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Tuesday, January 17, 2012: Bicycle Rex meets another tax that he likes

Thursday, January 12, 2012: Portland auditor says DNA testing is too slow

Monday, January 9, 2012: They just did it

Wednesday, January 4, 2012: Super Carole breaks the news

Tuesday, December 20, 2011: A classic Salem runaround

Monday, December 19, 2011: Super Carole puts your present under the tree

Tuesday, December 13, 2011: Among those nuked: Tokyo schools

Wednesday, December 7, 2011: White smoke from Delta Tau Chi chimney

Monday, December 5, 2011: More biased reporting from the O

Friday, December 2, 2011: After the dead Duck, who will be the head Duck?

Tuesday, November 29, 2011: The morning after

Monday, November 28, 2011: Classic Scone

Monday, November 28, 2011: Lariviere had an official "mentor"

Monday, November 28, 2011: Blogger barred from executive session of higher ed board

Sunday, November 27, 2011: U of O circus coming to Portland

Sunday, November 27, 2011: University mansion egged in Eugene

Saturday, November 26, 2011: Kitzhaber to U of O: Drop dead

Saturday, November 26, 2011: Another voice of outrage

Friday, November 25, 2011: Did state higher ed board break public meetings law?

Wednesday, November 23, 2011: Uh oh, Duckies

Tuesday, November 22, 2011: U of O president canned!

Tuesday, November 22, 2011: Bellotti's pension could be worth $6.5 million

Sunday, November 20, 2011: The Ducks go down

Thursday, November 17, 2011: Portland cutting down trees in Grant Park

Wednesday, November 16, 2011: Sticking with tradition

Tuesday, November 15, 2011: Portland school boundary changes, version 18.12

Monday, November 14, 2011: Regular students at U of O tired of paying for jocks

Saturday, November 12, 2011: About that U of O police force

Thursday, November 10, 2011: Pretzel priorities out in the Beav'

Monday, October 31, 2011: Four more Portland school honchos 'fess up, pay up

Tuesday, October 25, 2011: Super Carole gets straight A's

Saturday, October 22, 2011: Jefferson High games now ending in shootouts

Friday, October 21, 2011: Super Carole releases a hostage

Wednesday, October 19, 2011: Super Carole 'fesses up, pays up

Monday, October 17, 2011: Oh, those kids

Thursday, October 13, 2011: The new Portland PC: No Halloween costumes

Monday, October 10, 2011: Reed nuke connection to psych building interests feds

Monday, October 10, 2011: (Alleged) Gropers in the News

Friday, October 7, 2011: The sound of silence

Thursday, October 6, 2011: Steve Jobs's Portland connection

Thursday, October 6, 2011: Freedom of information? Not in Eugene.

Thursday, September 29, 2011: Just outside of Sheridan, "Scientology High"

Thursday, September 29, 2011: Wim's paying Condi -- but you can't know how much

Wednesday, September 28, 2011: You better sit down, kids

Wednesday, September 28, 2011: Daycare (oui) or school (non)?

Monday, September 26, 2011: Portland school board takes another stab at it

Thursday, September 15, 2011: A naming oppportunity, missed

Wednesday, September 14, 2011: Why college athletics is so important

Tuesday, September 13, 2011: A cheer from the end zone

Tuesday, September 13, 2011: Up against the Wall (Street)

Monday, September 12, 2011: Mike Burton Travelgate case goes to next level

Saturday, September 10, 2011: "We're in enough hot water already"

Friday, September 9, 2011: Remembering Rudi Nussbaum

Thursday, September 8, 2011: Freudian slip

Thursday, September 8, 2011: A bit of revisionism at Portland Schools

Wednesday, September 7, 2011: Reed nuke reactor: growing old, but fired up more often

Monday, September 5, 2011: Checking out the talent

Saturday, September 3, 2011: If you smoke too much pot...

Thursday, September 1, 2011: The O completely misses the point

Wednesday, August 31, 2011: Beaver football sinking down with the rest

Wednesday, August 31, 2011: Cha-ching! Portland hires Ball Janik again.

Tuesday, August 30, 2011: Portland school officials lawyering up in election abuse case

Tuesday, August 30, 2011: Should school officials reimburse taxpayers for illegal mailers?

Monday, August 29, 2011: State says Portland schools broke law in bond measure campaign

Friday, August 19, 2011: Another blown story

Thursday, August 18, 2011: Coaching Ellis McCoy?

Tuesday, August 16, 2011: Did Phil Knight's money pay for strippers?

Wednesday, August 10, 2011: Immigration jail takes art school as human shield

Wednesday, August 3, 2011: Reed nuke one step closer to license renewal

Wednesday, August 3, 2011: A courageous voice is stilled

Saturday, July 30, 2011: Fore!

Monday, July 18, 2011: Turnover at switch of Reed nuke reactor

Monday, July 18, 2011: Kitzhaber's education chief: old face, strong union ties

Friday, July 15, 2011: Another distinction for Portland State

Wednesday, July 13, 2011: Barbur Boulevard MAX will have tunnel for OHSU

Monday, July 11, 2011: Feds, landlord had power to bump charter school out of SoWhat

Friday, July 8, 2011: Finally, some good news for Duck fans

Thursday, July 7, 2011: Jail Duck has plenty of cash

Wednesday, July 6, 2011: U of O football scandal moving faster than offense

Wednesday, July 6, 2011: Rotten to the core

Tuesday, July 5, 2011: Brains behind WES leaves his Portland State gig

Tuesday, June 28, 2011: A moment of sobriety in Salem

Friday, June 24, 2011: Standing in the shadows

Wednesday, June 15, 2011: Shape up or ship out -- and here's another $540,000

Tuesday, June 14, 2011: Jail Duck speeding story keeps getting better

Monday, June 13, 2011: From the Jail Duck police blotter

Sunday, June 12, 2011: U of O gets in bed with pure corruption

Monday, June 6, 2011: Why haven't they rebuilt Marysville School?

