If you got a flu vaccine and are feeling OK about your chances of making it through winter healthy, you might want to be careful about what you eat. The Los Angeles Times editorial board tallies up the high physical (3,000 deaths annually) and financial ($14 billion annually) costs of food poisoning in the United States. Remember those costs as the U.S. Food & Drug Administration rolls out rules this year for implementing the Food Safety Modernization Act, the Times suggests.
The Eugene Register-Guard writes about a topic The Oregonian editorial board has explored frequently: property tax fairness. The Guard agrees with our conclusion that the Legislature needs to do something this year to address inequities.
An Op-ed from the New York Times offers opinions on why it's so hard for Americans to save. In short: Blame the economy.
In today's Oregonian
Our lead editorial: Gov. John Kitzhaber's state-of-the-state speech reminds Oregonians that PERS reform is essential to progress on most of the state's meaningful goals.
Second editorial: Have opinions about the possibility of high-speed rail from Portland to Eugene? You should take advantage of Oregon Department of Transportation public meetings this month.
University of Oregon journalism professor Peter Laufer advocates a slow-news movement to combat the saturation of superficial, instant information.
For other guest opinion and syndicated columns, go to The Stump.