Entitled Neighbors
by Anonymous You all want the "dilapidated" building I live in torn down because you want a donut shop or cafe in it's place. Some even mini orgasmed at the idea of a new season. You say it's rat and...
View ArticleYou Know the Rules and So Do I: The Best Tweets From the Melania...
The Best Tweets From the Melania Trump-Michelle Obama Plagiarism Scandal by Tricia Romano Mere hours after the third Ms. Trump took the stage at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland,...
View ArticleSavage Love Letter of the Day: My 13-Year-Old Son Is Watching Gay Porn
by Dan Savage Just wondering what the wisest way to handle discovering gay porn on my son’s phone would be. At the moment he’s not aware I’ve found it—and I wasn’t looking for it, Dan. I wasn’t...
View ArticleThe Bachelorette Recap: Episode 8 - Less Horses, More Hometowns, Still Some...
by Campy Draper Your hair smells like a nightmare I had once. Courtesy of ABC/Carl CostasTonight’s Bachelorette was crazy! Is it me or does JoJo suddenly look like an expelled can of cheez whiz with a...
View ArticleWe Put Biketown to the Test on Mt. Tabor. It Got Us to the Top—Eventually
by Dirk VanderHart Natalie BehringI’M NOT EVEN close to Mt. Tabor yet when it becomes apparent: This will be unpleasant. It’s a humid Thursday, threatening rain, and I’ve just gotten leave from...
View ArticleStephen Colbert and Jon Stewart Reunite to Remind Us Just How Angry We Should...
by Dan Savage ...at the Comedy Central executives who failed to offer them however much money they wanted to stick around through this year's general election:Colbert brings back his signature "The...
View ArticlePortland: Now Famous for Polyamory!
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Enrique Ramos LopezAfter years of being in the national media spotlight for food carts, doughnuts, and bagpipe tootin' unicyclists, it looks like Portland is finally being...
View ArticleEat That Question Is Zappa Being Zappa (for Better or Worse)
by Robert Ham During his lifetime, Frank Zappa was to the press what Donald Trump is now. The journalists of the world knew that if they pointed a camera and a microphone at the hirsute...
View ArticleOur Editors Made Us Tinder at the RNC, So We Spent 10 Minutes Talking to a...
by Sydney Brownstone We are following around photos of fetuses and protesters by day, but by night, we are on the prowl. Be warned, Cleveland: These ladies will be sitting in your local bars, smelling...
View ArticleUp Your Riesling Intake at Riesling Invasion
by MJ Skegg People should drink more Riesling. Not in the same way that everyone should eat more Omega 3 foods (lots of health benefits; flax seeds, walnuts and sardines are the way to go), but...
View ArticleMegyn Kelly Has Reportedly Told Lawyers That Roger Ailes Made Unwanted Sexual...
by Christopher Frizzelle Megyn Kelly has "described her harassment by Ailes in detail," according to a scoop this morning in New York magazine.HELGA ESTEB / SHUTTERSTOCK.COMFor weeks, the most talked...
View ArticleCheck Out the Trailer for Better Things from Pamela Adlon and Louis C.K.
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Much of Louis C.K.'s comedy and TV show revolves around the horrors of parenting—so it makes sense he'd team up with Louie co-star Pamela Adlon for her new FX sitcom, Better...
View ArticleGive Credit Where it's Due
by Anonymous NOBODY WANTS to say it, but I will. Soccer fans have saved Portland. I'll give them full credit.I love the game and the fans. It's awesome. Fans need to even recruit their international...
View ArticleVideo: What Democracy Looks Like on the Streets of Cleveland
by Sydney Brownstone Sydney Brownstone talking to a guy in Cleveland who was very clear about his opinions.A black woman arguing with a white Republican National Convention attendee over whether...
View ArticleRepublicans Officially Nominate Donald Trump for President
by Heidi Groover Well, it happened:Make it official: The Republican Party has nominated Donald Trump for president.And now the New York billionaire has completed a remarkable rise from political...
View ArticleDan Savage on Jill Stein: Just No.
by Ansel Herz The Green Party's Jill Stein is polling at 5 percent nationally.Bart.govHow do we build a viable third party to the left of shitty Democrats in the United States? "You run people not...
View ArticleThanks for the New Bumper
by Anonymous To the Lake Oswego parents of a certain 19yo son: thanks! The bumper was already pretty toast (my fault there). Your boy wasn't paying attention when he rear ended me at roughly 15 mph in...
View ArticleSurprise! You Just Got a Bike
It’s the 2016 Bike Issue, and it’s for the people. by Dirk VanderHart WAIT JUST A MINUTE, Portland.Most years, our annual Bike Issue means those muscle-thighed readers who already dig on two-wheeled...
View ArticleMeet Your New Bike!
We put Biketown to the test on a volcano. It got us to the top... eventually. by Dirk VanderHart I’M NOT EVEN close to Mt. Tabor yet when it becomes apparent: This will be unpleasant.It’s a humid...
View ArticleThe E-Bike Is the Perfect City Bike
How I learned to stop worrying about hills and love e-biking. by Courtney Ferguson MY RELATIONSHIP with my commuter bike greatly improved last year after I got a proper bike fitting ["Fit While You...
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