Council Corner: One piece of the housing issue
As a community we have had many conversations regarding housing and affordable housing in Ashland. Occasionally there is consensus on the definition of the problem, and many possibilities to address...
View ArticleCouncil Corner: Can we do it all in Ashland?
Ashland is a city of involved and proactive citizens who work hard on their areas of passion and concern. We have commissions, groups, ad hoc groups and advisory groups in the public and nonprofit...
View ArticleCouncil Corner: How to present your ideas to the city
Citizens often feel frustrated at the City Council's lack of response to the ideas and concerns they express during public forum. The councilors aren't really disinterested, but because public meeting...
View ArticleIncreasing use by elders of CBD for anxiety
Grace was living in her own home with help from caregivers, but was experiencing anxiety and agitation due to dementia. Her doctor had prescribed anti-anxiety medicine, but it only seemed to increase...
View Article5 kinds of navigators who help with aging issues
A few weeks ago, there was an event at Southern Oregon University sponsored by the Osher Life Long Leaning Institute (OLLI), on preparing for care for yourself and others. I happened to be one of the...
View ArticleAging Happens: What you need to know about guardianships
Here’s what happened with June. June’s niece, who was her health care representative, died unexpectedly. June lived in a memory care facility, had no other family, and now had no one who could be her...
View ArticleSleep apnea can lead to dementia diagnosis
“To sleep, perchance to dream” — or maybe to snore or even develop symptoms of dementia? Is this possible? Yes, as I learned recently at a seminar in Medford called the Alzheimer’s and Dementia...
View ArticleAging Happens: Good to know — A guide to 'Living with Dying'
“Living With Dying: A Complete Guide for Caregivers.” If you saw a book by this title, you might think that this is not anything you either need or want to read about. You’d be wrong on both counts,...
View ArticleCouncil Corner: Decision-making and transparency
Being on the City Council, I have learned that decisions come from a group process and things don’t always go the way you might want.We are a diverse group of councilors with different life...
View ArticleCouncil Corner: Addressing affordable housing
Can we really achieve affordable housing in Ashland?There is definitely a need for housing affordability in Ashland. Housing in Ashland costs more than in many of the surrounding communities.On one...
View ArticleCouncil Corner: The view from inside the eye of the storm
There’s a lot of swirl out there right now, in case you haven’t noticed. National politics is beyond what we might call “interesting," and here in Ashland we are grappling with weighty issues, trying...
View ArticleCouncil Corner: One piece of the housing issue
As a community we have had many conversations regarding housing and affordable housing in Ashland. Occasionally there is consensus on the definition of the problem, and many possibilities to address...
View ArticleCouncil Corner: Can we do it all in Ashland?
Ashland is a city of involved and proactive citizens who work hard on their areas of passion and concern. We have commissions, groups, ad hoc groups and advisory groups in the public and nonprofit...
View ArticleCouncil Corner: How to present your ideas to the city
Citizens often feel frustrated at the City Council's lack of response to the ideas and concerns they express during public forum. The councilors aren't really disinterested, but because public meeting...
View ArticleChris Honoré: All roads lead to Russia
Part OneLast Tuesday, May 9, President Trump fired James Comey, the Director of the FBI, who was in the middle of leading a wide-ranging criminal investigation into whether the Trump campaign colluded...
View ArticleChris Honoré: All roads lead to Russia
Part TwoFrom the moment Donald Trump announced his campaign I shook my head in disbelief. His statements in interviews and from the campaign podium were jaw-dropping to reprehensible: John McCain...
View ArticleChris Honoré: The fire and the fire brigade
Part OneWinston Churchill said, during a particularly fraught moment leading up to World War II, “I refuse to be impartial between the fire and the fire brigade.”I would argue that the train of...
View ArticleChris Honoré: Into the weeds: The deep state
At the risk of wandering too far into the weeds, I want to try and define what is meant by “deep state,” a term of art used to describe much of the government Trump Inc. now presides over.To begin...
View ArticleChris Honoré: Silence and our national shame
When Congressman Steve Scalise of Louisiana was shot, along with three others, while practicing for a congressional charity baseball game, the press and the pundits found themselves facing a dilemma....
View ArticleChris Honoré: Republicans and the safety net
Part OneIn one of his last speeches, Hubert H. Humphrey said, “... the moral test of a government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the...
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