Sunday, June 5, 2011: Save the public schools: Call them prisons

Thursday, June 2, 2011: How to clean up college sports

Saturday, May 28, 2011: In agreement

Friday, May 27, 2011: Rimai in Cincy: liked, but not well liked

Thursday, May 26, 2011: The Ducks' secret stash

Wednesday, May 25, 2011: New honcho at "Let's Make a Deal - Portland State"

Monday, May 23, 2011: If you get too cold, I'll tax the heat

Thursday, May 19, 2011: And another thing...

Wednesday, May 18, 2011: To all the bummed-out Portland public school parents

Wednesday, May 18, 2011: Portland school construction bond election tightening up

Wednesday, May 18, 2011: Portland school construction bond losing, operating levy passing

Monday, May 16, 2011: Time has come today

Sunday, May 15, 2011: Why no media polls on Portland school tax ballot measures?

Saturday, May 14, 2011: Last-minute election porn for Portland school taxes

Friday, May 13, 2011: Save the planet! Build a seven-story office building.

Tuesday, May 10, 2011: Cogen's running for something

Sunday, May 8, 2011: Harsh spotlight on U of O jock mania

Saturday, May 7, 2011: Ding dong! It's for the children.

Friday, May 6, 2011: Is this what Kate Brown's talking about?

Thursday, May 5, 2011: Landing on her feet

Wednesday, May 4, 2011: Don't audit, don't audit so, don't audit so close to me

Monday, May 2, 2011: School tax shenanigans in Eugene even worse than Portland

Monday, May 2, 2011: A Jail Duck strikes out

Saturday, April 30, 2011: We completely agree

Thursday, April 28, 2011: Super Carole steps in another bucket

Thursday, April 28, 2011: Even the Blue no can do

Wednesday, April 27, 2011: Big chunks of Portland school tax to go for athletic fields

Monday, April 25, 2011: Tax Grandma out of her house -- it's for the children

Friday, April 22, 2011: Calculate what the Portland school tax ballot measures will cost you

Thursday, April 21, 2011: More campaign abuse from Portland public schools

Tuesday, April 19, 2011: Move over, Fireman Randy

Tuesday, April 12, 2011: Whole lotta chancellin' goin' on

Thursday, April 7, 2011: You read it here first -- Portland schools mailer looks illegal

Tuesday, April 5, 2011: Is Portland school bond campaigning on the public dime?

Sunday, April 3, 2011: Embarrassment in Eugene

Thursday, March 31, 2011: Duck and cover

Sunday, March 27, 2011: You know who's a cool guy?

Monday, March 21, 2011: Big East not so big after all

Friday, March 18, 2011: Countdown is on for mighty Peacocks

Monday, March 14, 2011: They're everywhere

Wednesday, March 9, 2011: Borrowing for maintenance

Tuesday, March 8, 2011: Would you want your high school graduation to be a Presidential speech?

Monday, March 7, 2011: Peacocks win!

Friday, March 4, 2011: It's not just the Jail Ducks

Friday, March 4, 2011: I'll major in what she's having

Monday, February 28, 2011: Move 'em? Or lay 'em off?

Wednesday, February 9, 2011: Doctor No may not have changed much

Wednesday, February 2, 2011: Back to school

Wednesday, February 2, 2011: Ring! Cell phone spam from Super Carole

Monday, January 31, 2011: Hear, hear

Saturday, January 15, 2011: Cue the lawyers

Thursday, January 13, 2011: I'm afraid to ask

Tuesday, January 11, 2011: The kids are all right

Friday, January 7, 2011: Edlen now getting big no-bid work from Portland school district

Friday, January 7, 2011: The studio version

Thursday, January 6, 2011: Sing along, everybody

Wednesday, January 5, 2011: Portland schools want *two* property tax measures?

Friday, December 31, 2010: Leave it to Stanford

Thursday, December 30, 2010: One for the books

Tuesday, December 28, 2010: Portland State alum gets fishy-looking poll

Tuesday, December 21, 2010: Developers getting into position to steal school land for condos

Tuesday, December 14, 2010: I have a simple question

Monday, December 6, 2010: A million different voices speaking in tongues

Wednesday, October 27, 2010: On the near horizon

Friday, October 22, 2010: What -- no eco-roof?

Thursday, October 21, 2010: OHSU, Portland State to form "strategic alliance"

Thursday, October 21, 2010: "Urban renewal," cop pensions lead Portland property tax increases

Saturday, October 9, 2010: So sweet

Monday, October 4, 2010: Add some bottom

Saturday, October 2, 2010: UO = Utterly Oblivious

Monday, September 27, 2010: A MacArthur Fellow for Oregon State

Monday, September 27, 2010: Super Carole's high school musical resumes

Saturday, September 25, 2010: The O reaches for the "r" word

Wednesday, September 15, 2010: Wheeler dealers

Monday, August 30, 2010: Super Carole postpones the inevitable

Sunday, August 29, 2010: Why Johnny can't learn

Thursday, August 26, 2010: More money drama for Portland public schools

Thursday, August 26, 2010: They don't even have a football team

Tuesday, August 24, 2010: The Golden Rule, Portland-style

Monday, July 19, 2010: Government by ambush

Monday, July 12, 2010: Gotta love a good joke

Tuesday, June 29, 2010: We can't have gym in Portland public schools...

Monday, June 28, 2010: Heaven just got funnier

Thursday, June 24, 2010: Super Carole cues up the next screamfest

Wednesday, June 23, 2010: Take me out to the stormwater management system

Monday, June 21, 2010: Final curtain falls on "Musical High Schools"

Thursday, June 17, 2010: The last thing that's needed

Wednesday, June 16, 2010: Portland's Musical High Schools plan falling apart?

