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Why do people say 'after dark' when what they mean is 'during dark'? After dark would be when it's light again, right? * There are 10 types of people in this world -- those who read binary, and those who don't. * I'm rethinking the whole brown rice thing. What if it's just more white liberal self-hatred? Whole wheat, honey, unbleached flour. All better. Sez who? * Eugene should be HQ for White People for Diversity. We'll fight for diversity to be included in books, which is where we know to look for it. * Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day, but give a man a pillow, and he'll dream of steak. * What can you say about a state that puts the town of North Bend 225 miles southwest of Bend? We rely on visitors for entertainment.

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Entries Tagged as 'Upper-Left-Edge'

How to Win at Rock, Paper, Scissors

May 3rd, 2013 · 1 Comment

Who was learning to win at Rock, Paper, Scissors and who was counting the minutes until recess? Close your eyes and tell me you can guess which group is not a bunch of petulant teenagers.

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Tags: Arr-Gee published · Civic · Deep · Pure Pol · Upper-Left-Edge

Earth Day Gets Personal

April 19th, 2013 · 1 Comment

I cannot describe the mixture of fear and comfort I felt in that tree trunk.

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Tags: Arr-Gee published · deekay · Upper-Left-Edge

Local Economy Remains in High Gear

March 29th, 2013 · No Comments

People here have been getting by for so long, it’s all they know. We make and do less, so we make do more.

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Tags: Arr-Gee published · Civic · Deep · Upper-Left-Edge · You-gene

Unreasonableness Gains Unfair Advantages

March 5th, 2013 · 1 Comment

This is not an argument against PERS or against retirees or against the other 49 states. It’s an argument against unreasonableness. It starts with “two can play that game.”

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Tags: Arr-Gee published · Deep · Psycho · Pure Pol · Simple · Upper-Left-Edge

Crocuses, Bees, Saturday Market, and Thee

February 19th, 2013 · No Comments

Our Saturday Market is cultural expression as economic engine. We celebrate the derring-do of local skills and ideas — specifically, those willing to add to that formula some effort and risk.

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Tags: Arr-Gee published · Upper-Left-Edge · You-gene

What’s in a Name? Free Money

February 8th, 2013 · No Comments

We should be glad we’re not carrying the mantle of marijuana to the rest of the nation. If we want to continue being the state that dreams up big ideas, it’s best if the image conjured isn’t a dorm room with a bong.

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Tags: Arr-Gee published · Grins · Upper-Left-Edge · You-gene

Filibuster in Film: Twelve Little Lessons

December 28th, 2012 · No Comments

Only a newcomer in Washington could believe that legislators are called “lawmakers” for a reason. Not surprisingly, recent news accounts have characterized Merkley and other reformers as “a cohort of short-sighted Senate sophomores.”

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Tags: Arr-Gee published · Media · Pure Pol · Upper-Left-Edge

Human Tragedy Doubles as Call to Action

December 21st, 2012 · No Comments

We should be careful what we ask for. The difference between the peculiar and the dangerous among us looks obvious only in hindsight. They are indistinguishable in the present tense.

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Tags: !AH !HA · Civic · Deep · Psycho · Upper-Left-Edge · You-gene

Flogging, Modestly Proposed

December 10th, 2012 · 2 Comments

It’s time we tried a bad idea to solve our public safety funding issues. All the good ideas have been taken and tried. We’ve adapted police training toward prevention, we’ve swapped budget items between jurisdictions, we’ve searched for every hidden inefficiency, we’ve floated assorted tax increases. All the while, the problem has steadily worsened. We [...]

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Tags: Arr-Gee published · Civic · Deep · Upper-Left-Edge

Democracy Needs Better Losers

November 9th, 2012 · 2 Comments

National Republicans lost badly because they haven’t lost well. Instead of reflecting on their party’s deficiencies after the 2008 drubbing, they treated our president as a fluke, then a fraud, then a patsy. America didn’t like it.

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Tags: Arr-Gee published · Pure Pol · Upper-Left-Edge · You-gene