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DatePostComments
May 9, 2008 Jim Middaugh: Why I'm Running 15
May 8, 2008 Obama takes the Hill: A view from inside 21
May 8, 2008 "Fair Trade" continues to be a winning issue 19
May 8, 2008 This Time, Let’s Do It Right for Veterans 15
May 6, 2008 In Josephine County, Democrats are lonely but hopeful 10
May 3, 2008 Longshore workers say "Thanks for the support" 20
May 3, 2008 Support DC Voting Rights 10
May 2, 2008 Deciding on a President: The standard set by FDR's first inaugural address 16
May 2, 2008 Claim your lost money! 2
April 29, 2008 Disenfranchising young voters 49
April 29, 2008 Ambassador Joe Wilson stumps for Hillary in Portland 46
April 29, 2008 Blumenauer: Barack Obama should talk to Oregonians, not debate with Hillary Clinton 49
April 29, 2008 HD45: Michael Dembrow 20
April 28, 2008 Is your life worth only $292? 17
April 28, 2008 HD45: Cyreena Boston 10
April 27, 2008 Why I support Vicki Walker for Secretary of State 24
April 25, 2008 Candidates Who Walk (and Bike) the Talk 9
April 25, 2008 HD38: Chris Garrett 4
April 24, 2008 HD42: Jules Kopel-Bailey 21
April 24, 2008 Presidential debates in Oregon? Yes we can! 121
April 23, 2008 The Post-Pennsylvania Questions 155
April 23, 2008 HD42: Teddy Keizer 14
April 22, 2008 HD42: Regan Gray 17
April 21, 2008 HD42: Gordon Hillesland 5
April 18, 2008 SD23: Jackie Dingfelder 21
April 17, 2008 Engaging the world 2
April 17, 2008 SD23: Sean Cruz 3
April 15, 2008 Metro's Solid Waste Hauling Contract: Not Sexy, but Really Important 8
April 8, 2008 Welcome to Oregon: An Open Letter to Our Presidential Campaigns 46
April 7, 2008 Clinton, Obama, and the Bush-Cheney energy bill that allows LNG to threaten Oregon 98
April 4, 2008 Speaking of delegates... 41
April 4, 2008 The Red Sox Should Have Dropped Out 55
April 3, 2008 State Candidates in Eastern Oregon 5
April 2, 2008 Protester Challenges Blumenauer in May Primary 53
April 1, 2008 Ignore this post. Technical issue. 0
March 29, 2008 Going retro: Using the Nixon Spring Flooding Plan on Bush & Cheney 8
March 28, 2008 Oregon's war on wildlife 33
March 25, 2008 On the bus with Barack 35
March 25, 2008 A Health Investment with a Billion Plus Payback 3
March 21, 2008 Obama's Speech is Watershed in Political Discourse 31
March 17, 2008 No, I didn't endorse Mike Delman. I've never heard of him. 56
March 15, 2008 Four Things 96
March 14, 2008 Sierra Club endorses Jeff Merkley for US Senate 31
March 13, 2008 Criminal Confessions: do we really need legislation? 17
March 13, 2008 What's Oregon Got to Do With It? The Fight for DC Voting Rights 11
March 12, 2008 Thoughts on Oregon’s Presidential Primary 20
March 11, 2008 Metro's Urban/Rural Reserves Program: Our Region's Future 11
March 9, 2008 The Most Important Thing the Legislature Didn’t Do 14
March 9, 2008 Democracy, face-to-face 11
March 8, 2008 The Kitchen Sink 52
March 6, 2008 A new progressive era in 08(ama)? 33
March 5, 2008 Why I support Senator Hillary Clinton for President 207
March 4, 2008 On Winning and Dignity 37
March 4, 2008 Youth Climate Movement Gathers Steam 6
March 3, 2008 Initiative filed to repeal Domestic Partnerships 24
March 3, 2008 Why I'm supporting Macpherson 38
February 29, 2008 Hey WW, where's the beef? 113
February 21, 2008 Keeping Kids a Priority 7
February 20, 2008 Economic Development Needs A Facelift 31
February 14, 2008 Lynn Peterson: Why I'm Running for Clackamas County Chair 23
February 9, 2008 Become a Neighborhood Leader 6
February 6, 2008 Fusion voting moves forward in the special session 57
February 3, 2008 A new generation for Hillary Clinton 50
