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Commentary: Why trust science?
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Commentary: Why trust science?

  • By Richard Iverson
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Today, roughly one in four American adults distrusts science (Pew Research Center report, Nov. 14, 2024). Science skeptics include those who b…

Letters to the editor

Letter to the Editor: Be skeptical

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To the editor: Fifty years ago, when I was a young girl sitting around the kitchen table, our family would tune in to a program that asked listeners to weigh in on the pros and cons of different moral issues or legal questions. With that background and the fact that back then there were only a few sources of news, I was struck by a recent commentary in The Oregonian that felt parents should discuss with their children biases in today’s news and social media.

Richardson, Kitzhaber debate before publishers
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Richardson, Kitzhaber debate before publishers

  • Jonathan Cooper, The Associted Press
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SALEM — Republican state Rep. Dennis Richardson presented himself as the future and Gov. John Kitzhaber as the past as the two gubernatorial candidates met in their first debate Friday.