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--> --> Posted Tuesday, October 22, 2002 Food and History Good food, good manners Food, shelter and clothing are essential to survival. Our demand for these essentials have had a profound impact on language, society and history. The etiology of everyday words and phrases documents this impact. Oct. 15: The staff of life Rev. Scott Dalgarno - Pastor's notes Oct. 19: A master's class in incarnation Oct. 5: Accept a loss, but learn from it Larry Berteau - Write On Oct. 12: Baseball is belly bad for them Network flacks are flopping out of their cubicles like Vlade Divac faking a charging foul. Advertisers are deserting like Iraqi soldiers at a Veterans of Foreign Wars picnic. Sports editors are scrambling like the last three eggs at a souffle cookoff. Aug. 29: L.A. smog or Oregon smoke Aug. 22: A canine case of bad bone disease Two dogs live at my house. They are unalike in the following ways: David Morrill - Outsider's Notes Oct. 5: Bush: a man out of his element As I watch George W. Bush conduct the affairs of state, I can't escape the conclusion that the man's heart is not in it. Aug. 1: Malnutrition in America: the quest Amy Richard - What about art? Sept. 26: When the money goes, so does art How very ironic that as I'm reading about some incredible theater work going on at the Luther Luckett Correctional Complex in LaGrange, Ky., I'm also reading a report by the Justice Policy Institute that since the prison building boom in the 1980's, the number of black men behind bars has grown fivefold in the past 20 years, to the point that more black men are in jail or prison than are enrolled in colleges or universities. In the same 20-year period, the number of Americans of all races in jail or prison quadrupled, while the number of all races attending colleges and universities rose 22 percent. July 25: Funding is the key to public art Cathy Shaw - State Street Feb. 15: Oregon Legislature as a visual aide I would love to come back to my State Street column and tell you that things are alive and well in Salem and legislators, irrespective of background, geographic location, age, or political party affiliation are working side by side to overcome Oregon's economic crisis. But that would be a lie. Abolitionist movement eyes OLCC Email your... Technical questions & comments to: WebMaster Daily Tidings editorial comments & questions to: Editor Visit our other Oregon Newspapers... | Albany Democrat-Herald | Ashland Daily Tidings | Corvallis Gazette-Times | | Lebanon Express | Newport News-Times | Springfield News | Cottage Grove Sentinel | Ashland Daily Tidings 1661 Siskiyou Blvd. Ashland, OR 97520 Telephone 541-482-3456 © Copyright 2001 Lee Northwest Publishing