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Your Weekend Reader for April 23-24

If you’re confused about recycling, join the club. Also: The new abortion wars. Agility Robotics. Money and the Fourth Congressional District. Conservatives and the media. “Everything Everywhere.” Jon Stewart. And OSU gymnast Jade Carey. It’s all in the new edition of Your Weekend Reader.

Your Weekend Reader for April 16-17

The Oregon governor’s race heats up. The rise of stupidity. Psilocybin through the centuries. Steven Kwan’s hot bat. The truth about starlings. All this and more in the new edition of Your Weekend Reader.

Your Weekend Reader for April 9-10

Congressional pork is back. GOP hopefuls clash. Statehouse reporters surge, kind of. Options to daylight saving time. A Portland artist backs Ukraine. Tiger Woods’ footwear. And the Grammys slowly crawl into the future.

Your Weekend Reader for April 2-3

A feud between a legislator and an Oregon newspaper. Gas prices. A lighthouse for sale. Why everyone is acting weird. And the guitar solo is no longer trendy. It’s all here in the new Weekend Reader.

Your Weekend Reader for March 26-27

“Greater Idaho” and abortions. Flu season. The streets of your city. OK, climate doomer. The power of bad news. “The Power of the Dog.” Free speech and campaign cash. And clever magpies. They’re all in “Your Weekend Reader.”

Your Weekend Reader for March 19-20

Spring break arrives. The case against daylight saving. Coronavirus lurks. Primary elections loom. Alden vs. Lee. William Hurt in Oregon. Classical and jazz music — and toilet-training cats.

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.