February 1, 2008 Party for the President: Kicking Off the 2008 Presidential Campaign in Oregon 3
February 1, 2008 Earl Blumenauer endorses Barack Obama for President 49
January 30, 2008 Under fire, Speaker Jeff Merkley keeps his promise to the UniteHere Local 9 63
January 30, 2008 Does Sen. Smith Believe in the Rule of Law? 19
January 30, 2008 Defending Equality – Update 32
January 29, 2008 Coming this weekend to Portland: A New Definition of a Winning Politics 4
January 26, 2008 Did I lose my constitutional rights when I crossed the border? 5
January 26, 2008 We've shut down the meth labs; now, let's focus on traffickers 29
January 25, 2008 Progressive Democrats of America: What a difference a week makes 83
January 25, 2008 Don't Waste Oregon History 2
January 24, 2008 What I Saw at the Nevada Caucus 9
January 23, 2008 Snow Day Rituals? 28
January 19, 2008 Obama dispatch from Carson City, Nevada 27
January 13, 2008 Al Gore: Here's an idea for putting global warming front and center in this campaign. 61
January 10, 2008 Suggest debate questions for the AG and SOS candidates 63
January 7, 2008 The Battle Royale for good policy for Oregon 6
January 5, 2008 The Truth About Emergency Birth Control 6
January 3, 2008 John Kroger on meth, organized crime, minimum sentencing, and his plans for Oregon 73
December 29, 2007 I haven't gotten my domestic partnership yet and it's already giving me a headache. 39
December 28, 2007 Going green in Washington County 6
December 28, 2007 Job Posting: Leader of the Free World 40
December 27, 2007 Another take on mandated universal health insurance 18
December 10, 2007 Happy International Human Rights Day! 12
December 7, 2007 Why I'm running for HD 45. 29
November 21, 2007 Merkley Embracing Fair Trade Platform 23
November 17, 2007 Senate Candidates Visit Eastern Oregon 1
November 13, 2007 The We the People Campaign 9
November 13, 2007 Raising an Anthem for a New Generation of Democrats 14
November 9, 2007 Treating part-time faculty with fairness 11
November 8, 2007 Why I'm running for Multnomah County Commission 16
November 8, 2007 Why I'm running for Multnomah County Commission 52
November 7, 2007 Why I'm running for Multnomah County Commission 12
November 1, 2007 Ralph Nader's Revisionist History 38
October 29, 2007 One acre, one vote. That's not democracy. 9
October 25, 2007 Sorry, kids, the Constitution says we can't care for you 133
October 22, 2007 Don't buy the tobacco industry's spin. 30
October 22, 2007 Energy independence, reducing emissions, and bridging the urban/rural divide 6
October 11, 2007 Smearing Jeff Merkley with GOP talking points 179
October 9, 2007 Caruthers Crossing: a "car-free" bridge? 31
October 8, 2007 Do you have a good idea for a progressive ballot measure? 112
September 27, 2007 The Revolution Was Not Televised 22
September 26, 2007 Kitzhaber: Measure 50 is far from perfect, but I'm voting for it. 77
September 25, 2007 Nothing Fishy Here 36
September 25, 2007 Smith Shows True Loyalties on MoveOn.org Ad 27
September 21, 2007 Davey Crockett Against the Blank Check 24
September 17, 2007 The U.S. Constitution: 220 years old and it still matters. 17
September 15, 2007 Remarkable 26
September 10, 2007 Obama: America is Back! 21
August 29, 2007 The Smith/Bush police riot of 2002: Five years later, lessons learned. 40
August 27, 2007 Steve Novick, the "Attack on Merkley," and "the Courage of President George W. Bush" 105
August 21, 2007 Proud of Oregon, proud of Jeff Merkley 18
August 19, 2007 Law enforcement and civil rights in Coquille, Oregon 35
August 17, 2007 "Healthy Kids" Speaks to Young Voters 42
