One: If you're sitting around this weekend in awe of the western Oregon March snowfall, perhaps the issue of global climate change will enter your mind. Or maybe it won't because you'll just be too damn cold to care. Either way, Cascade Policy Institute is schlepping Patrick Michaels (a guy who want...

One: If you're sitting around this weekend in awe of the western Oregon March snowfall, perhaps the issue of global climate change will enter your mind. Or maybe it won't because you'll just be too damn cold to care. Either way, Cascade Policy Institute is schlepping Patrick Michaels (a guy who want...

Last night I schlepped myself down to Backspace in Portland to take in Brewhaha, the latest quirky and fun Bus Project voter education program. The event featured a series of throw down debates between folks representing a variety of Oregon budget issues that may see the ax fall their way. An NCAA B...

Last night I schlepped myself down to Backspace in Portland to take in Brewhaha, the latest quirky and fun Bus Project voter education program. The event featured a series of throw down debates between folks representing a variety of Oregon budget issues that may see the ax fall their way. An NCAA B...

It's been awhile since we checked in on the yet unresolved U.S. Senate race in Minnesota between Democrat Al Franken and Republican incumbent Norm Coleman. I suspect that if the situation between the two were reversed, the Republican political theatre machine would have long since beaten Franken to ...

It's been awhile since we checked in on the yet unresolved U.S. Senate race in Minnesota between Democrat Al Franken and Republican incumbent Norm Coleman. I suspect that if the situation between the two were reversed, the Republican political theatre machine would have long since beaten Franken to ...

The State Department of Land Conservation and Development today plopped the equivalent of a bomb on efforts to build destination resorts at the Metolius. At the request of Governor Kulongoski, the department earlier proposed banning destination resorts by designating the Metolius River Basin as "an ...

The State Department of Land Conservation and Development today plopped the equivalent of a bomb on efforts to build destination resorts at the Metolius. At the request of Governor Kulongoski, the department earlier proposed banning destination resorts by designating the Metolius River Basin as "an ...

My previous missives reporting on attempts to build destination resorts at the Metolius included references to the fact that the developers have so far failed to acquire land use rights under Oregon law to build. Jefferson County Commissioners attempted to change the zoning map to give the landowner...

My previous missives reporting on attempts to build destination resorts at the Metolius included references to the fact that the developers have so far failed to acquire land use rights under Oregon law to build. Jefferson County Commissioners attempted to change the zoning map to give the landowner...