Wednesday, June 16, 2010: We're drawing up a roadmap to steal -- you can help

Tuesday, June 15, 2010: Pomp, circumstance, and silly string

Sunday, June 13, 2010: Stennie-in-chief suddenly weighs in on high school plan

Friday, June 11, 2010: Portland High School Closure Plan of the Day

Tuesday, June 8, 2010: Public bidding? Just dodge it.

Sunday, June 6, 2010: Super Carole goes all post-9/11 after boy disappears

Thursday, June 3, 2010: Super Carole wades in a little deeper

Tuesday, June 1, 2010: Super Carole revising her musical high schools game plan

Tuesday, June 1, 2010: On the Idaho side of Portland

Tuesday, May 25, 2010: All I need to know

Tuesday, May 25, 2010: Goodbye, cruel world

Thursday, May 20, 2010: New principal at Grant High?

Thursday, May 20, 2010: Super Carole cans Jefferson High principal, business manager

Thursday, May 20, 2010: Duck prez: "You borrow $800 million, hand it over to us, then go away"

Tuesday, May 18, 2010: Outrage 'R' Us

Tuesday, May 18, 2010: Page 24 is missing

Monday, May 17, 2010: When the music stops, find a seat

Sunday, May 16, 2010: NSFW -- but o.k. for the fourth grade

Friday, May 7, 2010: Latest Portland sewer fund raid: Community college scholarships

Friday, May 7, 2010: John Tripp: RIP

Friday, May 7, 2010: Nightmare on Fourth Avenue

Thursday, May 6, 2010: OHSU overlord to change hats

Wednesday, May 5, 2010: That way Madness lies

Saturday, May 1, 2010: Tipping point at UC Nike

Friday, April 30, 2010: Zinger of the Day

Friday, April 30, 2010: Playground flap gets cleared up

Tuesday, April 27, 2010: Enjoy Willamette Park while you can

Monday, April 26, 2010: Reed College heroin story makes splash in New York Times

Saturday, April 24, 2010: Drug cops to patrol year-end party at Reed College

Friday, April 23, 2010: Finally, some biotech jobs at OHSU

Thursday, April 22, 2010: This land is your land

Tuesday, April 20, 2010: How to stay out of the Army

Monday, April 19, 2010: Kissing the swoosh

Saturday, April 17, 2010: Sick reaches a new depth

Monday, April 12, 2010: My blood runs cold, my memory has just been sold

Wednesday, April 7, 2010: What the Portland police need

Saturday, April 3, 2010: Two great Portland government programs rolled into one

Tuesday, March 30, 2010: Kroger scrutinizing Bellotti's parachute

Monday, March 29, 2010: Linear equations

Saturday, March 20, 2010: Crazy Sweet 16

Saturday, March 20, 2010: Closing an escape hatch

Saturday, March 20, 2010: Straight outta Bluehour

Thursday, March 18, 2010: A different kind of bracket

Thursday, March 11, 2010: And in LaJail Ducks news...

Wednesday, March 10, 2010: Once coveted, now unwanted

Tuesday, March 9, 2010: Congratulations, Central Catholic High School

Friday, March 5, 2010: The slicer is turning for the Portland high school shutdown

Wednesday, March 3, 2010: Ring, ring goes the bell

Sunday, February 28, 2010: What the signs really mean: Save Grant High School

Friday, February 26, 2010: A question written in the dust

Tuesday, February 23, 2010: ACLU on religious dress ban: Let's talk

Monday, February 22, 2010: Jail Duck of the Day

Saturday, February 20, 2010: Jail Ducks, cont'd

Saturday, February 20, 2010: Cell antenna radiation: It's for the children

Friday, February 19, 2010: Fake New York taking over Eugene

Thursday, February 18, 2010: New pastime at UC Nike

Thursday, February 18, 2010: Hey, kids! Free laptops!

Wednesday, February 17, 2010: To Sir, with love... NOT

Sunday, February 14, 2010: Goodbye, Corvallis

Thursday, February 11, 2010: OHSU loses again

Monday, February 8, 2010: Even Fatter Tuesday

Friday, February 5, 2010: Goofing on the principal on MySpace

Monday, February 1, 2010: The OHSU tram as parking shuttle

Monday, January 25, 2010: New achievement for Ducks football team

Saturday, January 23, 2010: More fun and games at UC Nike

Wednesday, January 20, 2010: Another great moment in education

Friday, January 15, 2010: I thought they were shutting this turkey down

Friday, January 1, 2010: Can I go via Duck, just for a day?

Thursday, December 10, 2009: Reader poll: Is Adelman getting a special deal?

Wednesday, December 9, 2009: Another thumb up for the OHSU "governance" model

Tuesday, December 8, 2009: No practice this weekend

Sunday, December 6, 2009: Crooks

Thursday, December 3, 2009: Pasadena via Duck

Thursday, December 3, 2009: Hey tonight

Tuesday, November 24, 2009: Lincoln High soap opera heats up

Tuesday, November 24, 2009: Blue Oregon

Wednesday, November 18, 2009: Frohnmayer's folly

Wednesday, November 18, 2009: A night on the Palouse

Monday, November 16, 2009: Tivo would be cheating

Saturday, November 14, 2009: Reader poll: Who is going to the Rose Bowl?

Saturday, November 14, 2009: Back in action

Thursday, November 12, 2009: When you read, you begin with $5, $10, $20

Thursday, November 12, 2009: Help Marysville School

Wednesday, November 11, 2009: Ain't no mountain high enough

Saturday, November 7, 2009: Sweet Saturday

Saturday, October 31, 2009: Red flag goes up at OHSU

Monday, October 19, 2009: More babble about "job creation"

Wednesday, October 7, 2009: Coach cries the blues

Tuesday, October 6, 2009: Smarter than Baltimore or Austin

Thursday, September 24, 2009: Portland State's new real estate broker

Thursday, September 17, 2009: Wheels coming off for the Adelmans

Tuesday, September 15, 2009: More fun and games with Coach

Tuesday, September 8, 2009: The latest rankings are in, and Portland...