August 6, 2007 Why I'm running for Oregon State Senate 15
July 26, 2007 Living our values. 21
July 22, 2007 Steve Novick: a nontraditional candidate with an edge 11
July 18, 2007 Yes, we're listening! We've got Stop Gordon Smith flyers. 8
July 5, 2007 Why aren't we in the streets? 39
June 29, 2007 Yes, unions won. We won for all Oregonians. 40
June 29, 2007 My evening with Elizabeth Edwards 9
June 19, 2007 Barry Lynn: Fighting the Fundies 10
June 13, 2007 Every Dollar Counts: So Where's the Senate? 18
June 12, 2007 Think again: Rural Oregon is up for grabs. 23
June 11, 2007 Gordon Smith is not, and never has been, pro-choice. 18
June 10, 2007 Barack Obama and the audacity of my hope (confessions of a former Republican) 50
June 9, 2007 Mothers for Hillary? Not yet. 20
June 7, 2007 Saving Multnomah County's School-Based Health Clinics 1
June 7, 2007 Learning from LeBron James: Why I'm not for Barack Obama (yet) 41
June 6, 2007 Refinance Rip Off Artists Take Cynicism to Enron Levels 33
June 4, 2007 The dangers of LNG for Southern Oregon 18
May 31, 2007 Inside the world of the payday loan sharks 4
May 30, 2007 Bald Eagles over Portland 13
May 29, 2007 Environmentalists: For or Against Reforming the Property Tax? 21
May 28, 2007 This is my city, my beloved city. 31
May 26, 2007 Decisions, Schools, A New School Board 22
May 26, 2007 Ethics in politics? 20
May 25, 2007 Breaking: The loan sharks are circling. 14
May 25, 2007 Affordable Housing for the Low-income Workforce 17
May 25, 2007 Seeking a Superintendent. What really counts? 12
May 23, 2007 Good zoning makes good communities. Measure 37 is an attack on zoning. 4
May 23, 2007 Ban Smoking in Bars 41
May 22, 2007 Lane County: What we have here is a failure to communicate. 9
May 21, 2007 Domestic Partners: A step in the right direction. 19
May 16, 2007 Ever considered running for the Oregon Legislature? 36
May 16, 2007 Hitting the Ground Running 8
May 16, 2007 Blumenauer: Why I'm Not Running 98
May 9, 2007 Explaining the Measure 37 "fix" 9
May 9, 2007 Kansas can take a tornado and beat off a Snow job at the same time 15
May 7, 2007 Real Family Values 15
May 7, 2007 Charter Reform: Improving Access for Disenfranchised Communities 39
April 26, 2007 SB 30: Protecting the Metolius Headwaters 13
April 23, 2007 An open letter to Earl Blumenauer 41
April 21, 2007 Unwiring Oregon 10
April 20, 2007 You're Running for Portland's School Board?! 24
April 19, 2007 Korean Reaction to the tragedy at Virginia Tech 10
April 16, 2007 Wanted: Fair-Minded Oregonians 11
April 14, 2007 Embrace the Couplet 97
April 12, 2007 Fix Measure 37 – Time is Running Out 60
April 11, 2007 Swords at dawn, Rove, for you have insulted the honor of Multnomah! 31
April 11, 2007 Oregon Better Health Act: An Update. 30
April 10, 2007 F#@K the Burnside Couplet 79
April 10, 2007 Meet Brooks Kochvar, Gordon Smith's new slime-ster 0
April 5, 2007 Progressive Christians, and the role of faith in politics 36
April 2, 2007 Gay Pastor Shoots Straight on Senate Bill 2 28
April 2, 2007 Elections: Trust, but verify. 32
March 28, 2007 Face it, Oregon college students need full-time faculty 12
March 27, 2007 Northwest Title Loans: Not exactly goodfellas 18
March 26, 2007 Car title lenders show their true colors in a misleading ad campaign 22
March 24, 2007 Yo, DPO! It's pronounced "Ory-gun" 13
March 24, 2007 A republic, if we can keep it. 33
March 22, 2007 Strategic organizing to end the war. 68
March 20, 2007 Same-day Voter Registration 50
March 19, 2007 One City, Two Worlds 5
March 18, 2007 But how do we know our ballots are counted? 62
March 15, 2007 Leading the Way on Health Care with SB 27 41
