It's time to finally report on the results of the Punditology Challenge for the 2012 primary election. First, a note about our conventional wisdom. As usual, as a group - all 189 of us - were mostly right, except when we were wildly wrong. Overall, our... »
Down by where Tryon Creek crosses under Highway 43 in Lake Oswego, the City of Portland has a sewage treatment plant, to which it runs a couple of major sewer lines. One of the lines, which runs right along the creek itself, is 50 years old and showing... »
The ballots will be here within the week, and so it's time to name our picks in the May primary. We're registered D for this one. In the races that are contested, here are our choices: Oregon attorney general. We were leaning toward Dwight Holton on th... »
At 3:40 am Sunday Portland Fire & Rescue crews were dispatched to the Willamette River on a report of a man screaming for help just down river from the Morrison Bridge. Firefighters from Station 1 (oldtown) arrived shortly thereafter to... »
Thanks to the internet and, most recently, the controversial documentary Bully, the issue of school bullying has elbowed its way into the national spotlight. And local. The Multnomah Youth Commission, the "official youth policy body" for the city and c... »
The Oregon Voters' Pamphlet arrived in the mail yesterday from Secretary of State Kate Brown. Some years, this booklet gets us excited, but in this primary, not so much. There are quite a few uncontested races and unimportant housekeeping ballot measur... »
NOTE: A rare cross-post from the Beeronomics blog - but this one is econ-heavy.Migration is my bell-weather:questionable quality, but great locationand lots of punters despite a lot of local competition. Recently I was chatting to a fellow who is pla... »
The Shakespeare Liberation Army, based at Southwest Portland's Multnomah Arts Center, brings the bard to Portland middle schools this spring and fall. »
