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Your Weekend Reader for March 12-13
A new and sobering look at the pandemic. What’s up with gas prices? Lots of news about Oregon journalism. A deep dive into a great Auden poem. And my Oscar challenge is back.
Your Weekend Reader for March 5-6
The Legislature calls it a session. You, too, can gerrymander political districts. A long-lost map by William Clark resurfaces. Drought endures, as does our national attention deficit. It’s all in this week’s edition of Your Weekend Reader.
Your Weekend Reader for Feb. 26-27
A note or two about Ukraine. The Oregon Legislature. Alden and Lee tussle some more. Clarence and Ginni Thomas. Unhappy students. Coronavirus good news, at last. OSU’s Andrea Aquino. Wordle. Oscar screenplays. It’s in the new edition of Your Weekend Reader.
Your Weekend Reader for Feb. 12-13
Boy, what a nice weekend so far, eh? The sunshine. The warm weather. The flowers blooming. Just another nice mid-valley February day -- until you start to think: Is this TOO nice for the middle of...
Your Weekend Reader for Jan. 22-23
My two daughters were grown and out of the house by the time the pandemic hit, so I couldn't imagine the burden that the coronavirus put on families with children. So here's a new piece in The...
Your Weekend Reader for Jan. 15-16
Even by the admittedly somewhat dubious standards of Your Weekend Reader, this week's edition is all over the board. There's no rhyme or reason or pattern to this weekend's selections -- just a...
Bowl numbers tell the story of Pac-12 weakness
The college football season came to an end earlier this week, with the national championship game. Judging by who was on the screen most of the time when I popped in to view ESPN's broadcast, it...
Your Weekend Reader for Jan. 8-9
Let's try something different with this edition of Your Weekend Reader: Instead of leading this week with stories about the grave dangers facing American democracy (not that those are going away),...