We started the last edition of Weekend Reader with a disturbing report close to home: a New York Times story about death threats being sent to a member of the Corvallis School Board. This week,...
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Your Weekend Reader for Nov. 6-7
Only a few shopping weeks remain until Christmas -- but if you'd rather blow another couple of days with carefully curated and provocative reading selections, that's a good choice as well,...
Your Weekend Reader for Oct. 30-31
Boo! It's Halloween weekend, and the weather out here looks like it'll be a nice night on Sunday for trick-or-treating. In that spirit, this edition of Your Weekend Reader features all treats, and...
Your Weekend Reader for Oct. 23-24
Let's start this weekend with a provocative new piece from The Atlantic's Pulitzer-winning science writer, Ed Yong, about the future of public health -- a particularly timely topic these days....
Your Weekend Reader for Oct. 16-17
Update: Washington State University head football coach Nick Rolovich, who's mentionedin an item below, was fired on Monday, along with four of his assistants, for refusing to get a COVID...
Your Weekend Reader for Oct. 9-10
Let's start with a deep dive into the state of local newspapers today. I promise I have some fun reads in store this weekend, but this isn't one of them: Elaine Godfrey, a staff writer at The...
Vaccine quote in story required additional context
A recent story in the Gazette-Times about a protest against the city's regulations regarding first responders who aren't vaccinated against the coronavirus included this quote from one of the...
Your Weekend Reader for Oct. 2-3
I'm posting this edition of Your Weekend Reader earlier than usual so that you have a few hours to bid on some of the Duck Stamp paintings that "Last Week Tonight" entered into the annual U.S. Fish...
Your Weekend Reader for Sept. 25-26
Wait: This is the last weekend of September? How did that happen? It's an eternal question, that "How did that happen?" I'm not sure there's always a good answer. But, as you ponder it, you could...