Winners & Losers WINNERSLooks like Blazers owner Paul Allen can stop panhandling outside City Hall. Local multimillionaire Mark Wattles, founder of Hollywood Video, told The Oregonian last week that he will bid on the ...   More

Winners & Losers WINNERSOpponents of the long-defunct Trojan nuclear plant will celebrate with a bang on Sunday, May 21. That's when the giant white monument to the failures of the nuclear age gets blown to pieces.Cre ...   More

Winners & Losers WINNERSWith gas prices topping $3 a gallon at many Portland stations, oil is becoming a four-letter word. So please give props to greenies enjoying their karmic revenge while zipping by in cars powere ...   More

Winners & Losers WINNERSThe spirit of protest is alive and well in the People's Republic of Portland. Lefties could choose from a menu of downtown demonstrations Friday through Monday that included taking it to the st ...   More

Winners & Losers WINNERSIn the big picture, last week's one-day legislative special session sure felt like a scripted "look how much we accomplished" ad for Gov. Ted Kulongoski, House Speaker Karen Minnis and Senate P ...   More

Winners & Losers WINNERSThe Oregonian's Rick Attig and Doug Bates have won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing. The presenters of journalism's top prize lauded the two Oregonian writers "for their persuasive ...   More

Winners & Losers WINNERSA one-day special legislative session next week gives grandstanding state lawmakers one last crack before the May primary to score political points. Heading their "we're doing the people's work ...   More

Winners & Losers WINNERSScore one for animal-rights protesters demonstrating weekly outside Schumacher Fur Co. at Southwest 10th Avenue and Yamhill Street. City Commissioner Randy Leonard and police have suggested tha ...   More

Winners & Losers WINNERSOutdoor-sign companies are salivating over the end of a 34-year-old ban on billboards along the state's highways. We're betting last week's ruling by the Oregon Supreme Court will prompt Clear ...   More

Winners & Losers WINNERSOne, two, three, what are we fighting for? The modern-day anti-war movement demanded the answer to that lyrical Vietnam War-era question on Sunday afternoon in the streets of Portland. By getti ...   More