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100 things to do

Want to call yourself a true Portlander? Here's a checklist.
A checklist for true Portlanders.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | August 27, 2008

Now's the time

A primer on Opportunity Maine
Opportunity Maine is that rare type of public policy — one that enjoys true bipartisan support, and one that is expected to actually work.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | August 27, 2008

Oh, you like Melville?

Five books to land your first college mate
We cannot stress this enough. As much as no one cares about your laptop or iPhone, everyone sneaks a peek at what their peers and classmates are reading.

By: CHRISTOPHER GRAY | August 27, 2008

Candy candy

Hoopleville

By: DAVID KISH | August 20, 2008

Pick what you eat

Fans of organic food: Stop talking, start weeding
In just a few hours, go beyond the agri-tourism of picking berries or apples, and actually learn something about the land.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | August 20, 2008

The truth is up there

Clouds, sun dogs, and the dream of an atmospheric education . . . How one former TV reporter brought his sky gospel to the people
The sky’s on the move again, he can feel it.

By: JAMES PARKER | August 22, 2008

Through race-colored glasses

Diverse City
Folks, we have an elephant in the middle of our national living room. And I don’t mean the Republican Party. It’s race.

By: SHAY STEWART-BOULEY | August 20, 2008

Mound wisdom

Cartoons of pitchers and catchers talking are a New Yorker staple. What is so funny about rubbers?
The first pitcher/catcher cartoon in the New Yorker was also the simplest.

By: MIKE MILIARD | August 19, 2008

Beijing sting

Exposed: A top-secret government memorandum, obtained this past week by the Phoenix, gives the games away
Greetings, faithful steward of information!

By: JAMES PARKER | August 08, 2008

Beijing says it's ready for the Olympics. Uh, really, Beijing?
Oh, Beijing. You’re like the ex-boyfriend that I wanted so badly to love, but just couldn’t bring myself to face in the morning, once the booze wore off.

By: SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | August 08, 2008

Consumer culture

Hoopleville

By: DAVID KISH | August 06, 2008

Horror movies from Hooplewood

Hoopleville

By: DAVID KISH | July 30, 2008

Me and my tattoos

One Man’s Inky Voyage Toward Meaning
I know that most people get their first tattoo when they’re drunk, or infatuated, or when there’s a race war on their cellblock and they have to quickly join a gang — but not me.

By: JAMES PARKER | July 23, 2008

Kabob ideas

Hoopleville

By: DAVID KISH | July 23, 2008

All dogs (and cats, and iguanas) go to heaven

A Maine pet crematorium gives man’s best friends the goodbyes they deserve
If we pamper them in life, why shouldn’t we be expected to treat them extravagantly when they die?

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | July 18, 2008

Robby Ringworm

Hoopleville

By: DAVID KISH | July 16, 2008

Facebook phobia

Thought high school was bad? Social-networking sites jack up Web-era insecurities
It’s safe to say that Facebook is now an omniscient, all-powerful tool that, in some way, traffics in dirt on nearly everyone you know.

By: SHARON STEEL | July 16, 2008

Wait, who is this?

Andrew Earles and Jeffrey Jensen shine the dim light of cultural obscurity on the prank phone call
Earles and Jensen’s calls, primarily perpetrated on unsuspecting denizens of Memphis and New York, are strange and wonderful specimens of telephonic performance art.

By: MIKE MILIARD | July 16, 2008

Scarred for life

Writing through the pain of self-harm
There’s evidence that blogging is not merely comforting, but healthy.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | July 10, 2008

Red, white + blue, plus green

Going green
TerraPass, Carbonfund.org, and Native Energy allow you “offset” your carbon emissions by helping to finance existing or to-be-built renewable-energy projects.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | July 09, 2008

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Moonsigns

This horoscope traces the passage of the moon, not the sun. Simply read from day to day to watch the moon’s influence as it moves through the signs of the zodiac.

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BLOGS

NBC Nightly News asks: Press Herald's 'final edition?'
About Town | August 29, 2008 at 4:02 PM

"Environmentally progressive sport"
August 29, 2008 at 12:55 PM

FOX News: NOT Pawlenty
Talking Politics | August 29, 2008 at 8:05 AM

Not Memorable, But It'll Do
August 29, 2008 at 1:05 AM

They Couldn't Help Themselves: McCain campaign leaks selection of Tim Pawlenty as VP nominee
August 28, 2008 at 10:31 PM

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