Large gatherings of writers are normally not fun. More than two in a room are enough to make one wish for an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting instead, where more of the stories are true and no one asks...
Oregon voters, except those in Multnomah County where Portland sits, can be bought.
Not something to be proud of, but at least it took $12 million to do it. No cheap you-know-whats here. As reported...
Oregon's statewide vote-by-mail elections are often held up as an example of electoral innovation that motivates more voters to do their thing. But not everyone loves the arrangement–each election...
Come next week it will be very quiet in Portland's independent bookstores, coffee shops, and the free-sample lines at Trader Joe's. All the writers will be at Wordstock III.
When you turn 50, the American Association of Retired Persons sends you a nice red-plastic card to show folks who might otherwise mistake you for, say, a well-preserved 49-year-old.
Beware of anything that adds more corporate zip and removes some of the people's flex.
Despite the companies' predictable spin – more cars for everyone! – it is hard for dedicated car-sharers to...
It isn't very sporting to point out that Portland had the foresight to plan miles of rail corridors in less time than it took Seattle to reach consensus on that all-important question, "Should Pine...
PR Newswire, that busy source of tips and announcements that fills our e-mail boxes just as press releases used to fill those wire in-baskets, has some highly relevant-to-blogging content.
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