March 12, 2007 Meredith Wood Smith at the DPO 24
March 10, 2007 Why Biofuels? 24
March 1, 2007 LNG Terminals: Wrong for Oregon and the Pacific Coast 24
February 23, 2007 Meredith Wood Smith: Why I'm Running 29
February 22, 2007 Carol Voisin: Why I'm Running 17
February 21, 2007 Mac Prichard: Why I'm Running 16
February 20, 2007 Dan Carol: Why I'm Running 26
February 17, 2007 Bill Richardson for President! 39
February 15, 2007 Smith '08: Run, Earl, Run! 52
February 12, 2007 How BlueOregon encouraged me to stop blogging, and start working. 4
February 12, 2007 Smith '08: Run, Jefferson Smith, Run! 69
February 9, 2007 Oregon Sports Action Laid to Rest 15
February 8, 2007 Out-of-state climate-change deniers attack Vicki Walker 12
February 7, 2007 Medical Marijuana is legal. Don't discriminate against patients. 59
February 6, 2007 Why every Oregonian should care about the freedom to organize a union 32
February 3, 2007 Nineteen qualified candidates for one judge seat. Time to speak up. 0
January 30, 2007 Reject paper-trail voting; support vote-by-mail 10
January 22, 2007 It's time for health care for Oregon's children 18
January 17, 2007 So much for all those Hollywood liberals 9
January 11, 2007 How can we re-engage our communities? 7
January 9, 2007 Bush: Admit Your Mistake, End This War. 11
January 1, 2007 Fix Measure 37 29
December 30, 2006 The price of opposing Measures 46 and 47 87
December 29, 2006 Moving forward on the Mt. Hood Wilderness 10
December 20, 2006 Goodbye, Ted Hallock 9
December 4, 2006 Should the corporate kicker become a rainy day fund? 35
November 27, 2006 Oregon's higher standards are still unfunded 18
November 25, 2006 Free Geek burglarized 3
November 16, 2006 Blumenauer: Why I Voted for Steny Hoyer 20
November 16, 2006 Let's put the East Bank freeway in a tunnel 34
November 14, 2006 Blumenauer: A first test for the Democrats 48
November 9, 2006 You wanted change. The Oregon House Democrats are that change. 52
November 5, 2006 The last three days matter. Help get out the vote. 6
November 4, 2006 Clean elections on the march? 21
November 4, 2006 Leading the way to global markets 2
November 3, 2006 Don't Have a Ballot? It's Still Not Too Late to Vote 2
November 3, 2006 Arrogant, jet-setting multi-millionaires treating Oregonians like right-wing public policy guinea pigs 2
November 3, 2006 Ugly ad, but Karen Minnis was responsible for what happened. 38
November 2, 2006 The Case for Leslie Roberts 31
November 2, 2006 Mike Erickson: Darlene Hooley is an "old dog." 17
November 1, 2006 46 & 47: How Could Something that Sounds So Right Be So Wrong? 95
November 1, 2006 Bring your ballot, phone bank, and hear the Governor on Thursday night! 3
November 1, 2006 Blumenauer: Ron Saxton makes it up, again 12
October 31, 2006 Karen Minnis and Big Tobacco 12
October 29, 2006 Kulongoski campaigns in the dry half of the state 2
October 29, 2006 41 & 48: No, faith-based social agencies can't fill the gap 7
October 29, 2006 Talking to North Korea 7
October 28, 2006 Paul Evans Update 0
October 28, 2006 Don't like TABOR? Support 46 and 47 50
October 25, 2006 From migrant farm worker to legislative candidate 5
October 25, 2006 No on 42: Where a measure comes from matters 52
October 22, 2006 It's all about people. 8
October 21, 2006 Ballot Parties 7
October 20, 2006 Charles Henderson and his Write-In campaign for Judge 6
October 20, 2006 Nine candidates for one seat. How do you decide? 5
October 19, 2006 A teen's view of Measure 43 58
October 19, 2006 Defending the Vote 20
October 18, 2006 HD-16: Robin Brown Campaign Misleadingly Quotes BlueOregon 7
October 18, 2006 Death with Dignity: It's not suicide. 25
