Jobs With Justice is reporting janitors at the Union Bank have walked out on strike, as of 4 p.m. today. From the Portland Jobs With Justice e-mail Action Alert: “SEIU Local 49 members,…

After I realized late yesterday that the Portland City Council’s agenda this morning included a vote on whether to switch the city’s position from opposing to supporting state legislation (HB 2404 and companion…

Yesterday, I participated in a discussion with John Kauffman, Director of the Multnomah County Elections Division. Oregon’s Vote-by-mail system is attracting attention from all over the country, as other states struggle to provide…

Can you identify where Steve was standing when taking this photo?

Nick Budnick at the Tribune sheds more light on an item on tomorrow’s Portland City Council Agenda, regarding the resolution introduced by Commissioners Sten and Leonard to support state legislation, HB 2404. This…

Here’s something I think would be tough: Suppose you’re an arts critic for a local newspaper. And suppose your kid is starring as the leading man in his high school’s Spring musical. You…

Steve and I went to see the Winterhawks at Memorial Coliseum yesterday afternoon. Not as much fun as the last time we watched them, at the Rose Garden. As we walked to our…

… and I feel fine. R.E.M., 1987 Run for your lives! No, it’s not the fact that most Portlanders are ill-prepared for the catastrophic earthquake likely to come our way relatively soon. Not…

Steve took this photo on Marine Drive, right here in Portland.

Here’s an editorial I find compelling, from Dawn, Pakistan’s most widely circulated English language newspaper: [links added by me to explain content, and emphasis mine too] “In what appears to be a very…