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Eating Weed Without Flipping Out

by David Schmader We still get stories of weed eaters overdosing and winding up stranded in some twilight gulag of horrors.The StrangerAnother week, another story of someone eating weed and going...

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Hillary Clinton Apparently Goes to Work When She's Sick. You Probably Do Too....

by Megan Burbank If you're among the majority of American adults who go to work sick, congratulations. You have something in common with Hillary Clinton.East Asia and Pacific Media Hub U.S. Department...

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"No" is Just Fine

by Anonymous Here's the deal, ladies. If I ask you for your number and you give it to me, then great! I promise to call or text and meet up. If you say "no" or "I can't " or "get lost" then that's ok...

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Good Morning, News: Bundy Trial Begins, a Bloviating WashCo Deputy, and the...

by Dirk VanderHart Banks, Oregon: Home of the Barthas and where they'll be remaining in the future, thank you very much!Wikimedia CommonsTODAY IN TOP STORIES: A Banks man named Dennis Bartha and his...

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Never Thought I'd Jump on this Bandwagon

by Anonymous Hey asshole bike rider who almost ran into me today coming off of Harbor onto Front. Crosswalks are for PEDESTRIANS. If you choose to ride your GD bike the wrong way across a cross walk,...

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First Day with Your New Bag, Huh?

by Anonymous My bus trip in the AM is about 1hour you got on 30 min into my ride and sat next to me (Blonde hair w/green and white striped shirt) Coffee in hand and your Oversized purse. Its not like...

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Why, Yes. I Would Like a New Song from Bell Biv DeVoe!

by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey It's easy to scorn "nostalgia tours," but when the group in question still has the chops—or in this case, the "New Jack Swing"—who's complaining? Check out this new single from...

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Savage Love Letter of the Day: The Bitter Pill

by Dan Savage I’m not sure if you’ll read this but if you do I could use some advice.Hi, I'm a woman, I live in Utah, I'm 20 years old and I'm NOT a Mormon. I have been in a monogamous relationship...

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TBA Review: When Watching One Part of Morgan Thorson’s Still Life, Another...

by Suzette Smith Dirty walls, dancers moving in unison, check marks happening on the back wall.Suzette SmithSince Friday, Morgan Thorson’s Still Life has been playing at the Portland Art Museum, on...

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New Hate Crime Indictment For The White Supremacist Charged In Black Teen's...

by Doug Brown Russell Courtier and his girlfriend Colleen Hunt were indicted for the murder of Larnell Bruce, and later re-indicted on hate crime charges. Courtier is a documented member of "European...

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Keith Olbermann On Donald Trump: A Demonic Messiah in Oompa Loompa's Clothing

by Dan Savage 176 Reasons Donald Trump Shouldn't Be President—The Closer with @KeithOlbermann, Episode 1 https://t.co/s54r0KpFad— GQ Magazine (@GQMagazine) September 13, 2016In the first installment...

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Listen to Wolf People’s Howlingly Great New Song

by Ned Lannamann Following their triumphal Portland-area debut at 2015’s Pickathon festival, excellent English band Wolf People have emerged from the mossy cave where they harvest their mystic, misty,...

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Is the Media Fair in Covering this Presidential Race, Wonders Media

by Christopher Frizzelle Hillary Clinton speaking at a 2013 event held by the Clinton Foundation, which Paul Krugman says has gotten more scrutiny than the Trump Foundation.JStone / Shutterstock.com"I...

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Tonight on TV: Oregon's Own Deadliest Catch: Dungeon Cove

by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Guys! If you're all like, "I hate TV, because there are never any new shows that are about or involve Oregon!" (Note: No one in the world has ever said that.) You're in luck!...

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Mayor Charlie Hales Says He's Got Support to End the 48-Hour Rule And...

by Dirk VanderHart MAYOR CHARLIE HALES has found outright victories sometimes hard to come by during his four years at the helm.Time and again, high-profile policy proposals—a “street fee,” a raise on...

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TBA Review: Disco Nostalgia and Wildwood Fantasies in Meg Wolfe's New...

by Katie Pelletier "A queer-love power trio."PICA via FlickrPulsing with disco nostalgia and wildwood fantasies, Meg Wolfe’s PICA co-commissioned TBA:16 piece New Faithful Disco made its Portland...

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New Column!

Ask an Obsolescent Pair of Headphones by An Obsolescent Pair of Headphones Dear Obsolescent Pair of Headphones:I’m a lesbian about to be married to the love of my life. However, my sister doesn’t...

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One Day at a Time

TOM HIDDLESTON WILL BE OURS. by Ann Romano MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5Welcome back to One Day at a Time, dears, where we can’t even properly finish this sentence because TAYLOR SWIFT AND TOM HIDDLESTON BROKE...

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People You Should Know

Portland newbies? Meet the Portland oldies (who are totally doing rad stuff). by Bri Pruett BEFORE ELLIOTT SMITH, and Fred and Carrie, there were these cool people. If you just moved here, get hip to...

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Adam Conover, Sharp-Dressed Knowledge Genie

The Comedian Proves That Information is Power—And Also Ruinous by William Kennedy FOR STAND-UP and truTV star Adam Conover, there’s a fine line between ruination and enlightenment. This fall, he’s...

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