Winners & Losers WINNERSIt may be his latest "Ron Quixote" move, but give U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) credit for taking a crack at reforming the disaster that is health care. Wyden, who's also pushing uphill on a maj ...   More

Winners & Losers WINNERSU.S. Sen. Gordon Smith was for the war before he was against it. But the Oregon Republican's reversal last week at least provides him a shred of cover when he faces his war-weary constituents f ...   More

Winners & Losers WINNERSHard not to be a winner when you get a $2 million settlement from the feds like lawyer Brandon Mayfield. But from the "wish-we'd-said-it-first" department, Jack Bog's Blog (bojack.org) also poi ...   More

Winners & Losers WINNERSChristmas came early for Oregon Democrats, who learned last week they will have an extra $245 million to spend when they take control of both legislative houses next year. As with all holiday c ...   More

Winners & Losers WINNERSNo more "sweet deal" jokes about Multnomah County Commissioner Maria Rojo de Steffey. The state ethics commission last week cleared the commish of conflict-of-interest allegations (see "Sweethe ...   More

Winners & Losers WINNERSSince Oregon voters last week rejected term limits for legislators, Portland Mayor Tom Potter can stop his flop sweat. Why? Because Portland Democrats like House Speaker-to-be Jeff Merkley and ...   More

Winners & Losers WINNERSGay sheep have someone behind them. And, no, it's not a ram or a lonely farmer. Last week, tennis great Martina Navratilova asked the presidents of OHSU and OSU to stop their universities' expe ...   More

Winners & Losers WINNERSSmug warning: Portland bus riders will barely be able to contain their self-satisfaction, knowing they're not only keeping cars off the road, but also supporting biodiesel. TriMet switched Mond ...   More

Winners & Losers WINNERSHot damn for paintings gathering dust in our closet! Goodwill Industries of the Columbia-Willamette raked in $165,000 for a donated watercolor it put online for auction (bids started at $10) wh ...   More

Winners & Losers WINNERSDid you get the memo? Sunday was opposite day in Portland, apparently. Even though The Oregonian disagrees with Republican gubernatorial candidate Ron Saxton on key ballot measures and other ma ...   More