Dr. Know Recently at Kitchen Kaboodle, my preferred purveyor of yuppie accoutrements, I was given a shopping bag printed with an enormous proclamation reading, “Reuse me! I’m recyclable! Throw me ...   More

Dr. Know My Internet provider is a neighbor, either generous or clueless, whose wireless router I access. On clear days, I get great reception all over my apartment. But as soon as a few clouds roll in, I ha ...   More

Dr. Know Every summer, fireworks stands blossom like mushrooms after a spring rain. Where do they come from? Where do they go? Can the people who work in them really live all year on the proceeds from two we ...   More

Dr. Know I’m attending a MoveOn.org public meeting tonight (6:30 pm at Washington High!) about how to take on corporate lobbyists. I say we fight fire with fire: Couldn’t we liberal Portlanders h ...   More

Dr. Know I’ve seen lots of opinions about those photo traffic tickets that you receive by mail. First, are they enforceable, or can they be easily beaten? Second, do they go on your driving record? &md ...   More

Dr. Know Some old-timer from the ’90s told me that one year Portland basically didn’t have a summer because of some volcano. Well, here we are freezing in June, and there was that big volcano in ...   More

Dr. Know Lately I’ve seen a “Q” added to the end of “LGBT” in articles about the gay community. I’m guessing it stands for “queer,” but isn’t “quee ...   More

Dr. Know What is with the numerous four-way intersections in Southeast Portland that are lacking stop signs? Are we supposed to stop out of the goodness of our hearts? This has “accident waiting to hap ...   More

Dr. Know What portion, if any, of the $1.6 million city settlement to James Chasse’s family is subject to federal and state income taxes? How much will federal and state coffers be bolstered as a resul ...   More

Dr. Know Has there ever been a major oil spill in Oregon? Are we about due for one? I could go for some blackened salmon right about now.—Jared in Lake OHar de har har. You might think that, with no oi ...   More