Oregon politics got a little less interesting last Thursday, when the state Supreme Court unanimously upheld a ruling kicking journalist and would-be candidate for governor Nick Kristof off the...
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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 Feb. 5-6
We've reached the first weekend in February, a month that usually filled me with dread when I lived in Montana. But here in the Willamette Valley, February (although it still can offer some raw...
Your Weekend Reader for Jan. 29-30
The intersection between the coronavirus and Oregon state politics has been a busy place for the last couple of years, and traffic at that crossroads was particularly heavy this last week. But...
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...
Your Weekend Reader for Jan. 1-2
Happy New Year! Here's hoping that 2022 brings you nothing but good news -- and, now, let me set about breaking that particular resolution. (I promise this edition gets happier as it goes along --...
Your Weekend Reader for Dec. 11-12
Happy holidays. Let me ruin your weekend by calling your attention to a blockbuster Atlantic story by Barton Gellman (he's the reporter who wrote the story outlining the strategy by then-President...
Your Weekend Reader for Nov. 20-21
Thanksgiving is Thursday, and so I vowed to stuff this edition of Your Weekend Reader with stories that evoked some sense of gratitude -- and that vow lasted until Monday morning, when I read this...