By Dave Anderson:
Budgets are moral documents as they are the practical implementation and prioritization of plans and values.
Ezra Klein notes where the priorities of the American elite lie:
As Annie Lowrey points out, Obey isn't trying to make the Iraq and Afghanistan wars deficit-neutral. He's not even trying to' [...]
By Tim Duy,
Oregon Economic Forum
The University of Oregon Index of Economic Indicators rose 0.6 percent in October to 85.0 from a revised September figure of 84.5. The behavior of the UO Index suggests that the recession has ended in Oregon; the measure of recession [...]
The Bend Bulletin ran an article this week taking in various opinions on what is the most environmentally best Christmas tree a family should buy. Nationally, during the popular NY Rockefeller Christmas Tree lighting ceremony they are asking people to Text for a Tree [...]
From Multnomah University News
Dr. Willard M. Aldrich passed away due to natural causes on November 27, 2009. He was 100 years old, and served as President Emeritus at Multnomah University.
Dr. Aldrich founded Multnomah School of the Bible with Dr. B.B. Sutcliffe and Dr. John Mitchell in [...]
Let’s talk about fear. I don’t mean the scary kind of horror movie fear. I mean the kind of fear Americans have about what President Obama might do. 
Oregon Joins Select Group of States in Calling for Reform of Federal Toxic Substances Control Act
BY Oregon Department of Environmental Quality,
Federal legislation may be introduced soon; EPA administrator also supports reform
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality Director Dick Pedersen today signed a statement of principles [...]
Friday is D-day! This from the Coalition for a Livable Future:
Protest and Testify at the CRC Project Sponsors' Council meeting
When: Fri, Dec 4
9:30 am - action before the meeting
10am - public testimony
Where: Port of Portland
121 NW Everett St, Portland
Background
Cuts have been made to the Columbia' [...]
41BCT PATCH: The Sunset Patch is the official unit insignia of the Oregon Army National Guard's 41 Infantry Brigade Combat Team. It features the setting sun over a field of blue water. In 2005, the unit participated in search and rescue operations in Louisiana following the [...] 
With Congress occupied in the grinding process of health reform, the estate-tax-repeal train has been getting ready to leave the station. Absent congressional action, the estate tax will cease to exist for one year in 2010.
The one-year repeal of the estate tax, a key barrier against the rise of [...]
Commentary By Ron Beasley
Fred Kaplan correctly states Obama's War begins. He then correctly asks the question but where does it end? We have asked what does winning look like? The reality is war is profitable and it's a mistake to look for a win in the valleys and mountains [...]
The Royal Harpist for Prince Charles appears to have committed a number of burglaries, and the 28-year-old had her day in court. Giving evidence, Ms Phillips told the jury her younger brother died at an early age, she was bullied at school and has been in a series of [...]
Most Hollywood types are dorks, and Richard Gere is no exception.
That said, it's still amazing that he's looking at a fine of $50,000 for the crime of cutting down trees on his own property in order to build a horse facility.
Apparently, you no longer actually own anything in this [...]
University of Oregon Professor Bill Harbaugh (right), a classic troublemaker, has been relentlessly hassling the administrators of his university for many years. As just one example, it seems likely that he's one of the voices (if not the only voice) reflected on the anonymous blog UO Matters. [...] It’s post Thanksgiving. And you’re likely still suffering from some form of the “I can’t believe I ate the whole thing” post traumatic stress disorder. It’s only natural, given our annual homage to unbridled gluttony. No doubt, in this sadly altered state, you’re likely thinking, “I should really try to [...]
As I’ve mentioned before, I’m working for the Yes campaign on Measures 66 and 67. Facing an opposition effort led by a tobacco lobbyist, we suspected we might have to debunk a few false claims, and we’ve yet to be disappointed. But this week, Mark Nelson took it to a whole new [...]
If you're not familiar with Oregon Republican Jeff Kropf, he's a seed farmer from Sublimity who was a relatively prominent member of the state House in the Legislature, until he decided that keeping his opponent from getting equal time while Kropf fulminated as Lars Larson's radio stand-in was more [...]
We just added a new button (look to your right) underneath the “Current Issue” button that you can click and be able to purchase a copy of our book By the Barrel: 25 Years of the Oregon Commentator.
Clicking the button takes you to another page that [...]