October 16, 2006 Wayne Scott: Misleadership. 12
October 16, 2006 Sending Salem the wrong message 30
October 14, 2006 Is "experience" all that counts? 12
October 12, 2006 The Rural Road to Pachydermic Eradication Continues 11
October 7, 2006 Better ads, hitting harder. 8
October 4, 2006 Al Gore, Rob Brading, and Finding the Loyal Opposition 11
October 3, 2006 Tri-Met's Big Blunder 20
October 1, 2006 Iraq: A test of character for candidates, even local ones. 15
September 30, 2006 Running a campaign in rural Oregon 8
September 30, 2006 Mike Erickson: Hiding from the GOP? 6
September 25, 2006 Investing in infrastructure 15
September 22, 2006 Yes on 42. For the Working Poor. 86
September 21, 2006 Running for the Money 26
September 20, 2006 Scorching the Grass Roots? 49
September 20, 2006 Democrats and the 2nd Amendment 94
September 18, 2006 Why would former US Senator Max Cleland (D-GA) come all the way to Salem, Oregon? 5
September 17, 2006 Saxton for Governer! Really! 25
September 6, 2006 House Dems: We're putting it in writing. 24
September 6, 2006 Putting Oregon on the forefront of stem cell research 9
September 5, 2006 Mother's Bistro and the Minimum Wage 62
August 31, 2006 Swiftboating Paul Evans 40
August 30, 2006 Blumenauer announces the winners of Help Earl Decide 13
August 26, 2006 The Good Old Days That Weren't 9
August 24, 2006 "Union Facts": Pure Fiction 26
August 17, 2006 More Than 25% of Young Oregonians Want To Make A Difference in Oregon (so come to our comedy night, tonight. Plus video!) 17
August 15, 2006 Stealing elections the old-fashioned way 0
August 13, 2006 Moving a progressive agenda to the ballot 12
August 9, 2006 An event so huge, so colossal, and so awesome... 1
August 8, 2006 Broken Promises, Broken Forests 27
August 2, 2006 A Whiff of Karl Rove in Lane County 29
August 1, 2006 Concrete Ideas for Saving the SUN Schools 19
July 25, 2006 This Saturday: Will you have Howard's back? 13
July 22, 2006 Protect natural areas before they're gone forever 8
July 18, 2006 Parental notification laws put teens at risk 64
July 15, 2006 Courage for Democrats 36
July 12, 2006 Walking the Thin Blue Line 75
July 11, 2006 Bush appointees poised to wipe out 1/3 of labor movement 19
July 4, 2006 An open letter to the king 19
June 27, 2006 Gordon Smith: Key vote on Net Neutrality 17
June 23, 2006 Good News on Emergency Contraception 7
June 20, 2006 Tax land, not buildings 26
June 16, 2006 Saving SUN's Funding From the Mean Girls 27
June 16, 2006 Memorial Coliseum: Move it to save it 13
June 15, 2006 Killing Pedestrians 31
June 13, 2006 Ben Westlund cannot save us 14
June 12, 2006 The permanent occupation of Iraq 5
June 10, 2006 Walking the UGB, Looking for Community 21
June 9, 2006 Taking health care to the people 2
June 8, 2006 Logging Nightmare Becomes Reality on Friday 26
June 8, 2006 The Rest of the World... World Cup! 25
May 25, 2006 Keep it simple, stupid. 12
May 24, 2006 Does Portland really need more homeless rules? 33
May 23, 2006 Why does loyalty trump the issues? 21
May 20, 2006 Bring Prime Minister's Questions to Oregon 5
May 16, 2006 Cornelia Murphy 30
May 4, 2006 Fighting for America Again 15
May 4, 2006 Repeal Measure 5 20
May 1, 2006 Pondering the precinct committee people ballot 25
April 29, 2006 Why Voter Owned Elections Still Matter, Take 2 28
April 29, 2006 Gas Prices: Enron All Over Again 17
April 27, 2006 Amanda Fritz on Voter-Owned Elections 19
April 18, 2006 Tax cosmetic surgery to fund children's health care 7
April 16, 2006 Democrats: Not as lame as you think 23
April 15, 2006 I like Ben Westlund, but I won't vote for him. 45
