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Sen. Ron Wyden – whose support of the public option for health care reform had been considered somewhat iffy – finally came down in favor of it, voting yes today on two amendments in the Senate Finance Committee.

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John Kitzhaber, The Man Who Would Be Governor Again, had some right-on-the-money things to say about health care reform last week at the Columbia Forum in Astoria. The gist of his message: We need to create a new and better system, not just prop up the failed old one.

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The weather might not show it, but the birds know it: Autumn is here, and they’re heading south along the Pacific Flyway, the main migratory route along the West Coast.
The Pacific Flyway runs right over Central Oregon, and the autumn and spring migrations bring entertaining and colorful tourists to my bird feeders – white-crowned sparrows, red-eyed towhees, evening grosbeaks, rufous hummingbirds and more.