Organizing Grievances

Oh, hey! TABOR is back! The Dems at the statehouse want to do something about this budget crisis we're having in Oregon. Well, not so mu...

Anyone else watch Fox News' Trillion with a T ? I tuned in for the promised Andy Stern action, but there was very little of it. He got...

A lot of the legislative agenda is driven by assumptions that have reached the level of given facts . Science is an ever changing rubric a...

There's nothing like hanging in your childhood home to lead you into deep, obscene feats of regression and recapitulation. Perhaps that...

1) Andy Stern on the New Moment here's the Nation editor KVH swooning a little bit over Andy. it's an interesting opportunity to he...

So fine - I get that Obama campaigned on ending the divisiveness and distractions that have characterized the politics of the last fifteen y...

Oh jeepers! Colorado's M54, the anti-union-security initiative we narrowly defeated under the name of M64 here in Oregon, has passed! N...

How desperate is Gordon Smith? He is trying to defeat Merkely by running as a Democrat , which has opened the door to an attack from his ...

Smaller media markets, like, say, Eugene, OR, tend to have... let's call it quirkier on-air personalities for their local shows. Like t...

Exactly as it appears in the Oregon Voters Guide : State Treasurer Michael Marsh Constitution Occupation: Maintenance Occupational B...

While we're at it, let me toss in a "Me three!" in response to Dave and Wobs. As most of you know, I recently returned to my h...

Sarah Palin. I've heard something about her being "a maverick" : Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said Friday that she disagrees with ...

I vaguely remember Al Swearengen saying something to the effect of "Declare your intentions or go fuck yourself." The sentiment v...

I don't think Thomas Schaller's sneeringly delivered and thinly-veiled derision of Deaniacs, Obamabots, and other progressive grass...

Here in Oregon, we loves us some citizen initiative process for the expression of the "peoples" voices. Got an issue? Gather som...

Cokie should have taken Bob Roberts' advice and stayed off of the crack. These are the things you think up while high. Going on vacatio...

Have you all read about this ? An advertising campaign launched on the London Underground during gay pride week earlier this month has cau...

Guess what, everyone - it’s Canada Day ! It’s the day on which Canadians celebrate… well, we’re not exactly sure what. It’s probably the da...