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When the earthquake hit Haiti, I felt it all the way out in Troutdale.  Instead of rushing to the blogs and the newswires, I went to the book shelf and pulled out my copy of 'All Souls Rising', Madison Smart Bell's account of the world's first, last and only successful slav... Read more

In the aftermath of the 'Massachusetts Massacre', the Supreme Court revealed its true colors.  We now face branded elections that will make our past experience with Kampaign Kontribution Kapers look like a lemonade stand.  Yes, corporate money has the right to express itsel... Read more

Cold feet on both sides of the Columbia River, but the CRC in some future mutation is virtually a done deal.  Washington governor Chris Gregoire doesn't appear as keen on it as Oregon's own Kulongoski.  But the thing is the people pushing for the megabridge all have the mon... Read more

PGE's PR department has had a busy week - and it's only Tuesday.  By Friday we'll be seeing solar come shining through.  But this is about Boardman.  The story goes that Portland General Eelctric will take coal off the table by 2020 if regulators keep the rules bent and the... Read more

First:  There is some confusion over the "Devil made it happen" quote regarding the fate of Haiti.  Was it Rush or Robertson?  The majority say Robertson...so there you go.  Quibbling aside, today is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day and what better way to recognize the price ... Read more

Normal 0 Following the September 11th 2001 attacks, the US government put Muslim communities under siege.  The Black community had already been under siege for several hundred years.  It was a bad time to be both Black and Muslim.  The inglorious centerpiece of th... Read more

Mirabile dictu, The Environmental Protection Agency cares about Portland's cryptosporidium ordeal.  Or at least would like to appear so, since fighting micro-organisms is so much easier than standing up to macro-organizations,  pollutors of the sort that turned the Willamet... Read more

An earthquake is a living thing, a shout from the heart of the world.  A "ring of fire" is a televised science spectacle designed to dazzle our collective heuristic curiosity.  But in Pakistan, Indonesia, Iran and now Haiti, the heart has been heard and somehow - whether or... Read more

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