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Page 4A OPINION East Oregonian Friday, January 9, 2015 Founded October 16, 1875 KATHRYN B. BROWN DANIEL WATTENBURGER Publisher Managing Editor JENNINE PERKINSON TIM TRAINOR Advertising Director Opinion Page Editor OUR VIEW The school’s football team will play for a national championship Monday OTHER VIEWS Winston throw a ball backwards in a play that was so bad a referee fell down The cap to this season would be dispatching Ohio State and winning the We offer our support to that endeavor and will be rooting for them to bring the Oregon coaching philosophy — advocating the kinder, gentler, more a squad not dogged by accusations and rap sheets, nor led by a dictatorial lunatic, reach the apex of college football is a rare bright spot in the warped with Ducks and Buckeyes logos that went on sale the moment after each team’s bowl you open your closet that your team won one playoff game, and then went on to Far be it from us to tell big-time university marketing departments how We spoke our piece on Thursday’s editorial page about the import of supporting free expression and bemoaning the utter barbarity of the That murderous action deserves much The man or the moment W e measure our presidents against not only our hopes for the present, which are sometimes unreasonable, but also our understanding of the past, which can Has a misreading of history informed a misappraisal of Barack Obama? That’s a question raised, not explicitly but implicitly, by a new book by Princeton historian Julian Zelizer, “The Fierce Urgency of Now,” to be for Obama’s legislative dreams, and it’s the point of reference for his Frank Bruni Comment Its setting is the 1960s, as the title, a phrase conclusions is that despite Johnson’s legend as a peerless legislative tactician, he was largely a hostage of Congress and of forces beyond the Zelizer reminds us that many of Johnson’s signature victories came during a two-year period when Democrats had two- thirds majorities in both the Senate, where they held 68 seats, and the House, where Zelizer also reminds us that Johnson’s trouncing of Barry Goldwater in the 1964 election spooked Republicans to a point where many fought progressive legislation less stridently than before, lest they be portrayed Those dynamics and others worked powerfully to Johnson’s advantage, and when the climate and the Congress changed, so did presidency were a bust, at least in comparison of him more often, given how frequently the yardstick of Johnson’s presidency has been If only Obama were a schmoozer like Zelizer told me that when he began work had a kind of view of Johnson, as many do, as someone who really knew how to work conditions in Congress change, he is really I didn’t expect the last part of the book: a president who’s really emasculated and can’t get anything done even though he’s trying the to me how Congress determines the fate of the Despite the massacre of a dozen people, including eight journalists, the The satirical magazine vowed to stay on its publication schedule and put out Republicans currently control both chambers, and have a House majority bigger But in his view, Johnson has been considered too kindly by writers who attribute the Great Society he hasn’t scaled the legislative heights that for grass-roots mobilization as a result of the civil rights movement,” he said, adding that there was pressure for legislation from the There hasn’t been any commensurate Zelizer said that voters frustrated with congressional inertia should examine their own exertions — and the ways in gerrymandering have created a dysfunctional legislative branch — as much as any Zelizer’s read on things leaves ample room for Obama to be questioned on foreign policy also possible that he should have made less of them, that delaying health care would have spared Democrats their 2010 drubbing and But it’s undeniable that we treat our presidents as larger than life, simplifying the much buoys on the tides of history, rising and Frank Bruni is an Op-Ed columnist for The New York Times since June 2011. The Oregon State Ethics Commission is to report whether or not Oregon’s Governor would not tolerate both taxes — and isn’t it unconstitutional as “double taxation”? Hayes does not appear to be a very upstanding citizen and not the kind of person Hayes, from Bend, is the founder of 3E advanced her own career by using a state She spent much of the governor’s third Unsigned editorials are the opinion of the East Oregonian editorial board of Publisher Kathryn Brown, Managing Editor Daniel Wattenburger, and Opinion Page Editor Tim Trainor. Other columns, letters and cartoons on this page express the opinions of the authors and not necessarily that of the East Oregonian. “It’s not fair to Johnson,” YOUR VIEWS organizations are pitching in to help fund the effort, and have already raise Witnesses say they heard the gunmen shout “We’ve killed Charlie Hebdo” as This year is the 50th anniversary of many of the laws grouped under the Great Society, and the movie “Selma” is drawing complaints for its portrayal of Johnson as resistant to voting rights for blacks and sharply “He was cagey, he was smart, he was politically It’s human nature to be angry in We can always draw cartoons of whatever we wish — tolerance is not cuts in 1981 despite a Democratic majority in the House, but he’d just shellacked Jimmy Carter in the 1980 elections and Democrats were running If only Obama were a schmoozer like Lyndon Johnson. Obama’s name appears just twice in But now we spread that piece a little further — to the response to the crime and the desire to make the world a more Zelizer said that instances over the last 50 years of a president truly imposing his will on a Congress fully or partly controlled by the opposing advisor even as she conducted consulting work around Oregon and elsewhere, according a report from The (Bend) Bulletin The ethics commission is supposed to be investigating whether or not Hayes had an Did she use her position with the governor to advance her own consulting business? The governor has asked the ethics Meanwhile, he says Hayes will not accept new contracts through 3E Strategies during She took part for illicit purposes in accepting $5,000 for a sham marriage to an immigrant in 1997 so that he could stay in the a devious person who did not come forth with the truth of a clandestine marriage? The Willamette Week played such a trick on you? Finally, it was poor judgment that she lived on a property in Washington state that was were to be her gains from this venture? she in her role as advisor to anyone in state What has this to do with a general sales would not accept a general sales tax unless LETTERS POLICY The East Oregonian welcomes original letters of 400 words or less on public issues and public policies for publication in the newspaper and on our website. The newspaper reserves the right to withhold letters that address concerns about individual services and products or letters that infringe on the rights of private citizens. Submitted letters must be signed by the author and include the city of residence and a daytime phone number. The phone number will not be published. Unsigned letters will not be published. Send letters to Managing Editor Daniel Wattenburger, 211 S.E. Byers Ave. Pendleton, OR 97801 or email editor@eastoregonian.com.