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Sara and Tori are joined by Roger Geller, City Bicycle Coordinator in the Office of the Director and creator of the Bicycle Master Plan. The 2030 Bicycle Plan is the crystal ball to the future of cycling and the city's goals. [...]
Yesterday, President Obama detailed his plan for troop increases for Afghanistan. The Oregonian's Charlie Pope pulled together the responses from Oregon's congressional delegation. Here's some excerpts:
Sen. Ron Wyden – D
“I am skeptical that committing tens of thousands of additional men and women -- and billions of additional tax dollars [...]By Steve Hynd
Justin Elliot at TPM has done sterling work getting some figures out of the DoD on the number of private security contractors in Afghanistan.
The latest figure on DOD contractors in the country is a whopping 104,100, a spokesman for U.S. Central Command tells TPM. That number, which [...]
This Saturday brings a celebration for the publication of the book Where The Revolution Began: Lawrence and Anna Halprin and the Reinvention of Public Space, published by Spacemaker Press.
In the Ziba World Headquarters atrium (1044 NW Ninth Ave.) at 2PM, there will be a [...]
This Saturday brings a celebration for the publication of the book Where The Revolution Began: Lawrence and Anna Halprin and the Reinvention of Public Space, published by Spacemaker Press.
In the Ziba World Headquarters atrium (1044 NW Ninth Ave.) at 2PM, there will be a [...]
While much has been made by the left regarding the relatively small amounts of money that some corporations have paid for scientific studies, they continually overlook the monumental amounts of cash...
By Steve Hynd
Today, both US SecDef Bob Gates and UK prime minister Gordon Brown revealed that Obama's announcement of a 2011 "beginning of the end" - and Brown's earlier announcement of a 2010 date for starting a British withdrawal - were simply PR statements intended to soften public perceptions of [...]
By Steve Hynd
Whether they be pro-occupation neoliberals, anti-occupation realist conservatives, or any of the other various permutations, the overall opinion of pundits seems to be that Obama's speech stank on ice. It wasn't one of his best performances by a long chalk. He seemed at times visibly angry' [...]
On Carla's post yesterday about the so-called "job-killing taxes", a commenter (Bob Wiggins) marched out a tried-and-true line to attack the measures.
Whether or not this particular business will be hurt seems less important than the fact that these tax measures together will suck [...]The BTA needs skilled mechanics to help with basic bike maintenance and repair for our Bike Safety Education fleet. Donate your time and skills and help us teach bike safety education to over 5,000 kids around Oregon.
BSE Fleet Maintenance
Saturday December 19th
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
NE 21st and [...]
Update: 5:00PM: I do my best under regular circumstances (meaning when news outlets are smart enough to not put up insanely stupid firewalls) to link to material and excerpt just a little so that readers will click through and read the full material. The Bend Bulletin chooses to tie the [...]
James Fallows reminds us that, while Dick Cheney's score-settling behavior is unprecedented among former vice presidents, there is a sort of tradition among sitting VPs that Cheney successfully revived during his tenure: Shooting people.
Oh my gracious. I have come to the conclusion that this man (Obama) is not merely a bad president, a disingenuous president, but a president that is downright dangerous for this nation and the...
I was working at the OSU Portland Center offices yesterday and decided to lunch at the nearby Kenny & Zukes. When my credit card receipt came I encountered something new: a handy-dandy guide to help me calculate an appropriate tip. (Blurry photo provided above) Tipping [...] 
Commentary By Ron Beasley
This old hippie is tired of getting punched. I have no intention of voting for my Democratic congressman David Wu in 2010 even if it might mean a Republican will take the seat. Over at Hullabaloo tristero explains it better than I could:
There surely [...]President Barack Hussein Obama made a huge blunder last night. Instead being a true leader and announcing America's withdrawal from the hell-hole that is Afghanistan, he is now sending another 30,000...
By Dave Anderson:
The Typepad iteration of the Newshoggers has just put up its 5,000th post. We opened the doors here in April 2007 and have been writing up a storm since then. We are averaging a touch more than eight posts per day. Going back through the blogger 'Hog, the' [...]
By John Ballard
I wondered how long it would take. Or if it ever might.
In her early days Arianna Huffington was a poster child for the political right. Sullivan is by no means the first to make such a switch.
...there has to come a point at which a movement or [...]
Virtua-REO
