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Wednesday, May 14, 2008: A moment of silence

Tuesday, May 13, 2008: Creative solution to the energy crisis

Monday, May 12, 2008: The guy who's killing newspapers

Monday, May 12, 2008: Made our day, anyway

Sunday, May 11, 2008: More bad news on oil and war

Tuesday, May 6, 2008: My country 'tis of thee, sweet land of torture

Monday, May 5, 2008: Sehr komisch

Sunday, May 4, 2008: Stumbled upon

Monday, April 28, 2008: You have the right to an attorney -- and we'll be listening in

Saturday, April 26, 2008: Some of it is explosive

Saturday, April 26, 2008: No sweeter time

Wednesday, April 23, 2008: You can't handle the truth

Wednesday, April 23, 2008: My kind of art

Wednesday, April 23, 2008: P.R. firm pulls a boner

Wednesday, April 23, 2008: Are "sustainability" and capitalism compatible?

Saturday, April 19, 2008: WTF at the WTC

Saturday, April 19, 2008: Play it again, Uncle Sam

Thursday, April 17, 2008: Up next for Tri-Met

Wednesday, April 16, 2008: Breaking up is hard to do

Tuesday, April 15, 2008: Wrong move, wrong time

Tuesday, April 15, 2008: Sadly, this story sounds about right

Sunday, April 13, 2008: Creepy XVI

Saturday, April 12, 2008: Remember the Iraq "drawdown"?

Saturday, April 12, 2008: You think the Olympic protests are bad?

Thursday, April 10, 2008: Gitmo show trials delayed

Tuesday, April 1, 2008: Say what you will about the PSU basketball team...

Monday, March 31, 2008: How we look to England

Thursday, March 27, 2008: Standing on one leg

Sunday, March 23, 2008: Hillary did not invent the Internet

Saturday, March 22, 2008: Volunteers

Friday, March 21, 2008: Have a great weekend

Friday, March 21, 2008: Now I get it

Monday, March 10, 2008: The Vatican's "new sins"

Thursday, March 6, 2008: Tipping point

Wednesday, February 27, 2008: Bill's World, Bill's World, excellent

Saturday, February 23, 2008: A monumental journey

Friday, February 22, 2008: Right on cue, cont'd

Tuesday, February 19, 2008: Remember the First Amendment?

Tuesday, February 19, 2008: Cruise on the River Styx

Tuesday, February 19, 2008: Our favorite rapper

Monday, February 18, 2008: Right on cue

Thursday, February 14, 2008: Gordo jumps the aisle on waterboarding

Tuesday, February 12, 2008: "Show Him the money"

Monday, February 11, 2008: Chun Jie Kuai Le!

Thursday, February 7, 2008: Save America -- torture

Thursday, February 7, 2008: PERS goes bottom-fishing

Wednesday, January 30, 2008: Another torturer

Sunday, January 27, 2008: Our ticket out of the Middle East

Thursday, January 24, 2008: Lighten up

Wednesday, January 9, 2008: If he won't take his earpiece out first...

Wednesday, January 9, 2008: Our next President

Wednesday, January 9, 2008: Honey, who's watching the kids?

Friday, January 4, 2008: Why they won

Friday, December 28, 2007: Boys will be boys

Thursday, December 20, 2007: Parole violator sentenced to home detention

Monday, December 17, 2007: The richest person in Turkey

Sunday, December 16, 2007: The real ticketb*stards

Wednesday, December 12, 2007: Geezer's dream

Thursday, December 6, 2007: It's hitting the fan in Caracas

Tuesday, December 4, 2007: Name that whale

Monday, December 3, 2007: No nukes?

Thursday, November 29, 2007: Question of the Day

Wednesday, November 28, 2007: Who needs comedy writers?

Wednesday, November 28, 2007: No turkey coma here

Saturday, November 24, 2007: Bad timing

Saturday, November 24, 2007: Trip over

Wednesday, November 21, 2007: Fun ringtone

Wednesday, November 21, 2007: ''A really friendly guy, really outgoing''

Sunday, November 18, 2007: Sign me up

Saturday, November 17, 2007: Will they allow hitchhiking, too?

