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OREGON EDUCATION SHOWS OFF

April 11, 2015 by

Rob Saxton: The Right Stuff In Oregon Education? If you want a 9-5 job, don’t be a teacher. Forget a quiet walk. Teachers run into students and former students all their lives. It’s inescapable. They’re marked. You’re thinking of a teacher right now. Teachers, aka Educators, are woven into societal fabric. Everybody knows that. They […]

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OREGON PROSECUTORS AT REST

March 16, 2015 by

With Each Other? Office affairs, romances, attractions? Happens all the time. Single people dating each other is normal. Dinner? Drinks? Taking a walk? Growing a network and connecting the dots couldn’t be more exciting. Oregon prosecutors looking down the road need all the help they can get. By getting closer they learn more about their […]

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KITZHABER: The Movie

March 13, 2015 by

Casting For Kitzhaber. Recent developments in the former Oregon governor’s life scream for justice. And a movie. One thing is certain in modern times: We learn more from movies than we do from television news. Or the educational system. The Daily Show? Better than Foreign Affairs 401? If we’re expected to understand the depth and […]

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THE JEFF BAKER 500

March 7, 2015 by

Portland’s Old Church Organ And Jeff Baker. He’s In The Shirt. As THE book and movie reviewer of record for The Oregonian newspaper, Jeff Baker goes Against. The. Grain. Taller than expected, he worked the Old Church mic like a pro. Could have thrown in a “Take my wife…please” and got away with it. Willamette […]

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CHIP KELLY, SPORTS, AND LOYALTY

March 6, 2015 by

What are the Eagles doing? Ask Chip Kelly. Their coach end runs the entire organization and ends up with the final say on personnel. Chip Kelly trades or releases the sort of players other coaches pine for. And he does it more often than most. Didn’t someone explain to him that he’s a coach. He’s […]

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THE MERCY RULE: JEROME KERSEY

February 20, 2015 by

1. On the court, show no mercy. 2. Off the court, show kindness. Portland Got Him; He Got Portland. Jerome Kersey, Baby Boomer. Somehow that doesn’t sound right, does it? He’s not old enough. Besides, baby boomers have a different image associated with them. Maybe that will change once we see the scope of the […]

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CYLVIA HAYES MOTHER SAYS…?

February 7, 2015 by

From Dr. Hook To Dr. K. Cylvia Hayes Sings The Song. Like any responsible blogger I read the news. Online, cable, paper delivery. That’s being responsible. Call it part of a dying baby boomer culture but a newspaper makes real things more real. It can’t get more real than the front page of the Oregonian’s […]

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A NEIGHBORHOOD MURDER

February 4, 2015 by

How Close Is Too Close? Social media beat regular news to the punch. Again. No, it wasn’t Arab Spring and twitter. Not a former USSR satellite and a new Russian claim. How about a nice Portland, Oregon suburb and facebook? A facebook friend posted the story the moment they saw it…from Texas. The official story […]

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WHO PLAYS STORY MUSGRAVE IN THE STORY MUSGRAVE STORY?

December 19, 2014 by

Seventy nine year old Story Musgrave is a name we all should know. My sons saw the movie Interstellar and decided it was the perfect show for their old man’s sixtieth birthday. And they were right. I was moved by a movie, which is what’s supposed to happen, right? I left with a yearning feeling […]

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A SMALL PANEL FOR THE FULL COURT PRESS

December 5, 2014 by

Willamette Writers Heard The Word. What’s it take to get writers out of their rooms, to get them to interact with people beyond their circle of usual suspects? A Willamette Writers meeting does it every time. Cookies, coffee, and the Old Church make an enticing lure in downtown Portland. Who wouldn’t go? WW pulls membership […]

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