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0 of 3 Premium Clicks used this month SUBSCRIBE Print + Online Subscriber Activation | Register x Forgot Password | Need an Account? subscribe | newsletter | deals Home News Latest Stories Two races set for council positions Deadly virus stalks Southern Oregon deer Police Log Oregon sues Oracle and executives over health insurance exchange website PDF: State of Oregon v. Oracle America Inc. complaint Education SOU ROAR's to life Middle schoolers get a taste of college living Environment Deadly virus stalks Southern Oregon deer National monument area still faces threats What do you think of the return of wolves to Jackson County? How has the drought affected you? 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Two views City sets example on marijuana tax Our View: Review the ordinance, not the site Our View: New twist on the flying wedge Proof is in the numbers Letters Letters to the Editor, Aug. 20 Letters to the Editor, Aug. 19 Letter at Length: Bravo to Ashland for water conservation Letters to the Editor, Tuesday, Aug. 12 Letters to the Editor Guest opinions Opportunities for civic involvement are plentiful in Ashland Hamas supporters spread anti-Semitism around the world A fresh start for the Tidings — and for Mount Ashland Republicans and the politics of cognitive dissonance Revels Latest Stories Community blog:Ashland Book and Author Festival Coming Soon Ashland's On The Fly Improv had the audience rolling Community blog:Poet Laureate Peter Sears in Ashland World of Wine celebrates local varietals 4 things to do this weekend Theater OSF adds 'Wrinkle in Time' Family Night Daedalus Project 2014 Randall Theatre opens 'Godspell' Music 'On the Fly' Live 'on the bricks' Sweet Ghosts at Oberon's Tavern Visual Art First Friday art walk in Ashland Movies Varsity Theatre, Ashland Street Cinemas movie listings: Aug. 22-26 'What If' hits the sweet spot Varsity Theatre, Ashland Street Cinemas movie listings: Aug. 15-21 'Boyhood' and 'The Hundred-Foot Journey' 'A Most Wanted Man' is full of complexities Food and Drink World of Wine celebrates local varietals Lifestyle Latest Stories Inner Peace: Being in conscious presence or peacefulness If pot is medicine, should it be taxed? Backstage: For TV, never go beyond take three Food Project is a success story Inner Peace: Spiritual maintenance Classifieds Jobs Autos Real Estate FEATURED » Obituaries NEWS NOW Health officials detect West Nile Virus in another Jackson County sample ... CALENDAR ... Health officials detect West Nile Virus in another Jackson County sample ... CALENDAR ... LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letters to the Editor, Aug. 19 DailyTidings.com Writer Posted Aug. 19, 2014 @ 2:00 am Posted Aug. 19, 2014 @ 2:00 am » Social News Hoping Marx was wrong One hundred years ago, or even 50 years ago, everyone understood that a corporation was a piece of paper created by the state so that owners of a business enterprise could avoid personal liability for the debts of the business enterprise and to provide an entity to own things and to sue and be sued. Everyone understood that the corporation resulting from the piece of paper was an amoral, soulless creature, incapable of love, hope, belief, compassion, fear or remorse, a creature without pride of ancestry or hope of progeny." Today corporations have a government-protected right to bend elections, and a government-protected right to disobey the law by the assertion of religious beliefs they are incapable of having. Karl Marx predicted that in time corporations would become more powerful than governments. Let's hope he was wrong. David Beale, Medford Fifth Grade Strings say thanks Thank you to the hundreds of community members who turned out to support the July 21 Ashland Schools Foundation event to support the Fifth Grade Strings Program in the Ashland Schools. More than two dozen local musicians provided a wonderful evening of eclectic music and helped us raise close to $10,000 with the show and auction. In addition, we have also received $10,000 in donations from individuals and businesses in the community. Thank you one and all. Now we are just $5,000 from our goal in order to launch fifth-grade strings in our elementary schools next month. Please help us finish the job. Visit the Ashland Schools Foundation website at www.ashlandschoolsfoundation.org, and click on "Bring Back 5th Grade Strings Fund Drive"! for more information and to donate online or contact the foundation at 541 482-8197. We can do it! Larry Cooper, Fifth Grade Strings Committee Scrutinize colleges While visiting Ashland to take my high school senior to tour SOU, I read Michael Hiltzik's column (Aug. 13) about academic freedom with a combination of interest and disgust. As a parent who will be paying tuition for my son's college education, I scrutinize the universities he is considering applying to for the political climate — the vehemence of the Jew-hatred/anti-Zionist/BDS activism of the faculty, administration and student organizations. I've been following which universities preach "tolerance" and "diversity" but actually ban speakers who dare to cross the PC speech police by mentioning the horrors of honor killing and stoning of women, child rape/forced marriage, or murder of gays under Islamic law. Brandeis University immediately comes to mind for banning the fearless Ayaan Hirsi Ali from speaking to some of its graduate students. As a believer in free speech and due process, I have to agree with Mr. Hiltzik that the University of Illinois knew exactly who they were hiring when they recruited Steven Salaita from his tenured position at Virginia Tech to be UI's "Middle East Scholar." That he happened to tweet his version of the blood libel against Jews ("At this point, if Netanyahu appeared on TV with a necklace made from the teeth of Palestinian children would anybody be surprised?") was simply poor timing for the University of Illinois. I guess, in what passes for academia these days, the chickens have come home to roost. Any parent paying for, or any student taking on debt for a college education would be wise to do their homework in advance before giving one dime to institutions that recruit, employ and give tenure to such "scholars" — as well as to so-called Liberal Arts colleges that are, in fact, anything but liberal. Marci Rosenthal, Boulder, Colo.   DailyTidings.com Writer Posted Aug. 19, 2014 @ 2:00 am » Comment or view comments Reader Reaction » STAY INFORMED Email NewsLetter Sign Up Today Sign up for our newsletter and have the top headlines from your community delivered right to your inbox. calendar Connect with DailyTidings.com Facebook Twitter RSS Back to top Reader Services Reader Services home Subscriptions Subscriber controls Contact us Submissions Photos Events Letters to the editor Corrections Alerts Email alerts RSS feeds Text Alerts Advertise Media Kit Home Products and services Ad rates Advertising contacts Mail Tribune Daily Tidings The Nickel Shop Our Valley Blogs Stay Informed Email newsletter Sign Up Today Sign up for our newsletter and have the top headlines from your community delivered right to your inbox. Your privacy is important, read our privacy policy. © Copyright 2014 Local Media Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 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