Tuesday, November 13, 2007: Harsh mistress

Tuesday, November 6, 2007: Diplomatic initiative

Tuesday, November 6, 2007: The perils of drugs

Wednesday, October 31, 2007: Double header

Wednesday, October 31, 2007: Wanna get away?

Tuesday, October 30, 2007: Coolest link yet

Monday, October 29, 2007: How close would you like to get?

Wednesday, October 24, 2007: The Gordon Smith-Obama connection

Tuesday, October 23, 2007: Grieved at their hardness of heart

Monday, October 22, 2007: Got Gocco?

Monday, October 22, 2007: Buckle up

Sunday, October 21, 2007: Here we go

Friday, October 19, 2007: Congressional throwdown over wiretapping

Wednesday, October 17, 2007: Dear China

Wednesday, October 17, 2007: You can't handle it

Tuesday, October 16, 2007: Preview of the next 100 years

Saturday, October 13, 2007: Next freedom we'll lose: Travel

Saturday, October 13, 2007: Old friend

Saturday, October 13, 2007: Can anything stop Google's meteoric rise?

Friday, October 12, 2007: It's not that simple sometimes

Friday, October 12, 2007: Gore wins Nobel Peace Prize, but...

Tuesday, October 9, 2007: Interesting contrast

Monday, October 8, 2007: Your Royale with cheese is waiting

Sunday, October 7, 2007: Say hi to Fred, everybody

Saturday, October 6, 2007: American prayer

Thursday, October 4, 2007: Back to torture

Wednesday, October 3, 2007: Mimes on the tram?

Tuesday, October 2, 2007: Public service announcement

Tuesday, October 2, 2007: Have the Russians really left Bushehr?

Saturday, September 29, 2007: Another one for your Darth Vader collection

Wednesday, September 26, 2007: Mission accomplished -- on to Iran!

Wednesday, September 26, 2007: Portland gets Davis Cup tennis final

Monday, September 24, 2007: Start the week out right

Sunday, September 23, 2007: Mum's the word

Sunday, September 23, 2007: Just ask the axis

Saturday, September 22, 2007: The Chimp finally checks his bank statement

Wednesday, September 19, 2007: Taught to the tune of a hick'ry stick

Monday, September 17, 2007: $12 billion cash, no receipts

Monday, September 17, 2007: Damn the torpedoes

Friday, September 14, 2007: Guess who's bailing on Iraq

Thursday, September 13, 2007: Is Bush sick, drugged, or both?

Wednesday, September 12, 2007: New pals

Tuesday, September 11, 2007: Anniversary

Monday, September 10, 2007: Getting so much better all the time

Sunday, September 9, 2007: How to start getting out of Iraq

Sunday, September 9, 2007: Never on the invitation list

Thursday, September 6, 2007: Are we staging nukes for Iran?

Wednesday, September 5, 2007: New product rollout

Monday, September 3, 2007: So we bomb the heck out of Iran

Monday, September 3, 2007: America is dead

Tuesday, August 28, 2007: E Street Band tour!

Tuesday, August 28, 2007: Earth to Baird: "You screwed up, my friend"

Monday, August 27, 2007: Want impeachment? Tell Earl the Pearl yourself

Sunday, August 26, 2007: On to Iran!

Saturday, August 25, 2007: The darkest place in the universe

Saturday, August 25, 2007: In Bush's war, no room for honesty

Thursday, August 23, 2007: Barrels of blood either way

Wednesday, August 22, 2007: Escalation of hostilities

Wednesday, August 22, 2007: What's it to Zhou?

Tuesday, August 21, 2007: Just for kicks

Monday, August 20, 2007: China syndrome

Monday, August 20, 2007: Wyden blocks a shot

Thursday, August 16, 2007: Stock market implosion in the morning?

Wednesday, August 15, 2007: You've been to bojack.org...

Tuesday, August 14, 2007: It's going so well in Iraq

Tuesday, August 14, 2007: Please don't call it a "quagmire"

Sunday, August 12, 2007: Would Hillary or Obama keep paying for "Star Wars"?

