians face unusual opportunity in this year's elections for seats on the county's Board of Commissioners.

• A waste of time and money - 1/30/2010

  The state of Oregon will be defending itself in Douglas County Circuit Court in late February in a lawsuit we think it could have avoided.

• Cheers and jeers - 1/29/2010

  Cheers — to Medford developer Laz Ayala for his gift of $50,000 to Kids Unlimited. The nonprofit youth program provides much-needed support for low-income and at-risk youths in the community.

• Don't tax you, don't tax me - 1/28/2010

  Political observers across the country are scrambling to analyze the significance of Tuesday's election in which Oregonians approved tax increases on corporations and the wealthy.

• Smart move in Shady Cove - 1/27/2010

  Shady Cove's decision last week to contract with the Jackson County Sheriff's Department for police services makes sense for the town, for the sheriff's department and for the county as a whole.

• Torture for conservatives - 1/26/2010

  Now that "Avatar" has been named the best motion picture drama by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, making it a front-runner in the Oscar sweepstakes, does it mean the terrorists have won?

• Haiti on the brink - 1/25/2010

  The world has responded with tremendous generosity to the destruction in Haiti after last week's earthquake, but the breakdown of security and order there threatens to multiply the already terrible...

• Judicial activism, anyone? - 1/24/2010

  The Supreme Court's campaign-finance ruling Thursday should put to rest any notion that judicial activism is a liberal phenomenon.

• A bright future for history - 1/22/2010

  The Southern Oregon Historical Society's plan to get out from under maintaining multiple Jacksonville properties should be viewed for what it is: a step that could mean the difference between...

• Cheers and jeers - 1/21/2010

  Cheers: to the city of Central Point, for taking seriously the blight spreading across city lots and imposing tax liens on owners who don't keep up their places on their own.

• Smoke screen - 1/20/2010

  Two recent developments in Jackson County add to the growing evidence that Oregon's medical marijuana law needs work. The Legislature should make it a priority to address the problems.