edited by: Mike Landfair,
Oregon Editor
By Erika Weisensee
Milwaukie Writing Mom
“It’s A Wonderful Life,” the 1946 Christmas film starring Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed, has become a holiday classic. And, many of us know much of it by heart. “Look, Daddy. Teacher says, every time a bell rings an angel gets [...]
Lebanon farmer Jim Just has had enough. Apparently watching the organization that's supposed to be advocating for your best interest tear at the fabric of what you hold dear is aggravating as hell. Just is asking the Oregon Farm Bureau to stop spreading falsehoods about Measures 66 and 67:
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I don't remember the date of the post but not long ago I referenced a moonbatty accusation by BlueOregonner Kari Chisholm where he was insinuating that conservatives (tea party folks even) had maybe...
' [...] The Oregon Walk + Bike Committee invites coordinators, teachers, and students from around the state to submit stories and photos for the January e-newsletter.
Ideas include:
Your community's year-round walk and bike activities Stories or photos of students braving winter weather Upcoming events, workshops, or trainings for parents Tips for staying warm and dry on [...]
Looks like he's unhappy in L.A. Plus, he's a Montana boy; this is the second closest NBA team to his hometown. (And I don't see him in Utah.) He'd have the Blazers in the finals within two years. [Via Dwight.] [...] 
The Daily Journal of Commerce reported this afternnon that the move to start a petition to get a non-tribe casino at Wood Village is much closer. It is being sold as a job stimilus project.I’m stunned by the priest’s advice, but then the government does it all the time. |It’s interesting that it’s ok to shoplift, but not to burgle.
“Don’t steal from small businesses, but shoplift the large companies. They will just pass on the cost.”
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There are a few hot topics in America today. Healthcare is of course the big one but shortly behind it you'll hear about taxes and education funding. It would be hard to find a person that doesn't agree with the idea that our schools are underperforming [...]
By Dave Anderson:
Paul Krugman is too polite as he accurately describes the broken dynamic of the faux deficit hawks and centrists in the Senate, I'll translate at the end.
I’m talking instead about the self-described centrists, pundits and politicians, who have spent years lecturing us on the need to make' [...]
There is no group of people with more inflated or less deserved senses of importance, ability and entitlement that K12 teachers, with the possible exception of lawyers. Think about it, if all the teachers, lawyers and coffee shop employees disappeared tonight, which would you really [...] Blazers practice: Lineup changes may be on the horizon
The hints are oblique, but you can understand why, as the Blazers come back home for a date with the semi-resurgent Kings, the buzz in P-Town is revolving [...]
As we look toward the New Year, we think about all the people we wish well in the year to come. Of course, for the most part, our wishes are directed to people we know personally. But sports fans also think about our favorite teams and players. And we political [...]
The Oregonian, after missing a major teacher rally last month, sent a reporter to tonight’s rally, where teachers called for a contract to replace the one that expired 531 days ago. Kim Melton reports that teachers disrupted the school board meeting, with superintendent Carole Smith and board members [...]
By John Ballard
If more Congressional interns and staff would tear themselves away from legislative mouseprint long enough to read another language (scientific research, for example) health care reform would be more effective and less costly at the same time. It's a stretch, but I keep hoping.
By Dave Anderson:
I've been tough on Altmire and I still think that he faces an uphill battle for re-election as I have a very hard time seeing where he will get his doorknockers to rouse an apathetic Democratic base in a Tea Party friendly district. He has voted against' [...]
In negotiations Friday, the teachers’ union offered a settlement package including concessions the district has been demanding. Portland Public Schools negotiators accepted the concessions, and demanded more.
Frustrated by this lack of progress, teachers will once again take to the streets and march on the school board Monday to [...]
Faith and Family Film Review: Invictus
By Catholic Office of Film and Broadcasting
Invictus—Uplifting sports drama, based on actual events, about South African President Nelson Mandela’s (Morgan Freeman) campaign to unite his country behind the national rugby team (led by Matt Damon), once a widely hated [...]
Senate Republicans offer stranded members of Oregon National Guard a trip home for the holidays
NBC-Wall Street Journal 