Thursday, August 9, 2007: Think I'll Pass

Wednesday, August 8, 2007: Here's your new pickup

Wednesday, August 8, 2007: Worth 1,000 words

Tuesday, August 7, 2007: When cops go bad

Monday, August 6, 2007: Prison food bribe suspect spotted in Canada

Monday, August 6, 2007: "It ain't right"

Monday, August 6, 2007: Get off your bike and drive a car

Friday, July 27, 2007: Have a great weekend

Thursday, July 26, 2007: Gearing up to bomb Iran

Thursday, July 26, 2007: "On American soil"

Saturday, July 21, 2007: Doctors break bad news to Bush

Saturday, July 21, 2007: You knew it all along

Friday, July 20, 2007: Quotation of the Week

Friday, July 20, 2007: Have you heard the Wal-Mart flip-flop story yet?

Thursday, July 19, 2007: Myth America

Thursday, July 19, 2007: Maybe they thought he was Cat Stevens

Wednesday, July 18, 2007: More on the Spokane torture shrinks

Wednesday, July 18, 2007: Comforting news

Tuesday, July 17, 2007: Anybody for ring toss?

Monday, July 16, 2007: I'd resubscribe to the O...

Sunday, July 15, 2007: Ten years of blogs

Thursday, July 12, 2007: Operation Phantom Progress

Thursday, July 12, 2007: We're losing the wider war, too

Thursday, July 12, 2007: And now for something completely different

Saturday, July 7, 2007: Your fire at your desire

Saturday, July 7, 2007: Pay as you go

Thursday, July 5, 2007: How many Iraqis has America killed?

Monday, July 2, 2007: Sometimes they're half right

Monday, July 2, 2007: Portland hits the big time

Friday, June 29, 2007: Iraq by the numbers

Thursday, June 28, 2007: Mucho dinero

Wednesday, June 27, 2007: Aggie Fever

Wednesday, June 27, 2007: Poetry break

Wednesday, June 27, 2007: What a gig

Sunday, June 24, 2007: My country 'tis of thee

Friday, June 22, 2007: Cottage industry

Wednesday, June 20, 2007: Religious mystery explained

Monday, June 18, 2007: War -- what is it good for?

Monday, June 18, 2007: Poetry break

Saturday, June 16, 2007: "Genocide with deniability"

Tuesday, June 12, 2007: Close Gitmo

Saturday, June 9, 2007: Bush was drinking near beer

Friday, June 8, 2007: Loss for words

Wednesday, June 6, 2007: I think she's mad

Wednesday, June 6, 2007: 63rd anniversary

Monday, June 4, 2007: Gitmo kangaroo court grounded

Monday, June 4, 2007: Eighteen years on

Friday, June 1, 2007: America the Pathetic

Wednesday, May 30, 2007: Slight resemblance

Tuesday, May 29, 2007: Fireman Randy hates the poor

Friday, May 25, 2007: Trouble in Ukraine

Thursday, May 24, 2007: New Nike slogan

Thursday, May 17, 2007: Feel free to tell me what a hypocrite I am

Tuesday, May 8, 2007: Our mad, mad, mad world

Monday, May 7, 2007: What attracts the most spam

Wednesday, May 2, 2007: Just what the Episcopalians need right now

Sunday, April 29, 2007: You know it's bad...

Wednesday, April 25, 2007: Justice, Bush-style

Monday, April 16, 2007: No place is safe

Friday, April 13, 2007: Tough day at the zoo

Friday, April 13, 2007: This ugly world

Wednesday, April 11, 2007: Yo -- Yao, y'all

Thursday, March 29, 2007: A dream shattered

Wednesday, March 21, 2007: This week's crock

Tuesday, March 20, 2007: Is the Prius bad for the environment?

Monday, March 19, 2007: Another Bush success story

Sunday, March 18, 2007: Everybody look what's goin' down

Sunday, March 4, 2007: The McDonald's of $4 coffee

Thursday, March 1, 2007: Why your 401k is being trashed

Sunday, February 25, 2007: What's become of our country?

