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Automakers Have Big Hopes for EVs; Buyers Aren’t Cooperating
Uh…Electrics were 7.9% of sales in 2Q 2023; JD Power says it’s around 9% now.
Former campaign staff blast McLeod-Skinner’s management style as she gears up for a rerun
Leftist rag rags on own leftist
Target says it will close nine stores in major cities across four states because of theft and organized crime
Who can blame them?
Oregon student achievement remains mired far below pre-pandemic levels, new test scores show
Saw this coming both up close and a mile away.
Chromebooks Were Once a Good Deal for Schools. Now They’re Becoming E-Waste.
Macs are a great financial deal, assuming you’re looking long-term.
Downtown Portland task force co-chair balks at making workers come back to office, even as mayor calls it a priority
Good luck.
Dick’s Sporting Goods blames ‘increasingly serious’ theft problem for profit plunge
When there’s no punishment, crime goes up.
The Legal Assault on Corporate Diversity Efforts Has Begun
The sooner DEI programs DIE, the better.
Portland police chief to city cops: Stop telling residents DA Mike Schmidt won’t prosecute crimes
Just because it’s true doesn’t mean you should say it.
Salem-Keizer’s new superintendent sees opportunities for change
Worries emerge
Essays
Gay marriage
"The last chance to preserve marriage in Oregon," reads the brochure. What, are they outlawing it or just forcing everybody to get divorced? "Seven facts you must know," or Seven bogus arguments you must read. Here we go.... Oregon ballot measure 36, for those who don't know, would define marriage as between a man and a woman, effectively barring gay marriages from taking place in the state. Specifically, this constitutional amendment reads: It is the policy of Oregon, and...
Stopping idiocy in its tracks
If not me, then who? If not now, then when? If not here, then where? If not ham, then no cheese. I throw eggs at a UP professor's scrambled take on morality, Christianity, and the military. Humpty Dumpty had a big fall. The following nonsense appeared in the Summer 2003 issue of Portland Magazine, a University of Portland publication: MILITARY MORALS The Spring issue's editorial, about the late Army Sgt. Keith Robbins and his granddaughter, Air Force cadet Tiffany Anderson...
How Few Thoughts a Brain Holds 6
Breast-feeding? Statistically awesome. Gay sex? Equally protected. Affirmative action? Halle Berry. Opinions R Us reopens for business. Not that it's been missed. Before Jonah was born I had a friend tell me to be careful at the hospital if Erin and I were going to opt for formula-feeding the newborn instead of breast-feeding. "Those nurses are Nazis about it," he said. Erin and I always planned on having her breast-feed Jonah, so it wasn't an issue for us. It turns out,...
Patriotism Run Amok
A critique of Beth Chapman's Stand Up for America rally speech. If you own Alabama State Treasury bonds, you'll want to sell. Note: This speech is reprinted for critique and commentary purposes under the Fair Use doctrine of US Copyright law (Section 107 of the US Code). While the speech has been widely disseminated across the Internet to the point of mistakenly being regarded as a hoax, a corrected original can be found at Beth Chapman's web site. After a preamble, her...