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The opinion team at The Oregonian/OregonLive.com will post editorials, letters and material from othe We are the opinion team at The Oregonian/OregonLive.com.

The Oregonian has a long tradition of strong editorial writing, accounting for three of the organization’s eight Pulitzer Prizes, most recently in 2014. Our own point of view can best be described as socially liberal and fiscally restrained, though we print and post letters to the editor and columns from various perspectives. This page will feature a selection of opinion we find interesti

ng, including our own work, letters to the editor and guest columns and opinion pieces from regional, and sometimes national, news organizations. Letters to the editor: These should be no longer than 250 words and contain a full name, mailing address and phone number for confirmation. Please submit to [email protected]. Guest columns: These should be no longer than 700 words and contain a full name, mailing address and phone number for confirmation. In addition, please send a short biographical sentence. Submit to [email protected]

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08/03/2025

The week in visual commentary.

08/03/2025

It's intern season at The Oregonian/OregonLive and this year's crew of six college student and recent graduates have been busy.

08/03/2025

The city and state will have to compete to keep the Portland Trail Blazers in Portland, the authors write. They should embrace this once-in-a-generation opportunity to show the next team owner – and the nation – the bright economic, social and cultural future of our city.

08/03/2025

ODOT's problems stem not from declining gas tax revenue – which is higher than it was five years ago, but from its excessive spending and dramatic cost overruns on a handful of mega projects, writes economist and No More Freeways co-founder Joe Cortright. ODOT and elected leaders are now effectively holding employees and the public hostage to get more money.

08/03/2025

Legislators on the Joint Committee on Conduct should unanimously reject an investigator's finding that Rep. Dwayne Yunker may have created a hostile workplace by reading a sexually explicit passage as part of his argument against a bill restricting book bans, the editorial board writes. The act of legislating depends on robust public debate by Oregonians' elected representatives.