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Your Weekend Reader for June 27-28
The Reflecting Pool as metaphor. The Great American State Fair flops. George Washington’s teeth. Parasites, from ticks to lamprey. Trump’s war on journalists. OSU’s AD reflects. Slap another manatee steak on the grill. And Mel Brooks at 100. It’s all in the new edition of Your Weekend Reader.
Your Weekend Reader for June 20-21
Here comes summer. New taxes for Corvallis? A win for science. Immigration detentions rise. Vancouver’s housing solution. The Constitution and fried apple pie. Obama’s tan suit. Soccer! And the Reflecting Pool deals with “Skinny Dead Mouse.” It;’s all in the new edition of Your Weekend Reader.
Your Weekend Reader for June 13-14
So long, OSU robots. Hello again, psilocybin — maybe. You’ll pay EV taxes, but not Amazon. Congratulations, Elon, on that first trillion. Happy birthday, Mr. President! Old Oregon. And eaglets falling to the ground. It’s all in the new edition of Your Weekend Reader.
Your Weekend Reader for June 6-7
State of the states. Telling off the boss. George III. D-Day. OSU’s new AD. World Cup blahs. Sheep and God and bumper stickers. Make the choices for that big wedding. All this, and much more, in a packed edition of Your Weekend Reader.
Your Weekend Reader for May 30-31
New battles over immigration, Medicaid and SNAP. Social sciences under fire. AI and writing. The em dash. RIP, Sonny Rollins — and indoor soccer. “Hacks,” El Nino and wisdom about happiness. It’s all in the new edition of Your Weekend Reader.
Your Weekend Reader for May 23-24
Primary election fallout, and plenty of it. Trump’s slush fund and history disappearing before our eyes. Colbert’s return to TV. The Cannes Film Festival. Summer movies — and Wile E. Coyote’s search for justice. It’s all in the new edition of Your Weekend Reader.
Your Weekend Reader for May 16-17
The election looms. Graduation speeches. “Masculinism.” “The Last Show with Stephen Colbert.” A cruel snow joke. Band camps are back! Soderbergh, Lennon and AI. Bloated playoffs. And cool mascots. It’s all in the new edition of Your Weekend Reader.
Your Weekend Reader for May 9-10
Et tu, AP Stylebook? Lee Enterprises hires reporters. The Post wins a Pulitzer. A weakened CDC? The humanities win a round. Battle over “The View.” A “challenging” wildfire season begins. Paying for education. Comedy and donkeys and aliens. It’s all in the new edition of Your Weekend Reader.
Your Weekend Reader for May 2-3
Good news for dogs and goslings. Revisiting that beached whale near Yachats. Stocking up cash for firefighting. Missing scientists. Trump’s Garden of Heroes — and his feud with ABC. Great American songwriters. And plenty of songs about May 2, It’s all in the new edition of Your Weekend Reader.
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