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Your Weekend Reader for Oct. 10-11
The Beavers get national love. The time change looms. Corvallis budget woes. Three questions about politics that may never be answered. Exercises for breaking the doomscrolling “creep.” And the Cherry Sisters leave their mark on libel law. It’s a new edition of Your Weekend Reader.
Your Weekend Reader for Oct. 3-4
Gubernatorial clash. Affordable housing cash. Predicting election mischief. Colleges, men and rape. Goodbye, hemp. Good news and bad about journalism. And news you can use — including why now is a great time to get your flu shot. It’s all in the new edition of Your Weekend Reader.
Your Weekend Reader for Sept. 26-27
AI, engineers, and a billion-dollar donation. The five freedoms in the First Amendment. More on McClatchy’s layoffs. The best TV of the century, and what those shows say about us. Defining America through song. It’s all in a wide-ranging edition of Your Weekend Reader.
Your Weekend Reader for Sept. 19-20
Summer ends. Fall looms. Transportation news, from bikes to trains. A “high-IQ” take on AI. New cats. “An infinite sea of rats.” Invader crabs! Trump vs. the press. A little less doom and gloom in the new edition of Your Weekend Reader.
Your Weekend Reader for Sept. 12-13
Election mischief. Who’s worried about AI? “The Simpsons” states the obvious. Corvallis grapples with homelessness, again. A hotter planet. A climate website, and a sure thing. Trump’s $5K offer. New arcade games for the White House. Tracy Daugherty’s new book. It’s all in the new edition of Your Weekend Reader.
Your Weekend Reader for Sept. 5-7
In which Your Weekend Reader makes a somewhat successful attempt to pivot away from doomscrolling — unless you’re the road runner. Also: Better balance. in Eugene. Meditation side effects. “Lake America” flops. “Build the Wall” misses the point of “Tetris.” And social media on film.
Your Weekend Reader for Aug. 29-30
Want to track state expenditures on low-income housing? You’re out of luck. Also: Corvallis politics. Undermining faith in elections. Candidates pay “influencers.” Hungry Americans. Recycling. Gill Coliseum. Another space telescope. Another “Odyssey.” Trump comedy. And Dolly Parton in Eugene. It’s all in the new edition of Your Weekend Reader.
Your Weekend Reader for Aug. 22-23
The GOP policy on homelessness. Oregon wildfires. A gubernatorial race. Corvallis budget woes. “The General” turns 100. Slower text messages – way slower. Wile E. gets his day in court, and in theaters. “Graceland” at 40. It’s all in the new edition of Your Weekend Reader.
Your Weekend Reader for Aug. 15-16
Undermining elections. Thwarting evildoers. Blaming everyone else. Just another day for POTUS. Also: More guns. A Pentagon curriculum. Content creation scholars. “Spider-Man.” “The Evil Dead.” “The Simpsons.” And raccoons! It’s a new edition of Your Weekend Reader.
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