Thursday, February 22, 2007: Obama's got this one right

Friday, February 16, 2007: Most of America is not this stupid

Wednesday, February 7, 2007: Torture Airlines revisited

Tuesday, February 6, 2007: A continental touch for Tri-Met

Tuesday, February 6, 2007: Lawyers for Gitmo habeas

Sunday, February 4, 2007: Where those "Bears World Champs" caps are going

Thursday, February 1, 2007: And Iran, Iran so far away

Thursday, February 1, 2007: Da Bearss, da mimes

Thursday, February 1, 2007: Happy to be of help, but...

Wednesday, January 31, 2007: Portlander Robert Caldwell arrested!

Wednesday, January 17, 2007: Gitmo lawyers redux

Sunday, January 14, 2007: Nefarious no more

Monday, January 1, 2007: Remembering

Saturday, December 30, 2006: Finally -- something Bush is good at

Saturday, December 30, 2006: I'm trying not to laugh

Saturday, December 23, 2006: Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia

Saturday, December 23, 2006: The sine qua non

Wednesday, December 20, 2006: W's comfort zone

Wednesday, December 20, 2006: You read it here first

Sunday, December 17, 2006: Kyrie eleison

Friday, December 8, 2006: Bully for Boeing

Tuesday, December 5, 2006: "Yakitori"? Ewwww

Friday, December 1, 2006: Wave bye-bye

Thursday, November 30, 2006: From a study group of one

Friday, November 24, 2006: A hit of a different kind

Saturday, November 18, 2006: Blogger in jail

Sunday, November 12, 2006: More bad chocolate

Sunday, November 5, 2006: Just another coincidence

Sunday, November 5, 2006: Attitude is everything

Tuesday, October 31, 2006: Who says Bush and Cheney are mean?

Tuesday, October 24, 2006: Speaking with authority

Friday, October 13, 2006: Free international phone calls?

Wednesday, October 11, 2006: You bet your life

Tuesday, October 10, 2006: Right place, right time

Friday, October 6, 2006: Who needs a watch?

Thursday, October 5, 2006: Up in the air

Thursday, October 5, 2006: Love story

Tuesday, October 3, 2006: Hava nageela

Monday, October 2, 2006: Remodel

Friday, September 29, 2006: How you feelin' today?

Tuesday, September 26, 2006: Misguided liberal

Monday, September 25, 2006: Bill goes off

Thursday, September 21, 2006: Happy Peace Day

Thursday, September 14, 2006: Screw loose in space

Wednesday, September 13, 2006: Another take on 9/11

Tuesday, September 12, 2006: Summing up the lie

Monday, September 11, 2006: Anniversary

Thursday, September 7, 2006: The news from Amerika

Monday, September 4, 2006: The croc guy bites it

Thursday, August 31, 2006: A wail of a picture

Wednesday, August 23, 2006: The Bush military "draft"

Friday, August 18, 2006: Real boobs target fakes

Saturday, August 12, 2006: Terror probe uncovers wider threat

Friday, August 11, 2006: Delta Airlines responds

Friday, August 11, 2006: Wal-Mart goes union

Thursday, August 10, 2006: Is it just me...

Saturday, August 5, 2006: More bad news for Floyd

Thursday, August 3, 2006: Happy birthday, Tony Bennett

Monday, July 31, 2006: So long, Ha

Friday, July 28, 2006: Growing consensus

Tuesday, July 25, 2006: Inconvenient truths? We've got a million of 'em

Sunday, July 23, 2006: World pariah

Saturday, July 22, 2006: U.S. declares war on Iran and Syria

Friday, July 21, 2006: Eerie parallel

Thursday, July 20, 2006: Fit to print

Thursday, July 20, 2006: Shame on America

Thursday, July 13, 2006: New video exonerates Zidane

Thursday, July 13, 2006: Not to worry, "the uniter" will fix it

Sunday, July 9, 2006: World Cup pool final standings

Saturday, July 8, 2006: World Cup pool final scores

Wednesday, July 5, 2006: There's gonna be a showdown

Sunday, July 2, 2006: World Cup dinner II

Sunday, July 2, 2006: World Cup dinner

Saturday, July 1, 2006: 6 to 4

Friday, June 30, 2006: Are you ready for some "football"?

Tuesday, June 27, 2006: At the Copa

Sunday, June 25, 2006: Another two bite the dust

Saturday, June 24, 2006: Get involved

Friday, June 23, 2006: Get ready for the World Cup pool

Thursday, June 22, 2006: V-E Day?

