No, I don’t mean another flavor of the Independent Party. There comes a time when it becomes necessary to face facts, however unpleasant they may be; a time in which men and women of principle find themselves with little choice but to step forward, take the bull by the horns, …
Cash-strapped Tri-Met has been cannibalizing bus services to pay for their trains; that’s been mentioned many times here. As it turns out,they’re cutting all kinds of things except, it appears, building more train lines and staffing their P.R. department. Even as public health experts fret about the rise of drug-resistant superbugs, …
American “charities” The Nature Conservancy and the African Wildlife Foundation have once again demonstrated their compassion, their generosity, and their insatiable desire to Save The Planet™ - no matter what it takes. A Kenyan tribe living near the area famous for its links to Prince William and Kate Middleton’s engagement has been engulfed by …
If you have ever visited Portland, it’s fairly certain that someone will proclaim that the city has more strip clubs per capita than any other city. Indeed, Portland’s reputation is international. Earlier this year, the UK’s Guardian newspaper dropped the factoid in its review of Voodoo Donut. More recently (in …
As noted here a couple of weeks ago, folks inNorth Plains have had just about enough of Portland City Council’s “innovative” mandatory slop-composting scheme, though the 0verlords atPortland City Hall maintain that the program will go forward even if North Plains residents prevail in their effort to get the slop-site shut down at their …
Chicago - In 2008, Hiroyuki Joho, 18, was hurrying in the pouring rain with an umbrella over his head, trying to catch a Metra train, when he was struck by an Amtrak train traveling at more than 70 mph. A large portion of his body flew about 100 feet onto the southbound …