Sunday, September 6, 2009: A long season begins -- and we don't mean football

Thursday, September 3, 2009: Don't let the lunch lady breathe on your pizza, either

Wednesday, August 26, 2009: Here we are now, entertain us

Friday, August 21, 2009: Keep an eye on Coach

Thursday, August 20, 2009: Laying himself off

Thursday, August 20, 2009: Trifecta

Friday, August 14, 2009: More cages at OHSU

Wednesday, July 29, 2009: Kun moga, kun moga, kun moga

Thursday, July 23, 2009: Rip (Off) City

Tuesday, July 21, 2009: Oregon gets a B

Wednesday, July 8, 2009: Take a flunk

Thursday, July 2, 2009: 26 years of student loans

Tuesday, June 30, 2009: High school dropout rate takes a leap

Friday, June 26, 2009: Be civic-minded -- get naked

Saturday, June 13, 2009: Before there was Google

Thursday, June 11, 2009: OHSU biotech breakthrough -- worthless to Portland

Thursday, June 11, 2009: "That doesn't happen here...

Tuesday, June 9, 2009: Reed as poster child

Sunday, June 7, 2009: Credit where credit is due

Sunday, May 31, 2009: See you around the Quad

Thursday, May 28, 2009: Creep Suzette

Tuesday, May 19, 2009: It's Election Day

Monday, May 18, 2009: Pill Hill reshuffling its financial deck

Thursday, May 14, 2009: More biotech lies from OHSU and the PDC

Thursday, May 14, 2009: KMHD could be on the rocks

Thursday, April 30, 2009: Bad penny

Monday, April 27, 2009: Four no-hitters in a row

Sunday, April 26, 2009: Leave your costume headgear at home

Monday, April 20, 2009: Here we go again with the CCCC

Wednesday, April 15, 2009: P.r. salvos fly in Oregon v. Oppenheimer

Sunday, April 12, 2009: Dough Re Mi U.

Wednesday, April 1, 2009: Another day at the beach

Tuesday, March 31, 2009: Don't condemn me, bro!

Wednesday, March 18, 2009: Obama has no faith in the Vikings

Wednesday, March 18, 2009: Hang up and teach

Wednesday, March 11, 2009: Who says teenagers aren't being prepared for the real world?

Tuesday, February 24, 2009: Portland is completely off its rocker now

Monday, February 23, 2009: A new tort cap for OHSU

Thursday, February 5, 2009: OHSU: "Stingy"

Saturday, January 31, 2009: Sam Adams: the "education mayor"?

Thursday, January 29, 2009: What recession? OHSU is hiring

Monday, January 26, 2009: Finally

Thursday, January 22, 2009: If you're going to have an aerial tram...

Tuesday, January 20, 2009: Going all the way

Tuesday, December 30, 2008: Where are Schrunk, Kroger, and Avakian?

Thursday, December 18, 2008: They'll just have to make do with last year's Jaguar

Thursday, December 11, 2008: No hard times for Dr. Scrooge

Monday, December 1, 2008: OHSU freezes salaries of the little people

Tuesday, November 18, 2008: False alarm

Tuesday, November 18, 2008: PSU on Portland population: City didn't give us the numbers

Monday, November 17, 2008: City of Portland's population has stopped growing, says PSU

Saturday, November 15, 2008: The latest from Pill Hill

Wednesday, November 12, 2008: As Dr. Demento is to music...?

Tuesday, November 11, 2008: Salem suddenly awash with cash for toys

Monday, November 10, 2008: Do it right

Saturday, November 8, 2008: Community service

Thursday, October 30, 2008: Semper ad hominem

Sunday, October 26, 2008: More last-minute election porn

Monday, October 20, 2008: Eleventh-hour arrival

Monday, October 20, 2008: Book burning in Halsey

Monday, October 20, 2008: Portland's blood drive for turnips

Friday, October 17, 2008: Schools in their sights

Wednesday, October 15, 2008: How sick it's gotten

Monday, October 13, 2008: Hold the ginger, please

Tuesday, October 7, 2008: Disaster out at Reynolds School District

Monday, September 29, 2008: Another trip to the well

Thursday, September 25, 2008: Can the Beavers hold on?

Wednesday, September 24, 2008: It's "for the children," but is it legal?

Friday, September 19, 2008: Your tax dollars at work, cont'd

Saturday, September 13, 2008: No party tonight

Friday, September 12, 2008: Dumb principals, cont'd

Thursday, September 11, 2008: How not to run a school cafeteria

Monday, August 25, 2008: Here we go again

Tuesday, August 19, 2008: Drove my Chevy to the levy

Sunday, August 17, 2008: Why Johnny can't read

Thursday, August 7, 2008: How dare he?

Friday, August 1, 2008: Days late, many dollars short

Wednesday, July 23, 2008: Pen pal

Saturday, July 12, 2008: Mr. Kaza's opus

Saturday, July 12, 2008: The smart people are arriving

Wednesday, July 9, 2008: It's obvious

Wednesday, July 9, 2008: Portland State? Let them eat cake.

Tuesday, July 8, 2008: Squeaky wheels

Tuesday, July 1, 2008: Don't leave it blank

Tuesday, June 17, 2008: Wow, what will they think of next?

Friday, June 13, 2008: Have a great weekend

Friday, June 13, 2008: 4-3-2-1-Yay!

Wednesday, June 11, 2008: The latest plague facing the public schools

Tuesday, June 10, 2008: School board to city: Waaaaaahh

Monday, June 2, 2008: Money's too tight to mention in La Grande

Monday, May 26, 2008: What can happen

Saturday, May 24, 2008: My day at the office

Saturday, May 24, 2008: As it's written in the Bible

Tuesday, May 13, 2008: You'll appreciate the convenience

Thursday, May 1, 2008: Near the village

Tuesday, April 29, 2008: Granny had it right

Monday, April 28, 2008: Why I'm not governor of Oregon

Monday, April 28, 2008: Dave Frohnmayer's retiring

Friday, April 25, 2008: Lonely at the top

Wednesday, April 23, 2008: My kind of art

Monday, April 7, 2008: Why they lost

Wednesday, April 2, 2008: He's not there

Tuesday, April 1, 2008: Say what you will about the PSU basketball team...

