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News & Commentary
Gov. Kotek seeking opinion of ethics watchdog on role of first spouse
Better late than never?
Downtown Portland’s office vacancy rate is highest in the nation
Even higher than San Francisco (29%).
Salem women’s sports bar Icarus Wings and Things to close
Pick one thing to make you unique not all of them.
Kotek’s wife gets aide, office space as governor considers creating ‘Office of the First Spouse’ • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Here we go again.
Disney and Marvel
Pelz isn’t wholly wrong.
Debate over Middle East conflict flares as students, some educators stage walkout in Portland
Get politics out of public schools.
Portland wants to place high-need special education students in their neighborhood schools. Can the district make it work?
The short answer is “no.”
Gender wage gap in Washington is among widest in nation, analysis shows
What a story…except that it’s not true.
Lyft and Uber to cease operations in Minneapolis after new minimum wage law
The real minimum wage is zero.
Cold water immersion benefits are not backed by quality science, report says
It’s not that it doesn’t work. It’s just that there’s no proof that it does.
Essays
PVP, We Hardly Knew Ye
Because I'm going to be fairly critical I want to start by stating flatly that Scott Kurtz' Player vs. Player (aka PVP) was my favorite comic, web or printed, for years. Kurtz' has a wonderfully developed sense of humor and comes from a Gen X background similar to my own, which is to say that we share many of the same cultural touchstones (Star Wars, Star Trek, Dukes of Hazzard, etc.). He's not just brilliant in the comic format, either. If you've not heard him on the audio...
(In)tolerance
I find that I've grown increasing intolerant of fundamentalist religion. I simply have no time for people (*cough* -Mike Huckabee- *cough*) who turn off their brains to the reality of the world. This realization about myself has been disturbing on several levels. First, I don't much like being intolerant. I'm not sure it's good for me, and I'd much prefer to respect people's deeply held religious beliefs, no matter how stupid. (Hopefully it goes without saying that I...
A word or two about Terri Schiavo
Several things should be made clear in the case of Terri Schiavo, the poor woman who's been in a vegetative state for 15 years and is now having her feeding tube removed at the behest of her husband and against the wishes of her parents. First, this whole sorry mess would've been avoided if she'd simply had a Medical Directive (aka Living Will, Advance Directive, Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care, etc.) instructing doctors and loved ones as to her wishes. A lot of...
Election 2004: Brains on display
Honestly, I wasn't that far off in 2000. I only missed Bush by 10 and Gore by 13. Not my fault it was the closest election in the history of ever. (Is it?) Commander Botox vs. Idiot-in-Chief. I'm already on record as saying that I believe John Kerry will be the next President of the United States. I'm also on record as saying that he sure wasn't my first choice. But seeing as how George W. Bush isn't even in my top 1000, Kerry will do just fine. The post debate polling is...