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Ryan Seacrest takes over hosting ‘Wheel of Fortune’
LOS ANGELES — Ryan Seacrest’s first episode as the new host of “Wheel of Fortune” started just like any other. |
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In Our View: Reforging Pac-12 remnants step in right direction
Are college football fans in the Northwest ready for a 6-Pac? |
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Songwriters reach EGOT status
Benj Pasek and Justin Paul have become EGOT winners. |
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Abcarian: From egg parties to fridgescaping
Does it sometimes seem as if social media has turned American popular culture into a perfectionist parody of itself? |
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‘They Never Asked’ shares poetry of Japanese Americans held in North Portland during World War II
When Michael Freiling was a high-schooler in San Francisco, his teacher made the obviously absurd claim that Japanese Americans had been rounded up and imprisoned during World War II. Just because of who they were. Right here in America, the land of the free. |
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For some, hot foods the spice of life
Six hours. That’s how long it took prolific pepper breeder “Smokin” Ed Currie to recover from his ultimate creation: Pepper X. Recognized in October 2023 by the Guinness World Records, it’s the hottest on the planet. |
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Letter: Defeat can be costly
The claims going back and forth between Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez and Joe Kent over where their campaign money is coming from reminds me of a quote by Will Rogers: “Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.” |
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Letter: Towing is needlessly punitive
Last weekend, my partner and I drove from Portland to one of our favorite day-trip spots, Moulton Falls. Once the sun started to set, we headed back to our car to find we had been towed by the sheriff’s department, and we were stranded. Two young women in the middle of the forest, an hour away from home and friends, daylight and strangers around us dwindling. |
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Letter: Reject Initiative 2117
Voters need to consider that gas prices are mostly set by crude oil costs, refining costs, and distribution and marketing (“Backers of I-2117 slash gas prices at Vancouver station to highlight impact of climate act,” The Columbian, Sept. 6). Repealing the Climate Commitment Act will not lower the cost of gas. Without it, the burden of paying for the impacts of pollution by oil and gas corporations will move from those responsible to our local communities and families. |
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Letter: Don’t waste your vote for president
I read Carol Thomas’ recent letter to the editor (“Neither candidate is worthy,” Our Readers’ Views, Sept. 3) with empathy and dread. Voters like Thomas will enter a write-in vote for president. In their personal world, that’s the morally right thing to do, and it may give them a warm, cozy feeling of moral righteousness. I get that. |
