The strange spring, now summer, continues. Nothing is as we are all familiar with. From the beginning of the pandemic in March, our office has been flooded with emails and calls for help with unemployment. That, by far, is still the most common issue we’ve…
Creating more “enclosed” outdoor spaces for residences is one way we might come out of the pandemic better, healthier. I like covering planning commission meetings. This fact makes me a nerd of the highest order, but the conversations the begin with planning commissions end up…
To the Editor: Do you know who’s voting by mail this election? Donald Trump. And do you know who’s making it harder for everyone else in the country to vote by mail in the middle of a global pandemic? That’s right — Donald Trump. He…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had not recommended the general closure of public schools in the spring when panicked governors and local officials shuttered schools across the land. These high-minded officials—read Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak—weren’t listening to “the science,” as they claimed.…
Too many want to shoot the messenger, especially in times like these, with the coronavirus pandemic. When reputable press outlets report on what is happening, some blame the media for fanning the flames of COVID-19 hysteria. It is not hysteria when you or a loved…
My name is Ramiro Navarro and I am running for State Representative for House District 25. I had really hoped that my first letter to the Keizertimes would be to outline my policies and history of advocacy, but today I felt like I had to…
Daveed Diggs, as Marquis de Lafayette, and Lin-Manuel Miranda, as Alexander Hamilton, reunite on the battlefield in the filmed stage production of Hamilton. What is the purpose of a review? To temper or raise expectations? To introduce readers to the themes, characters, and plot points…
Editor’s note: This is a longer version of an opinion piece that appeared in the July 3 edition of the Keizertimes. In his opinion in the June 20 issue of the Keizertimes, Gene McIntyre rightly said, “It appears timely and appropriate to hear from Chief…
The American experiment is 244 years old this year. The nation, created by uniting 13 very different colonies, was developed our Founding Fathers who borrowed from other governing systems in history—the Magna Carta, the Romans and the Greeks, to cite a few. After two and…