Sunday, March 23, 2008: Easter prayers

Friday, March 21, 2008: That was quick

Thursday, March 20, 2008: I say a little prayer for Duke

Thursday, March 20, 2008: Madness takes its toll

Tuesday, March 18, 2008: Told you so

Tuesday, March 18, 2008: These guys suck

Monday, March 17, 2008: Y'all have fun

Tuesday, March 11, 2008: UCLA will definitely make the Final Four

Monday, March 10, 2008: Exception

Sunday, March 9, 2008: Reader poll: Do Ducks belong in NCAA tourney?

Saturday, March 8, 2008: Hookah tookah

Friday, February 29, 2008: Why Sten's "satellite urban renewal" scheme is illegal

Friday, February 29, 2008: Another back-room deal on the aerial tram

Tuesday, February 19, 2008: Not so graet

Sunday, February 17, 2008: Bad Sport of the Month

Tuesday, February 5, 2008: February madness

Sunday, January 27, 2008: It starts early

Saturday, January 26, 2008: For English, press 1

Thursday, January 24, 2008: Bad day at anger management class

Thursday, January 24, 2008: My sentiments exactly

Tuesday, January 22, 2008: OHSU money woes: "It's all Jordaan Clarke's fault"

Monday, January 21, 2008: Inside the ivory tower, a copyright robo-cop?

Thursday, January 17, 2008: Going for the gusto

Wednesday, January 9, 2008: Finally, OHSU biotech jobs

Monday, December 31, 2007: Pill Hill follies

Thursday, December 20, 2007: In sports news

Tuesday, December 18, 2007: Another heinous juvenile delinquent

Monday, December 17, 2007: The richest person in Turkey

Sunday, December 16, 2007: Another vice principal shows the kids who's boss

Friday, December 14, 2007: First shoe drops

Wednesday, December 12, 2007: 3 R's on the www

Tuesday, December 11, 2007: "Today we're going on a field trip"

Sunday, December 2, 2007: As we like it

Sunday, November 18, 2007: They got that boom boom

Sunday, November 18, 2007: Road trip!

Thursday, November 15, 2007: Well, that's the end of that

Monday, November 5, 2007: Are days numbered for Portland public schools lottery?

Monday, November 5, 2007: Reader poll: Will the Ducks make it to national title game?

Tuesday, October 30, 2007: Crisis of the Century of the Week

Monday, October 22, 2007: Got Gocco?

Thursday, October 18, 2007: How far we've come

Thursday, October 18, 2007: OHSU study: High school drug testing doesn't help much

Wednesday, October 3, 2007: The saddle's about to get heavier

Tuesday, October 2, 2007: Kroger's website is a blog

Tuesday, October 2, 2007: More on Super Smitty

Monday, October 1, 2007: School board goes inside (sort of) for new super

Monday, October 1, 2007: Portlandia's Academe

Monday, October 1, 2007: One of a kind

Thursday, September 27, 2007: Not so fast, Batman

Thursday, September 20, 2007: Second shoe drops

Wednesday, September 19, 2007: Taught to the tune of a hick'ry stick

Wednesday, September 19, 2007: Finally, something NOT "for the children"

Saturday, September 15, 2007: Nutritious school lunch: Graham crackers and milk (or nothing)

Monday, September 10, 2007: Footsoldier promoted

Sunday, September 9, 2007: The original inconvenient truth

Tuesday, September 4, 2007: In the big spotlight

Tuesday, September 4, 2007: John Elway quarterbacking the Ducks?

Tuesday, August 21, 2007: The times they are a-changin'

Wednesday, August 15, 2007: Missed out

Thursday, August 9, 2007: Weird political science

Friday, July 27, 2007: A community builder on his birthday

Saturday, July 21, 2007: You knew it all along

Wednesday, July 11, 2007: Reader poll: Pot-smoking principal

Thursday, July 5, 2007: Round 3 of 3

Tuesday, July 3, 2007: Bar bar bar, bar bar review

Thursday, June 28, 2007: Latest casualty of the Bush Court

Wednesday, June 27, 2007: Aggie Fever

Wednesday, June 27, 2007: How hard ways

Wednesday, June 27, 2007: Pink-slipped by Rove

Tuesday, June 26, 2007: Ritual

Monday, June 25, 2007: The hits just keep on coming

Monday, June 18, 2007: Limiting his potential

Monday, June 18, 2007: Another senior prank gone bad

Monday, June 18, 2007: Dudley quits

Saturday, June 16, 2007: Kevin Bacon takes gig as school principal in Portland!

Thursday, June 14, 2007: Let's Keep Kids Stupid Dept., cont'd

Monday, June 11, 2007: More signs of hope

Saturday, June 9, 2007: Viva la Powers

Thursday, May 24, 2007: Dear Portland Public School bureaucrats

Tuesday, May 22, 2007: Oh very young, what will you leave us this time?

Tuesday, May 8, 2007: Milking it

Monday, May 7, 2007: What attracts the most spam

Wednesday, May 2, 2007: Not acceptable

Sunday, April 29, 2007: Kick 'em when they're down

Tuesday, April 24, 2007: New OHSU malpractice cap: $500K? $875K?

Tuesday, April 17, 2007: We know, we know

Tuesday, April 17, 2007: Moment of silence

Tuesday, April 17, 2007: Shining star

Monday, April 16, 2007: Never was there a better time to shut up

Monday, April 16, 2007: What they taught me in charm school, cont'd

Tuesday, March 13, 2007: The deadline looms

Monday, March 12, 2007: Ah, college days

Thursday, March 8, 2007: The scent of an "A"

Thursday, March 8, 2007: Gaudemus maxime

Monday, March 5, 2007: As high as you can get in Oregon (legally)

Friday, March 2, 2007: Lingua pulchra salvanda est

Thursday, March 1, 2007: Where kids can go if school's delayed again

Wednesday, February 28, 2007: Hold that thought

Thursday, February 1, 2007: Just another day at the network

Tuesday, January 16, 2007: It's too late, baby, now, it's too late

Tuesday, January 16, 2007: Will Title IX kill cheerleading?

