Rogue of the Week This week’s Rogues, the Oregon Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers, claim they want both efficient government and to maximize “education opportunities for Oregon ...   More

Rogue of the Week Despite being in the communications business, this week’s Rogue, the Internet service provider Clearwire Corp., simply does not get the message from the city. As WW reported last month (see Mur ...   More

Rogue of the Week If reality TV has taught us anything, it’s that anyone who maintains the self-important, I’m-not-here-to-make-friends attitude is inevitably a loser—in every sense of the word. The ...   More

Rogue of the Week The Rogue Desk has California’s Proposition 8 on its mind this week. In part, that’s because the federal trial to determine if the state’s 2008 ban on same-sex marriage is constituti ...   More

Rogue of the Week Of all our rights under the U.S. Constitution, free speech holds a special place at the Rogue Desk. So for cynically claiming First Amendment rights in order to stifle employees’ efforts to unio ...   More

Rogue of the Week Portland voters hoped Sam Adams would be like a windmill when they elected him mayor in 2008—transforming the forces that buffet this city into productive energy. Instead, Adams finishes his fi ...   More

Rogue of the Week In academics, colleges hold their students to high standards of intellectual honesty. So for fudging the facts to get their own way over neighbors, we’re naming administrators at Lewis & Clark ...   More

Rogue of the Week This week’s Rogue, the Port of Portland, dishonored itself last week with a Soviet-style disregard for free speech. On Dec. 4, the Columbia River Crossing Project Sponsors Council (who gets a Ro ...   More

Rogue of the Week Every autumn in Portland, the City Council considers what’s called the “fall bump.” Also known as the fall budget monitoring process, the bump offers elected leaders and the city&rsq ...   More

Rogue of the Week For twisting the intent of a law meant to protect victims of domestic violence, we’re naming the Washington County District Attorney’s Office this week’s Rogue. Here’s what ha ...   More