The Nose The Nose turned to the paper of record last Thursday and learned something valuable beyond the meltdowns of Tom DeLay, polar ice caps and Iraq.He learned that Portland isn't the City that Works, it's ...   More

The Nose What a shame. Washington-Monroe High School, the long-closed ghost ship in Southeast Portland, got spit-and-polished by the Red Cross for Katrina survivors who never came en masse. And Hurricane Rita' ...   More

The Nose The Nose is amazed, and he doesn't say that lightly.No, he's not surprised that Jehovah dished out a whuppin' to New Orleans the likes of which was last seen by either Sodom or Gomorrah, can't remembe ...   More

The Nose When The Nose heard about the 620 large that Portland's school district must shell out to make former HR chief Steve Goldschmidt go away, he was tempted to change jobs.If all it takes to score a six-f ...   More

The Nose The Nose loves it when the cold frost of racism foams and sputters with the energy of a dropped can of Hamm's.Saves him a lot of trouble when volk like Rami Makboul, the manager of the Vue nightclub, ...   More

The Nose The Nose returned from a week of vacation-if that's what you want to call it. A week visiting the in-laws in John Day ain't exactly Shangri-La, particularly when your mother-in-law's idea of cuisine i ...   More

The Nose The Nose woke up mad Friday morning. That's not too different from most days, except this time, he had a reason for kicking the dog and screaming in the shower. Namely, Enron's big F- YOU to the City ...   More

The Nose The Nose was drinking Abbot Ales the other night (to express solidarity with Londoners) when his bleary mind turned from terrorism to something almost as bad: Salem. Specifically, the increasingly gho ...   More

The Nose Did Commander Schnozz and the Nostril Brigade celebrate Independence Day? Oh, you bet they did.On Saturday, the Nose piled the ball and chain, the rugrats, and his buddy Irv into the van and set a cou ...   More

The Nose After the millionth time that Tom Potter described himself as a "change agent" in last year's mayoral campaign, the Nose tuned out.For someone whose English is Olde and best served cold, that Potteris ...   More