Thursday, January 11, 2007: Why I use PowerPoint

Tuesday, January 9, 2007: Tram operating cost: $1.7 million a year

Friday, January 5, 2007: Lots of smoke, but the fire's missing

Thursday, December 28, 2006: Why do we never get an answer...

Wednesday, December 27, 2006: Jerry and me

Thursday, December 21, 2006: A semester on the road, Part 1

Saturday, December 16, 2006: Christmas music with a brain

Monday, December 11, 2006: Good, evil, and law school

Tuesday, December 5, 2006: Gig generator

Saturday, December 2, 2006: Why? Because they're better than you

Friday, November 17, 2006: Maybe Battle Ground

Thursday, November 9, 2006: Aerial tram cars on the move [rim shot]

Tuesday, October 31, 2006: Those behind-closed-doors Mount Tabor Park sale talks

Monday, October 30, 2006: Neighborhood updates

Friday, October 20, 2006: Super Vicki does the math for you

Monday, September 25, 2006: Weekend update

Saturday, September 23, 2006: For sale: Mount Tabor Park

Tuesday, September 19, 2006: Your Tuesday afternoon coffee break reads

Saturday, September 9, 2006: Guess who else

Wednesday, September 6, 2006: We can't let this stand!

Sunday, August 20, 2006: Keepin' it real

Wednesday, July 5, 2006: Days of the old schoolyard

Tuesday, June 20, 2006: Top 10 Things Overheard at the OHSU President Interviews

Tuesday, May 30, 2006: We're in the news

Thursday, May 4, 2006: Rocky Mountain high

Friday, April 28, 2006: Portland City Hall: Better than Detroit or New Orleans

Friday, April 7, 2006: The Complete Internal Revenue Code Podcast Project

Friday, March 24, 2006: Spring break!

Thursday, March 23, 2006: Moving targets

Thursday, March 16, 2006: Make room in the memorabilia box

Tuesday, March 14, 2006: The road to a diploma

Monday, March 13, 2006: Vote Sten and Saltzman -- for the children's sake

Thursday, March 2, 2006: Close six more schools?

Thursday, February 23, 2006: Wisdom, no extra charge

Sunday, February 19, 2006: Tireless helper

Friday, February 17, 2006: More bad news for school funding

Saturday, February 11, 2006: School tax chaos

Friday, February 3, 2006: Urgent

Friday, February 3, 2006: Remote control

Monday, January 30, 2006: Yes on the Portland income tax

Friday, January 27, 2006: Friday night at a bar (review)

Wednesday, January 18, 2006: Bring March Madness to Portland

Wednesday, January 11, 2006: Film at 11 -- not

Friday, December 30, 2005: My secret

Wednesday, December 21, 2005: Don't forget

Monday, December 19, 2005: Must-hear radio

Wednesday, December 7, 2005: My sentiments exactly

Sunday, November 20, 2005: Bus kid makes good, again

Monday, November 14, 2005: Rising star

Sunday, November 13, 2005: Tough love

Wednesday, November 9, 2005: Matter of opinion

Monday, November 7, 2005: All's well that ends well

Thursday, October 13, 2005: Rank incompetence

Wednesday, October 12, 2005: Good morning

Sunday, October 9, 2005: Was it something I blogged?

Sunday, September 4, 2005: Poll

Friday, July 8, 2005: Message to Super Vicki

Thursday, July 7, 2005: A visit to Blugene

Saturday, July 2, 2005: Brushes with greatness

Wednesday, June 29, 2005: Movin' on up

Thursday, June 2, 2005: A penny saved is $1.6 million paid to a rich guy

Sunday, May 29, 2005: Big Mike's got it right

Wednesday, May 11, 2005: Grinding 'em out

Friday, May 6, 2005: Won't you please, please help me

Wednesday, May 4, 2005: Exam Day

Friday, April 29, 2005: Show's over

Monday, April 25, 2005: Before you hit "send"...

Friday, April 15, 2005: Just in time

Wednesday, April 6, 2005: Wanted: Dummies

Friday, March 18, 2005: If the shoe fits

Wednesday, March 16, 2005: Rejected

Tuesday, March 8, 2005: Burn, baby, burn

Thursday, February 24, 2005: Baby, we were born to sue

Tuesday, February 15, 2005: Bright moments

Friday, February 11, 2005: Good news and bad news

Friday, February 11, 2005: Onward and upward

Thursday, February 10, 2005: Big day

Wednesday, February 9, 2005: No need to ahsk

Monday, February 7, 2005: Karoshi

Saturday, January 8, 2005: What they pay me for

Monday, December 27, 2004: I almost missed it

Monday, December 13, 2004: Skeletons in the closet

Thursday, December 9, 2004: On the flip side

Tuesday, December 7, 2004: Bumpy landings

Thursday, December 2, 2004: Blogs as a threat to freedom

Tuesday, November 30, 2004: Local nerd makes good

Tuesday, November 16, 2004: Good readin'

Wednesday, October 27, 2004: Must have been something I ate

Wednesday, October 27, 2004: Wipe out

Monday, October 25, 2004: Sad, sad night

Tuesday, September 21, 2004: Quotation of the Week

Thursday, August 19, 2004: Midnight oil

Wednesday, June 23, 2004: Go, Ducks!

Friday, June 18, 2004: Off the hook

Thursday, June 17, 2004: That summertime feeling

Wednesday, June 16, 2004: Tramcesconi

Tuesday, June 15, 2004: Let me call you "sweetheart"

Tuesday, June 15, 2004: Work to do

Tuesday, June 8, 2004: And the Law Prof Hunk of the Year is...