April 14, 2006 In Germany, I'm a Recycling Novice 5
April 11, 2006 Support All Schools, Don't Divide-And-Conquer 63
April 8, 2006 A vision for Portlandia, the city-state 22
April 7, 2006 Buy local, dammit! 22
April 6, 2006 Why I Support Jim Hill 31
April 5, 2006 Telling the Truth about State Trooper Cuts 15
April 3, 2006 It ain't just about picking up trash 4
March 25, 2006 Challenging Portland Campaigns 6
March 24, 2006 Sorenson & Hill: Maybe They Should Flip a Coin 23
March 23, 2006 Tax Television 36
March 20, 2006 NY Times disses Portland 14
March 15, 2006 How do you say "too close to call in" Spanish? 2
March 12, 2006 Election Day! How do you say "hanging chad" in Spanish? 7
March 11, 2006 Iraq War, local response: ideas? 16
March 6, 2006 Change the Democratic Party From Within 9
March 3, 2006 Getting Proactive about Homelessness 46
February 27, 2006 Clean Cars in Oregon 12
February 17, 2006 600,000 Oregonians without health care 20
February 10, 2006 3,000 Acre Copper Mine Proposed Near Mount St. Helens 13
February 9, 2006 Kevin Mannix and the Millionaire Sex Weirdo 40
February 7, 2006 Right-wing activists invade Oregon politics 32
February 7, 2006 Nanotech in Oregon 12
January 26, 2006 It's time to rein in Big Pharma 24
January 18, 2006 Stop the Power Grab: Keep Our Elections Fair & Accountable 33
January 16, 2006 Welcome to the post-carbon era 9
January 15, 2006 In defense of Jefferson: the soft bigotry of high (test) expectations 16
January 11, 2006 Something smells in Clackamas County 7
January 11, 2006 The argument for a Working Families Party in Oregon 30
January 9, 2006 Let the Rebooting Begin 38
January 6, 2006 A fair plan for FPD&R reform 10
January 3, 2006 Pondering Life's Persistent Questions 18
December 23, 2005 Dying Homeless and Anonymous 3
December 21, 2005 Building on Al Gore's Roar 7
December 20, 2005 Is the Oregonian biased on PGE? 6
December 19, 2005 Total Chaos: Medicare Drug Plans 10
December 12, 2005 Killing Good Ideas in Secret 14
December 7, 2005 Oregon Woman Convicted of Acting Insufficiently Traumatized 9
December 2, 2005 Prevention, cheaper than chasing cures 4
December 2, 2005 The 1000th Execution 22
December 2, 2005 Health Reform: would this work? 16
November 23, 2005 Wal-Mart and Community Responsibility 20
November 18, 2005 What's up with Brian Baird? 4
November 17, 2005 Grow the pool of potential legislators 13
November 14, 2005 Thinking of Running for Office? 3
November 11, 2005 Health care cuts threaten Oregonians 6
November 11, 2005 Veteran's Day 2005 13
November 3, 2005 Buying Local And The Circulating Dollar 7
November 2, 2005 Crimes of a few hurt all elected officials 6
October 26, 2005 Why I'm Running for Multnomah County Commission 16
October 25, 2005 Beyond the laundry list: a vision for Democrats 7
October 25, 2005 Columbia River Crossing: Battle of the Bridge Begins 48
October 19, 2005 Gordon Smith: Making Oregon Less Competitive 18
October 17, 2005 Why I'm Running for Multnomah County Commission 23
October 14, 2005 Xenophobes in Salem 8
October 14, 2005 Reaching smalltown, rural Oregon 26
October 13, 2005 Pay as you grow 10
October 12, 2005 Is our tent big enough for the Christian Left? 43
October 6, 2005 The height of cronyism 31
October 5, 2005 Don't Die. Just Live in Pain. 4
September 20, 2005 New Look for the Fish and Wildlife Commission? 1
September 13, 2005 Wage Replacement: toward a true citizen legislature 26
September 10, 2005 Tech skills as survival skills 1
September 9, 2005 The people opposed to the "blame game" are the ones to blame 13
September 9, 2005 Is Public Power Dead in PDX? 1
September 6, 2005 A liberal critique of PERS 61