Tuesday, June 20, 2006: Soccer nuts may sleep in for a change

Tuesday, June 20, 2006: "Now the joy is dead and done, I'm gone"

Monday, June 19, 2006: Beginner's luck

Monday, June 19, 2006: Happy Monday

Saturday, June 17, 2006: The plot thickens

Wednesday, June 14, 2006: Early exit

Tuesday, June 13, 2006: Ready or not

Monday, June 12, 2006: Foot bawl

Monday, June 12, 2006: Bill McDonald explains in plain English

Monday, June 12, 2006: How the Bush tax cuts wreck your lungs

Sunday, June 11, 2006: Three out of four

Friday, June 9, 2006: Go-o-o-o-o-o-o-oll! Not

Saturday, June 3, 2006: Weekend update

Wednesday, May 31, 2006: Up the Cup

Thursday, April 27, 2006: Musical interlude

Wednesday, April 26, 2006: Quotation of the Month

Tuesday, April 25, 2006: Hail to the chief

Saturday, April 8, 2006: Two thumbs up for "Varekai"

Monday, March 20, 2006: Portland's brilliant leftists

Wednesday, February 22, 2006: Faithful friend

Tuesday, February 21, 2006: A great suggestion

Friday, February 17, 2006: Skot reflects on Torino

Friday, February 10, 2006: Send O'Reilly to Darfur

Friday, February 3, 2006: Urgent

Sunday, January 15, 2006: Happy birthday

Tuesday, January 10, 2006: Ten I admire

Friday, January 6, 2006: Say it again

Friday, January 6, 2006: America: Dumb and mean, cont'd

Sunday, January 1, 2006: CSI: NSA

Wednesday, December 28, 2005: Because we're "at war"

Monday, December 19, 2005: Pretzel logic with W.

Monday, November 21, 2005: Comedy gold, or just boullion?

Sunday, November 20, 2005: Bus kid makes good, again

Sunday, November 20, 2005: "They didn't have to say anything"

Thursday, November 17, 2005: Classic joke set-up

Tuesday, November 15, 2005: Ron, Gordon, and Gitmo -- Part Two

Friday, November 11, 2005: Oregon: We're goofy out here

Wednesday, November 9, 2005: Shoddy journalism

Sunday, November 6, 2005: Referrer spam attack! Or is it?

Friday, October 28, 2005: Simple fact

Tuesday, October 25, 2005: On second thought...

Monday, October 17, 2005: Tired of playing nanny

Thursday, September 29, 2005: Missed opportunity

Thursday, September 22, 2005: One giant, selfish step for mankind

Sunday, September 11, 2005: Your house is waiting

Friday, August 19, 2005: Cha-ching

Monday, August 15, 2005: Thought for the Day

Sunday, August 14, 2005: Guess who?

Thursday, July 28, 2005: Changing of the guard at Daimler-Chrysler

Monday, July 25, 2005: Cool Slang of the Week

Wednesday, July 20, 2005: Worth 1,000 words

Monday, July 18, 2005: I had no idea

Saturday, July 9, 2005: Thought for the Day

Thursday, June 30, 2005: World news tonight

Tuesday, June 28, 2005: That old familiar feeling

Wednesday, June 22, 2005: Who knew?

Sunday, June 19, 2005: Tale of two papers

Monday, June 6, 2005: Some guys have all the luck

Friday, May 27, 2005: It's only a matter of Wen

Monday, May 9, 2005: Ground Zero, version 2.0

Thursday, May 5, 2005: Oh, how I miss the No. 2 on rye

Tuesday, May 3, 2005: A stroke of genius

Sunday, May 1, 2005: I think there may be a concentration camp named after me

Monday, April 25, 2005: Before you hit "send"...

Sunday, April 24, 2005: Dr. Death and Measure 35

Friday, April 8, 2005: Road to the Final Four

Saturday, April 2, 2005: "He's Polish!"

Thursday, March 17, 2005: Erin Go Bragh

Saturday, February 26, 2005: Maya hee!

Friday, February 18, 2005: You saw it here first

Thursday, January 20, 2005: Would you like his voice mail?