Sunday, June 6, 2004: Drive south

Friday, June 4, 2004: I know some Ph.D. candidates

Wednesday, May 26, 2004: And the nominees are...

Monday, May 17, 2004: Law Prof Hunk / Babe update

Monday, May 17, 2004: Ahhhh!

Tuesday, May 11, 2004: Announcing the Law Prof Hunk / Babe of the Year Contest

Friday, April 23, 2004: Friday on my mind

Wednesday, April 21, 2004: Show's over

Wednesday, April 14, 2004: Insomnia?

Thursday, April 8, 2004: Just another backroom deal

Tuesday, April 6, 2004: That ain't hay

Sunday, April 4, 2004: Get well, Doug

Sunday, March 21, 2004: Refuge in abstractions

Saturday, March 20, 2004: Decompression time

Thursday, March 4, 2004: Think you're so smart?

Saturday, February 28, 2004: This one got me misty

Friday, February 20, 2004: Challenged

Wednesday, February 11, 2004: Bounced

Wednesday, February 11, 2004: You know you have a weird sleep schedule when...

Tuesday, February 3, 2004: "Life 101"

Monday, February 2, 2004: Add to the roll

Sunday, January 25, 2004: Althouse is in the house

Sunday, January 18, 2004: New guy

Saturday, January 17, 2004: Nice work, Portland police

Saturday, January 10, 2004: Above this sceptred sway

Tuesday, December 16, 2003: Don't blame PowerPoint

Thursday, December 11, 2003: The hippest nun

Wednesday, December 10, 2003: The sleep of the just

Monday, November 17, 2003: It's in the can

Saturday, October 25, 2003: Lawyers as meat

Friday, October 3, 2003: Another Oregon blogger (sort of)

Monday, August 25, 2003: Back to life, back to reality

Sunday, August 10, 2003: Egads

Friday, July 25, 2003: Pressure's on

Thursday, July 17, 2003: Sage advice

Tuesday, July 15, 2003: We don't need another non-hero

Monday, July 14, 2003: From my clipping file

Monday, July 14, 2003: New Week's resolution

Thursday, July 3, 2003: Sing me, Muse, of moldy tile

Saturday, June 21, 2003: Aaaaaaaaaahhhhhh

Thursday, June 19, 2003: Two down, one to go

Monday, June 16, 2003: Hosted bar

Saturday, June 7, 2003: Death to America (but no death tax, please)

Tuesday, June 3, 2003: Cosi fan tutte

Monday, May 26, 2003: Clean slate

Saturday, May 24, 2003: Just when you thought my head couldn't swell any further

Friday, May 23, 2003: Devilish details

Tuesday, May 20, 2003: The results are in

Tuesday, May 20, 2003: Tonight's the night

Monday, May 5, 2003: Across the great divide

Tuesday, April 29, 2003: Overtime

Thursday, April 24, 2003: We love this, er, stuff

Thursday, April 24, 2003: Coda

Wednesday, April 16, 2003: Touche'

Wednesday, April 16, 2003: Duck and cover

Friday, April 11, 2003: Election Day

Friday, April 4, 2003: Learning to like the Gov

Tuesday, April 1, 2003: Ten HUT

Friday, March 14, 2003: When good tax increases go bad

Tuesday, March 11, 2003: Steele alert

Wednesday, March 5, 2003: He's back

Monday, March 3, 2003: Keeping my day job

Sunday, March 2, 2003: Dough, a dear

Sunday, March 2, 2003: Minting phrases, not mincing words

Friday, February 28, 2003: Send in the clowns

Thursday, February 27, 2003: Whiz kid

Sunday, February 23, 2003: Back on the blog

Thursday, February 20, 2003: That ain't hay

Saturday, February 15, 2003: Your Saturday reading

Friday, February 14, 2003: Bachelor supper

Thursday, February 13, 2003: Science experiment

Wednesday, February 12, 2003: Who wants to be a millionaire?

Monday, January 27, 2003: Planned outage

Friday, January 17, 2003: Transition time

Monday, January 13, 2003: First day of classes, spring term

Friday, January 10, 2003: Whaddya know?

Thursday, January 9, 2003: Why blog?

