'Men Who Stare at Goats' has fuzzy vision
A fun tone is undermined by disjointed storytelling in George Clooney s The Men Who Stare at Goats, and it all starts with the disclaimer that opens the movie: More of this is true than what you might imagine. This wry comment serves as a nod and ...
 3.9K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 159.0 Exhibit will honor veterans' service
The Bandon Historical Society Museum will offer veteran talks Saturday and an exhibit in honor of Veterans Day. The event will run from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, at the museum, 270 Fillmore and U.S. Highway 101 (by the downtown streetlight). Several...
0.9K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 130.0 Museum will host Veterans Day program
The Bandon Historical Society Museum will offer veteran talks and an exhibit in honor of Veterans Day. The event will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the museum, 270 Fillmore and U.S. Highway 101 (by the downtown streetlight). Several veterans will tal...
1.4K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 130.0 Veteran talks about stress disorder
I didn t have issues. There were just stupid people around me doing stupid things, Eddie Black told about 50 people at Southwestern Oregon Community College on Tuesday night. That s how Black felt when he returned home from serving in Baghdad, Iraq,...
3.0K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 130.0 Current strategy is a loser
More and more, it looks as though President Barack Obama is going to adopt a split the difference policy on Afghanistan that will basically continue current strategy and likely lead to catastrophe. Obama told congressional leaders he does not int...
3.2K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 130.0 Cheers & Jeers
Energizer Whitty This commissioner just keeps on working. Cheers to Nikki Whitty for taking on three months of extra duties while the Coos County Veterans Service Office employees were out of action. When they return Monday, Whitty deserves a snappy ...
2.1K - Oct. 18, 2009; scored 101.0 Cheers & Jeers
Energizer Whitty This commissioner just keeps on working. Cheers to Nikki Whitty for taking on three months of extra duties while the Coos County Veterans Service Office employees were out of action. When they return Monday, Whitty deserves a snappy ...
2.1K - Oct. 17, 2009; scored 101.0 Contempt can't stifle protest
Mr. Walworth s claim that marching with signs is a dead end, and media isn t the target audience, (The World, Oct. 5) is a self-serving oracle easily rebutted by a review of the last 100-plus years of American history. The line of protesters from...
1.5K - Oct. 14, 2009; scored 101.0 Vets visit 'war mom'
GREENACRES When the plane touched down in North Bend, the stewardess made an announcement over the loud-speaker. Instead of asking everyone to stay seated, she pointed out five soldiers on board and recognized them for their service, asking that th...
3.5K - Oct. 14, 2009; scored 130.0 The general's war in Afghanistan
The Pentagon s pre-emptive strike came with the leak of Gen. Stanley McChrystal s confidential review of the Afghan war to Bob Woodward of The Washington Post. McChrystal s painting of the military picture was grim. Failure to gain the initiative and...
4.2K - Oct. 13, 2009; scored 167.0 Campaign rhetoric faces tough reality
NEW YORK (AP) As a presidential candidate, Barack Obama denounced the war in Iraq and U.S. strategy there, vowing if elected to draw down troops and send them to Afghanistan to address the growing threat from al-Qaida and the Taliban. There is no m...
1.2K - Oct. 5, 2009; scored 151.0 Asia storm leaves more than 300 dead
MANILA, Philippines (AP) One of the most destructive storms in years extended its deadly path across Southeast Asia, blowing down wooden villages in Cambodia and crushing Vietnamese houses under mudslides after submerging much of the Philippine cap...
5.4K - Sep. 30, 2009; scored 167.0 Concerns over state's plan for Ore. herbicide dump
PORTLAND (AP) A proposed agreement between Oregon environmental regulators and Bayer CropScience over the costs of monitoring and future cleanup at one of the state s most contaminated dump sites is drawing criticism. The proposal would make taxpay...
4.1K - Sep. 3, 2009; scored 101.0 Clouds of summer
This is the summer of Barack Obama s discontent. The leaping optimism that greeted his election is dwindling steadily as harsh reality settles in. The latest Washington Post/ABC survey reflects this changing mood. Obama s personal approval still stan...
3.2K - Sep. 2, 2009; scored 151.0 Clouds of summer
This is the summer of Barack Obama s discontent. The leaping optimism that greeted his election is dwindling steadily as harsh reality settles in. The latest Washington Post/ABC survey reflects this changing mood. Obama s personal approval still stan...
3.2K - Sep. 1, 2009; scored 151.0 Medford vet to get Silver Stars from Vietnam war
MEDFORD As a retired Army major who did two combat tours in South Vietnam, longtime Medford resident Donald Graham has always had high regard for Silver Star recipients. After all, he knew they had put their lives on the line for their fellow soldi...
4.8K - Aug. 26, 2009; scored 101.0 Kennedy succumbs to brain cancer
HYANNIS PORT, Mass. (AP) Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts, the last surviving brother in an enduring political dynasty and one of the most influential senators in history, died Tuesday night at his home on Cape Cod after a yearlong struggle ...
7.5K - Aug. 26, 2009; scored 130.0 Afghanistan poses tough choices for Obama
WASHINGTON (AP) With the nation s top military officer calling the situation in Afghanistan dire, President Barack Obama soon may face two equally unattractive choices: increase U.S. troops to beat back a resilient enemy, or stick with the 68,000 a...
4.2K - Aug. 24, 2009; scored 151.0 CB native gets Bronze Star - 40 years later
NORTH BEND It s been over 40 years, but it is still very clear what happened that day, Michael Harris said. When you re in situations like that it feels like everything is in slow motion. I just reacted. Now, four decades later, the 61-year-old ...
2.6K - Aug. 14, 2009; scored 101.0 Flag represents spirit of freedom
Why is it that when some people see our flag all that it means to them is that it is just a piece of cloth? Some see is as a symbol of our freedom and some see it for the sacrifices our men and women have made. I see it as a memorial representing the...
2.2K - Aug. 3, 2009; scored 101.0 | 