Wednesday, January 19, 2005: Bad, sick, horrible thoughts of the day

Tuesday, January 11, 2005: Please limit carry-ons to one Tazer

Wednesday, December 29, 2004: I have no idea

Friday, November 19, 2004: It's mourning in America

Saturday, November 6, 2004: Gotta keep those lovin' good vibrations happenin'

Friday, October 22, 2004: Faithful fan

Thursday, October 21, 2004: That's a lot of kung pao

Tuesday, September 21, 2004: Sorry

Saturday, September 11, 2004: Disconnect

Saturday, September 11, 2004: Third anniversary

Wednesday, September 8, 2004: Make room on the Capitol Mall

Saturday, August 28, 2004: Cold War II?

Monday, August 23, 2004: It's all fake

Monday, August 16, 2004: Sickening Media Moment of the Week

Friday, July 2, 2004: Mourning the Don

Thursday, July 1, 2004: The Entertainer

Monday, June 28, 2004: Mission Accomplished II

Monday, June 28, 2004: Questions

Monday, June 14, 2004: More rotten news

Sunday, June 13, 2004: Reagan, Rummy and Saddam

Friday, June 4, 2004: Let's p*ss off Germany next

Tuesday, May 25, 2004: Campaign strategy

Thursday, May 20, 2004: The shifting story

Thursday, May 13, 2004: Cue Three Dog Night

Wednesday, May 12, 2004: Heaven help us all

Saturday, May 8, 2004: Busted

Wednesday, April 28, 2004: What's really "troubling"

Tuesday, April 20, 2004: Speaking with authority

Friday, April 2, 2004: Dial Rangoon 7-7500

Monday, March 22, 2004: Being for the benefit of Mr. Kerry

Tuesday, March 16, 2004: "Operation Mountain Storm"

Tuesday, March 16, 2004: Menu change

Friday, March 12, 2004: All I got's this lonesome day

Tuesday, February 24, 2004: You call it

Monday, February 16, 2004: Simply irresistible question

Friday, February 6, 2004: Forty years ago this weekend

Saturday, January 17, 2004: Nice work, Portland police

Tuesday, January 6, 2004: I'm glad he's o.k., and so's Lola

Friday, December 19, 2003: I think I was behind him in the Hood to Coast once

Wednesday, December 17, 2003: I've been there

Monday, December 15, 2003: I knew it

Friday, December 12, 2003: That's fit to print

Sunday, November 2, 2003: Dear public editors:

Thursday, October 23, 2003: Thought for the day

Friday, October 3, 2003: Travel news

Monday, September 22, 2003: Lightweights

Tuesday, September 16, 2003: Finance charges apply

Sunday, September 14, 2003: Don't wait 'til Christmas

Sunday, September 7, 2003: Diplomacy, W.-style

Monday, August 25, 2003: Now it can be heard

Wednesday, August 6, 2003: Guilty

Thursday, July 24, 2003: I hope they were flossing

Tuesday, July 22, 2003: Cracks me up

Tuesday, July 22, 2003: I love this game

Wednesday, July 16, 2003: Shocking!

Tuesday, July 15, 2003: Empty sky

Friday, June 20, 2003: This just in

Wednesday, June 11, 2003: Kim Jung-Il and Hillary

Wednesday, June 11, 2003: Golly

Saturday, June 7, 2003: The real reason

Saturday, June 7, 2003: Death to America (but no death tax, please)

Tuesday, May 20, 2003: Thought for the night

Sunday, May 4, 2003: Historical perspective of the day

Tuesday, April 29, 2003: What's in a name (or a mug shot)

Tuesday, April 15, 2003: Giving peace a bad name

Thursday, April 10, 2003: Ding dong, Saddam is dead

Monday, March 31, 2003: Balm for the soul

Sunday, March 30, 2003: May it end soon

Monday, March 24, 2003: "War," as in the song

Friday, March 21, 2003: Turn it off

Thursday, March 20, 2003: In other news

Wednesday, March 19, 2003: Sing along, everybody

Tuesday, March 18, 2003: That's where it's at

Monday, March 17, 2003: So help him God

Friday, March 7, 2003:

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