Wednesday, January 8, 2003: I feel the earth move

Monday, January 6, 2003: More on 28

Wednesday, November 27, 2002: Long time gone

Monday, August 12, 2002: That time again

Monday, July 29, 2002: Bad Idea of the Week

Tuesday, July 23, 2002: Sounds right to me

In Vino Veritas

Quinta das Amoras, Vinho Tinto 2009
Mauro Molino, Barbera d'Alba 2009
Garda Chiaretto Rose
Columbia Crest, Two Vines Vineyard 10 White
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Pinot Gris, Columbia Valley 2009
L'Hortus, Rose de Saignee 2010
Maculan, Pino & Toi 2008
McKinley Springs, Bombing Range Red 2008
Trader Joe's Pinot Gris 2009
Montes Alpha, Cabernet 2007
Gran Sasso, Sangiovese, Terre di Chieti 2009
Garda, Classico Chiaretto Rose
Beaulieu, Cabernet, Rutherford 1999
Picos del Montgo, Tempranillo 2008
Chateau de Montmirail, Vacqueyras 2008
La Granja 360, Syrah 2009
Montgras, Carmenere Reserva 2009
Lange, Pinot Gris 2009
Columbia Crest, Horse Heaven Hills Cabernet 2008
Kirkland, Pinot Grigio 2010
Trader Joe's Coastal Syrah 2009
Columbia Crest, Horse Heaven Hills Merlot 2008
Trader Joe's Coastal Chardonnay 2009
Vieux Papes Red
Domaine de l'Aujardiere, Chardonnay 2009
Santa Rita, Cabernet, Medalla Real 2007
Penfold's, Koonunga Hill Shiraz Cabernet 2008
Guild, Red, Lot #02 2008
Dievole, Dievolino Sangiovese 2008
Laforet, Burgogne Chardonnay 2009
Columbia Winery, Merlot 2007
Bonterra, Cabernet 2008
Elk Cove, Pinot Gris 2009
Maquis Lien 2006
Scott Paul, Pinot Noir, Le Paulee 2007
Cameron, Chardonnay
B.R. Cohn, Cabernet, Silver Label 2006
Graffigna, Cabernet 2005
Palo Alto, Reserve Red 2008
Menguante, Garnacha 2008
Lange, Pinot Gris 2009
Felsina Berardenga, Vin Santo 1997
Anne Amie, Pinot Gris 2009
McKinley Springs, Bombing Ramge Red 2007
Vieux Papes Red
Dionysius Chardonnay 2009
Haden Fig, Pinot Noir 2009
Vega Montan, Mencia 2008
Chateau la Vernede, Coteaux du Languedoc 2007
Mount Defiance, Hellfire (White) 2008
Root: 1, Cabernet 2008
Columbia Crest, Two Vines Pinot Grigio 2009
Columbia Crest, Two Vines, Vineyard 10 White, 2008
Columbia Crest, Two Vines, Vineyard 10 Rose, 2007
Abacela, Grenache Rose 2009
Avia Cabernet 2004
Lemelson Pinot Noir, Thea's Selection 2007
Chateau de la Roulerie, Rose d'Anjou 2009
Casal Garcia, Vinho Verde Rose
La Ferme Julien, Rose 2008
Cana's Feast, Bricco Red, 2006
Hogue, Genesis Merlot, 2008
Owen Roe, Sharecropper's Cabernet, 2008
Kim Crawford, Unoaked Chardonnay 2008
J. Scott, Pinot Noir 2008
Edmunds St. John, White, Heart of Gold 2008
Columbia Crest, Walter Clore Private Reserve 2006
Stevenot, Cabernet, Sierra Foothills, "Stanford" 2000
Portuga, Vinho Rose 2009
Taylor Fladgate, First Estate Reserve Porto
Franciscan, Cabernet, Napa 2006
Chaparral de Vega Sindoa, Garnacha 2008
Quinta da Aveleda, Vinho Verde 2008
St. Francis, Chardonnay Sonoma 2008
E. Guigal, Cotes du Rhone Blanc, 2007
Edmunds St. John, Bone-Jolly, Gamay Noir 2008
St. Innocent, Pinot Noir 2006
Jigsaw, Pinot Noir 2007
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Merlot, Indian Wells 2007
Charles Shaw, Chardonnay 2008
Edmunds St. John, Bone-Jolly, Gamay Rosé 2009
Cameron, Willamette Valley Chardonnay
Il Valore, Sangiovese, Giovane, Puglia 2008
Duck Pond, Chardonnay, Wahluke Slope 2007
Kim Crawford, Marlborough Pinot Noir 2008
Domaine du Pesquier, Cotes du Rhone 2005
Cantina Zaccagnini, Montepulciano d'Abruzzo 2006
Domaine Matrot, Chardonnay, Bourgogne 2007
David Hill, Oregon Sparkling Wine, Brut
Chandler Reach, Monte Regalo 2006
Elk Cove, Pinot Gris 2008
Kirkland, Columbia Valley Merlot 2008
D'Aragon, Old Vine Garnacha 2008
Columbia Crest, Walter Clore Private Reserve 2005
Pavin & Riley, Merlot 2006
David Hill, Estate Pinot Noir, Barrel Select 2006
Castle Rock, Paso Robles Cabernet 2006
Magnificent, Cabernet, Steak House 2008
Conundrum 2008
Beaulieu, Cabernet, Rutherford 1998
Saint Cosme, Cotes-du-Rhone 2007
La Granja, Tempranillo 360, 2008
Santa Rita, Mendalla Real Cabernet 2006
Columbia Crest, Grand Estates Merlot 2006
Andezon, Cotes-du-Rhone 2007
Collegiata, Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
Troon, Druid's Fluid 2008
La Granja, Tempranillo 2008
Monte Antico, Toscana 2006
Vieux Papes, Blanc de Blancs

The Occasional Book

Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus - The Nanny Diaries
Brian Selznick - The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Sharon Creech - Walk Two Moons
Keith Richards - Life
F. Sionil Jose - Dusk
Natalie Babbitt - Tuck Everlasting
Justin Halpern - S#*t My Dad Says
Mark Herrmann - The Curmudgeon's Guide to Practicing Law
Barry Glassner - The Gospel of Food
Phil Stanford - The Peyton-Allan Files
Jesse Katz - The Opposite Field
Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited
J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
David Sedaris - Holidays on Ice
Donald Miller - A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
Mitch Albom - Have a Little Faith
C.S. Lewis - The Magician's Nephew
F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby
William Shakespeare - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Ivan Doig - Bucking the Sun
Penda Diakité - I Lost My Tooth in Africa
Grace Lin - The Year of the Rat
Oscar Hijuelos - Mr. Ives' Christmas
Madeline L'Engle - A Wrinkle in Time
Steven Hart - The Last Three Miles
David Sedaris - Me Talk Pretty One Day
Karen Armstrong - The Spiral Staircase
Charles Larson - The Portland Murders
Adrian Wojnarowski - The Miracle of St. Anthony
William H. Colby - Long Goodbye
Steven D. Stark - Meet the Beatles
Phil Stanford - Portland Confidential
Rick Moody - Garden State
Jonathan Schwartz - All in Good Time
David Sedaris - Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
Anthony Holden - Big Deal
Robert J. Spitzer - The Spirit of Leadership
James McManus - Positively Fifth Street
Jeff Noon - Vurt

Road Work

Miles run year to date: 15
At this date last year: 6
Total run in 2011: 113
In 2010: 125
In 2009: 67
In 2008: 28
In 2007: 113
In 2006: 100
In 2005: 149
In 2004: 204
In 2003: 269