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Syngenta and Monsanto: Double Trouble for Jackson County

OPINION -- Out-of-state biotech corporations and their allies have contributed $600,000 out of a total of more than $800,000 to fight Jackson County’s May 20 initiative to ban the growing of genetically engineered (GE or GMO) crops, an eye-popping amount for a small county election. Monsanto has given over $183,000, DuPont Pioneer nearly $130,000 and Syngenta $75,000. The Oregon Farm Bureau has donated over $50,000, much of which could be pass-through money, since it receives thousands of dollars from biotech firms.
Apr 16, 2014
Keeping Our Health Information Secure from Data Breaches Christen McCurdy Wed, 02/12/2014 - 11:29
Paul DeMuro contends that we all should be vigilant about unattended or misplaced portable ‎devices, whether they be phones, laptops, or whatever

OPINION -- ‎It seems like almost weekly we read about a data breach. Some data breaches reach the media because they ‎involve breaches affecting 500 people or more and are required to be reported on a government ‎website.

Big Data and Lawful Threats to Privacy

This author contends that 20th century privacy laws are not keeping up with 21st Century technology when it comes to protecting our most sensitive data.
Jan 23, 2014

Publicly-Owned Cooperatives Could Shine a Light on Our Healthcare System

OPINION -- In the 1960's many airports, department stores, businesses and municipalities experimented with pay toilets as a means to generate extra revenue. Thankfully, pay toilets are a thing of the past, having been removed from our society for reasons that should be obvious to anyone with even a slight amount of common empathy.
Dec 11, 2013
For the Convenience of the Tobacco Companies Christen McCurdy Wed, 09/04/2013 - 12:30
It’s time the Obama Administration stood up to the promotion of cigarettes and stop caving into the industry.

 

OPINION -- September 4, 2013 -- Oregon holds the dubious distinction of ranking number one in the country for retailers illegally selling cigarettes to underage kids. Moreover, we have ranked number one three out of the past five years and ranked in the top five the other two years.

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