The Nose The Nose was crushed when he didn't get an invite to President Bush's business-forum-slash-evangelical-revival event on Friday (he could have sworn he mailed that $10,000 check last month). So imagine ...   More

The Nose Like many an American couch potato, the Nose had his world rocked by an Edwards last week. Hardcore Democrats all but sacrificed a virgin she-goat in honor of the senator from North Carolina. But Lord ...   More

The Nose Ah, summertime. The taste of a burger on a backyard grill. The roar of the lawnmower through a chain-link fence. The whiff of hot tar and urine on Southwest Morrison Street.To tell you the truth, thou ...   More

The Nose The Nose was plenty excited to get an email last week from Sam Adams with the subject line "ratepayer rebellion."Come to find out the message was from a City Council candidate, not a brewer, and it co ...   More

The Nose The Nose's mama always said there was no point in putting lipstick on a pig. Seems like that advice has never reached cow country.Back in November, some wranglers called the Texas Pacific Group hired ...   More

The Nose As the Gipper, may he rest in peace, might have said: Here we go again.Last week, opponents of gay marriage made a pilgrimage to Salem, where they turned in their petitions to force a state vote on th ...   More

The Nose The Nose doesn't want to peer into the oral cavity of a donated equine.Truly.But since no one else will take a hard look at the donation of land that the Schnitzer family made earlier this month, it's ...   More

The Nose The Nose doesn't have any special summer plans. A few days at the beach. A visit from the in-laws, who will overstay their welcome and empty the pantry. A pledge to his gal to finish the cedar deck.Bu ...   More

The Nose The Nose is not a particularly religious man. He can't remember whether he's a lapsed Episcopalian or a practicing Buddhist. But even at Our Lady of Spiritual Congestion, penance counts for something. ...   More

The Nose The Nose understands the value of the apology. Sorry to the wife for the Nasal "lost weekend" that scuttled our Memorial Day plans. Mea culpa, to the fine folks at Noble Rot for the pathetic $15 tip i ...   More