Bar Reviews Nostalgia makes people do odd things. It might make one guy call ex-girlfriends when he’s drunk, another care about a baseball team of millionaire strangers. Or nostalgia might make you plunk a ... More
At the Hop
Bar Reviews Nostalgia makes people do odd things. It might make one guy call ex-girlfriends when he’s drunk, another care about a baseball team of millionaire strangers. Or nostalgia might make you plunk a ... More
The Melancholy Fate of Capt. Lewis
Author Michael Pritchett gets lost between Lewis past and present.
Books Historians have long pointed to Lewis and Clark as the rare example of a dual command that actually worked. Most such ventures with two leaders fail, the theory goes, because followers need one leade ... More
Nydia Velázquez
A congresswoman’s first trip to Portland is the latest in her long line of more important firsts.
Q & A U.S. Rep. Nydia Velázquez was born 54 years ago in Puerto Rico, the daughter of a sugar-cane cutter. Today, Velázquez is a senior member of Congress after becoming the first Puerto Rican ... More
Black Power-less
Will it take a lawsuit for Portland to elect a black mayor?
News Regardless of whether Mayor Tom Potter decides in mid-September to run again, know this: The United States is more likely to elect its first black president next year than Portland is to elect its fir ... More
Drink Guide 2007
Food Reviews & Stories Bartender’s choice: Hangover cure? “Water. All a hangover is is dehydration.” A bar and a place of scientific learning. Cool.The Harp ($4.50 a pop) is good and cold. The Murphy’s Stew ($9) warms you up on a chilly night, and the side of soda bread is a nice touch, indicating More
The Fifth Wheel
Mayor Tom Potter didn't promise details in his campaign. And he hasn't delivered many, either.
News If you want a snapshot of where Mayor Tom Potter fits in City Hall's power structure these days, 15 minutes in council chambers May 2 told you all you needed to know. Fulfilling a promise from his 20 ... More
Doctor gone
Doc who treated Lance Armstrong is out at OHSU.
News Dr. Craig Nichols, who treated world-renowned cyclist Lance Armstrong for testicular cancer a decade ago, is out at Oregon Health & Science University, WW has learned. Nichols, associate director of ... More
Einstein: His Life and Universe
E = MC squared—sweaty feet and all.
Arts & Books Stories Here's a promising recipe for a riveting biography: Pick a scientific genius who made the remarkable jump to world icon from his otherwise-impenetrable field. Choose a subject whose life was a bubbli ... More
Kate Brown
Checks in midsession with the top-ranking woman in the Leg about taxes, ethics, civil unions and her political future.
News Senate Majority Leader Kate Brown has the most political juice—potentially—of any woman in the state Legislature. So as this year's legislative session begins to move out of opening-gambi ... More
Silence of the Sam
Will Commissioner Sam Adams let us know what he thinks about charter reform before the May 15 vote?
News Sam Adams provided the crucial third vote this month when he agreed with Mayor Tom Potter and fellow City Commissioner Dan Saltzman to put major changes to Portland's form of government on the May bal ... More
Top Articles from HENRY STERN
The Truth Has Set Her Free
What Oregon’s “Resident Contrarian” says about politics, race and battling depression: An excerpt from Avel Gordly’s memoir. Sum Of Sam
We ask Mayor Sam Adams about his political future, marijuana, cop shootings, leaf fees, the crappy economy, bikes and media coverage of him. We also ask whatever happened to “Mike and Jean.” He wasn’t happy about that last question. Second Life
Can public campaign finance be revived in Portland? Duck Tales
Take a trip inside an Oregon football fan’s troubled mind. The Daily Show
Can a new publisher reverse the slide at The Oregonian? Doctor gone
Doc who treated Lance Armstrong is out at OHSU. Tim Donaghy
Ex-ref says Rasheed was right and small-market teams like Portland are screwed. Prescott Cafe
Merritt Paulson
As Portland Hosts the Triple-A All-Star Game, WW gets a scouting report on the future of baseball, soccer and other “crap” from the Beavers owner . Cheap Eats 2011: Shandong
What Oregon’s “Resident Contrarian” says about politics, race and battling depression: An excerpt from Avel Gordly’s memoir. Sum Of Sam
We ask Mayor Sam Adams about his political future, marijuana, cop shootings, leaf fees, the crappy economy, bikes and media coverage of him. We also ask whatever happened to “Mike and Jean.” He wasn’t happy about that last question. Second Life
Can public campaign finance be revived in Portland? Duck Tales
Take a trip inside an Oregon football fan’s troubled mind. The Daily Show
Can a new publisher reverse the slide at The Oregonian? Doctor gone
Doc who treated Lance Armstrong is out at OHSU. Tim Donaghy
Ex-ref says Rasheed was right and small-market teams like Portland are screwed. Prescott Cafe
Merritt Paulson
As Portland Hosts the Triple-A All-Star Game, WW gets a scouting report on the future of baseball, soccer and other “crap” from the Beavers owner . Cheap Eats 2011: Shandong
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