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Your Weekend Reader for May 10-11
News about the pope. News about baseball. News about the pope and baseball. Also: A new twist on Greater Idaho. The decline of pop culture. The Malheur Enterprise. And Mother’s Day cards. It’s all in the new edition of Your Weekend Reader.
Your Weekend Reader for May 3-4
Celebrate May. Trump vs. Harvard. Trump vs. The Atlantic. The lessons of “Public Opinion.” The duck remains on Waverly Lake, but not the boats. Quake news. Kotek firings. Near-death studies. And popular (and unpopular) dogs. It’s all in in the new edition of Your Weekend Reader.
Your Weekend Reader for April 26-27
Having trouble sleeping? Here’s help. Scared about flying? You’re not alone. Trump news. A Tesla backlash in Marin County. Press freedom. What “Conclave” got wrong. The wrong way to rate “Sinners.” Oh, and a bear on a slide. It’s all in the new edition of Your Weekend Reader.

Your Weekend Reader for April 19-20
Humor vs. tyrants. Easter Sunday and a possible resurgence in religion. Dollar woes. Jan. 6 “heroes.” The transfer portal bites OSU. The pleasures of print. Life on another planet. And the Giant Meteor returns. It’s all in the new edition of Your Weekend Reader.

Your Weekend Reader for April 12-13, 2025
The government knows about you. Undermining elections. Our Canadian friends are steamed. Absentee teachers. Funny books and sad books. Tending to your happiness 401(k). What water bottles say about you. All this and more is in the new edition of Your Weekend Reader.

Your Weekend Reader for April 5-6
Liberation Day hits home. Public schools in the crosshairs. Oregon sues Trump again and again. Vote-by-mail has fans. Misinformation and “Gaslight.” Free news on the web. Geothermal resurgence. And what Quakers can teach parents. It’s all in the new edition of Your Weekend Reader.

Your Weekend Reader for March 29-30
Big news at Samaritan. That chat about Yemen. Americans abroad answer for Trump. “Alien enemies” and where they camped. Administration cruelty. George Orwell. Overwhelmed by cuteness? There’s a word for that — and it’s part of the new edition of Your Weekend Reader.

Your Weekend Reader for March 22-23
A baby elephant. A stomach bug. The Trump administration. Budget uncertainty. Millionaire migration. The end of the universe. Conan O’Brien. Health tips on social media. Did I mention the baby elephant? It’s all in the spring break edition of Your Weekend Reader.

Your Weekend Reader for March 15-16
Scott Rueck and OSU basketball. The fight to undermine an important court ruling. Why invading Canada is a bad idea. The blood moon. A godless city within driving distance. News about dogs and cats. It’s all in the (somewhat late) Weekend Reader.
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