August 10, 2005 The Prodigal Democrat 45
August 6, 2005 Remembering Hiroshima 4
August 6, 2005 Kulongoski: Much Ado About Knitting 10
August 5, 2005 Oregon Inc.: Educate, Medicate, Incarcerate. 28
August 1, 2005 Kulongoski's plan to make Measure 37 worse 51
July 29, 2005 Bush's Social Security Plan: Unfair and Disastrous 2
July 25, 2005 A magical evening at the Brickskeller 3
July 22, 2005 Timberrrr! Legislators are at it again. 3
July 21, 2005 It takes a city 0
July 18, 2005 Corporate America's Jobs Scam 8
July 7, 2005 Skulduggery and murder on the Oregon Coast 2
July 6, 2005 Wyden’s “China Chase” Debases the Debate Over Fair Trade Policies 9
July 6, 2005 Tax Absurdities from PGE & Pacificorp 0
July 6, 2005 Big Tobacco and the Vote for Oregon's Kids 14
June 28, 2005 Cleaning Up Dogpatch 3
June 23, 2005 Failed Minnis Plan was a Patchwork of Shady Deal Making 10
June 23, 2005 Not another Sprawlmart, please! 28
June 19, 2005 The Minnis Plan for Schools: Not Good Enough 7
June 18, 2005 A plea to the crown, er, administration. 0
June 17, 2005 Utilities scam Oregon ratepayers for $1 billion in phony "income taxes" 7
June 14, 2005 In defense of the PDC 18
June 13, 2005 A Progressive Vision for Oregon 25
June 12, 2005 Inside Iraq 18
June 9, 2005 That's no compromise. 9
June 5, 2005 My experience with voter-owned elections 8
June 4, 2005 ReBuilding our Communities 1
June 3, 2005 Reform the education system for the future 15
June 3, 2005 Save Oregon's Kiger Mustangs 12
June 2, 2005 Judge Rejects Federal Salmon Plan 3
June 2, 2005 Unsustainable levels of logging 21
June 1, 2005 Citizen involvement matters 2
June 1, 2005 Closing the achievement gap 9
May 28, 2005 Open Letter to Senator Gordon Smith 23
May 26, 2005 The Iraqi & Bushwinkle Show 3
May 23, 2005 Tim Hibbitts: On polls and pundits 24
May 21, 2005 Voter turnout in Benton County 9
May 20, 2005 David Brooks and GOP Agitprop 10
May 18, 2005 Constellation 13
May 17, 2005 Why does the Oregonian put up with David Reinhard? 29
May 17, 2005 With Liberty and Justice for All 3
May 14, 2005 Kaiser Permanente: Hypocrisy 30
May 13, 2005 Assassinating the Intelligensia 59
May 12, 2005 Oregon's Pioneering Women 7
May 10, 2005 National ID 41
May 9, 2005 Save Willamette Falls Locks 6
May 8, 2005 A day for mothers 9
May 6, 2005 Love Mom, Not Wal-Mart 5
May 6, 2005 The shortest-lived commitment to schools ever 12
May 3, 2005 Who's afraid of revenue? 56
May 1, 2005 Could PGE become an Electric Co-op? 3
April 29, 2005 Chasing perfection; getting nowhere. 19
April 28, 2005 Ask Dr. Phillips! 10
April 27, 2005 Timber Corporations vs. Timber Workers 25
April 26, 2005 An optimist on school funding 33
April 21, 2005 A new progressive revolution? 42
April 20, 2005 PGE: Restoring Local Control 14
April 14, 2005 Wal-Mart Pharmacists Failing to Do Their Job 84
April 11, 2005 In Bed with Pfizer 26
April 11, 2005 Freecycle. The gift of giving... and receiving. 33
April 10, 2005 Breaking the Deadlock: Fusion Politics 5
April 9, 2005 Armed Teachers Can Save Children's Lives 152
April 9, 2005 Put up or shut up, Mr. Jordan 5
April 7, 2005 Wi-Fi for Everyone! 15
April 6, 2005 Hijacking Tips 46
April 5, 2005 How do you know you are advocating for the right change? 5
April 3, 2005 A little sunshine in Portland 9
March 31, 2005 My mom is dying. 6
March 28, 2005 What Did Onward Oregon Learn from Defeating a Big Box 10
March 23, 2005 The GOP's Fluoride Loophole 10
March 21, 2005 Big Sky, Blue Sky: Bring 'em home 11
March 20, 2005 Chilling Sunshine and the definition of "lobbying" 16
March 17, 2005 Instant Runoff Voting: The Time Has Come 56
