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Your Weekend Reader for Feb. 1-2
Ah, February – such a nice month, if you ignore the snow. Also: Flooding the zone. Trump’s legal wins. Legislature grapples with housing – and homelessness. Tailing journalists. And TV title sequences. It’s all in the new edition of Your Weekend Reader.
Your Weekend Reader for Jan. 25-26
Paying attention. More on the Ellis case. A googly eyes culprit. Bend residents try to buy the mountain. Trump and McKinley. Mapmakers’ dilemma. “The Substance” and Oscar surprises. It’s all in the new edition of Your Weekend Reader.

Your Weekend Reader for Jan. 18-19
Stop that doomscrolling for a spell. David Lynch on the weather. Councilor Ellis prevails. The new American solitude. Start your Oscar prep now. The other Donald Trump. And wise words from Martin Luther King Jr. It’s all in the new edition of Your Weekend Reader.

Your Weekend Reader for Jan. 11-12
Rewriting Jan. 6. Meta bags fact-checking. Murdoch endorses Carter! Wildfires in Los Angeles. Power-hogging data centers. RIP, Sam Moore. And need a getaway in eastern Oregon? One’s on the market for a mere $35 million. It’s all in the new edition of Your Weekend Reader.

Your Weekend Reader for Jan. 4-5
Resolved: Read more about resolutions. A representative’s advice. Shouldn’t there be more parties? Monkeys typing Shakespeare. Jimmy Carter in 17 objects. Wolves. Public domain newcomers. Solutions journalism. It’s all in the new edition of Your Weekend Reader.

Your Weekend Reader for Dec. 28-29
Taking stock of stuff. Homelessness increases. Tuning out the news. Homebound on New Year’s Eve. Parker passes its solar test. A weird Order link to OSU. What journalists can learn from YouTubers. Atlantic trivia. And who’s that at the door? The answer is in the new edition of Your Weekend Reader.

Holiday Music Hall of Fame: The 2024 inductees
Here are the 2024 inductees into my Holiday Music Hall of Fame. It’s a good year for a pair of holiday classics, some new tunes with classic potential and a number of interesting tunes.

Christmas music comes this time each year
It’s not too late to nominate songs for inclusion into my Holiday Music Hall of Fame. But you need to act fast.
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