March 11, 2005 From Winger to Thinker: My Political Transformation 17
March 10, 2005 Teaching leadership, teamwork, and work skills 7
March 9, 2005 Food Bank Drive: Not Solving Hunger 4
March 8, 2005 Les AuCoin: nobody's mouthpiece 3
March 5, 2005 GOP Front Group Steals Photo From Portland Tribune To Use In Ad 6
March 3, 2005 The Environment: Daring to Dream Costs Nothing 17
March 1, 2005 Corporate Responsibility? Hardly. 39
February 28, 2005 Social Security in Two Minutes 6
February 26, 2005 Sustainability as a Business Strategy 2
February 25, 2005 Only in Oregon 30
February 25, 2005 The Soul of Oregon's Death With Dignity Act 1
February 24, 2005 Dean, Lakoff, and the Elephant. 14
February 23, 2005 Calling All Rich Waitresses: Step Forward for Pay Cuts 64
February 23, 2005 What is dying, the environmental movement or the environment? 25
February 21, 2005 A Challenge to the Oregon GOP 20
February 20, 2005 Support Our Troops. Bring Them Home. 14
February 17, 2005 Blast from the Past: Kulongoski Condemns Casinos, Gambling 18
February 15, 2005 Must See Blue TV. 7
February 15, 2005 What is a progressive to do? 38
February 7, 2005 Why I'm Running For Governor 26
February 5, 2005 Will We All Walk to Wal-mart When Gas is Too Expensive? 20
February 4, 2005 Goodbye, OPB. 40
January 23, 2005 HB 2401 - Because Measure 36 is just the start. 8
January 18, 2005 Low-Income Families & the Digital Opportunity 38
January 12, 2005 Oregon Democrats Fail to Compete with Republican Ballot Measures 51
January 9, 2005 Tracking Measure 37 Claims 29
January 8, 2005 Action Alert: Save Sylvia! 14
December 30, 2004 Fighting terrorism with humanitarian aid 3
December 29, 2004 Where did the Deaniacs go? 14
December 23, 2004 Roy Moore and the Ten Commandments 15
December 20, 2004 Donnie Fowler to the Rescue 10
December 19, 2004 Progressive Tax Bracket Reform 20
December 13, 2004 Recount! Gregoire's big King County boost 32
December 9, 2004 We Don’t Need New Taxes. We Need Old Taxes. 26
December 5, 2004 Restore and safeguard our freedoms 1
December 4, 2004 Dissent and a Draft on College Campuses 47
November 21, 2004 The Oregon Way: A Common-Sense Movement 8
November 13, 2004 Democrats are wussies. 6
November 10, 2004 Stay Out of the Culture War (a cure for the post-election blues) 32
November 9, 2004 Election Night in Portland: the aftermath 1
November 9, 2004 Don't Mourn, Organize 3
November 5, 2004 Giving America the Bush It Prayed For 9
November 3, 2004 Open Letter to Measure 36 Supporters 15
November 3, 2004 Five Simple Rules for Coming Back 32
November 3, 2004 A Time for Hope 21
October 31, 2004 It could happen... 4
October 30, 2004 From a Costume to a Cause 0
October 29, 2004 A Moderate View on Measure 36 and Same-Sex Marriage 11
October 27, 2004 Protect the public good. No on Measure 37. 3
October 23, 2004 The Divided States of America 3
October 23, 2004 Measure 37: An endless tide of lawsuits 6
October 21, 2004 Respect every vote, seek every vote, count every vote 4
October 17, 2004 Voter Scam Alert 12
October 17, 2004 A coastal case against Measure 34 21
October 16, 2004 What does "Liberal" mean? 19
October 16, 2004 Thinking About Retirement: My Blue Collar Roots 3
October 13, 2004 Progressive as Pawns: Cannon Fodder for Kerry's War on Nader 15
October 4, 2004 Health is the greatest wealth 1
October 2, 2004 Yes on Measure 34: Timber Companies try to buy "our" State Forests. 24
September 29, 2004 Go back to Washington 16
September 28, 2004 Lars and the Liberal Voice 18
September 26, 2004 Urban Greens vs. Rural Progressives 7
September 25, 2004 Welcome to the Voting Revolution 2
September 23, 2004 We own the airwaves 30