Q & A The last time Bob Packwood visited our office 15-plus years ago, he was one of the country’s most powerful elected officials. A U.S. senator who had amassed more than a quarter century of senior ... More
Bob Packwood
What one of Oregon’s once-most powerful Republicans thinks about the party now.
Q & A The last time Bob Packwood visited our office 15-plus years ago, he was one of the country’s most powerful elected officials. A U.S. senator who had amassed more than a quarter century of senior ... More
Gary Oxman
Should this fall’s back-to-school checklist include freaking out over swine flu?
Q & A If a doctor’s calm demeanor could halt swine flu’s spread, there would be no reason to fret when school resumes this month. During an hourlong interview, Gary Oxman, the health officer for ... More
Jim Ellison
Why this town hall protester is damn mad.
Q & A Jim Ellison is no stranger to healthcare issues. A 27-year career in pharmaceuticals before his retirement in 2002 made health care a frontline issue for Ellison. And the 70-year-old Northwest Portla ... More
Karin Hansen
Q & A Karin Hansen supports the recall of Mayor Sam Adams, but it would be difficult for his supporters to demonize her as a homophobic troglodyte. In fact, the 47-year-old wife of former Mayor Tom Potter f ... More
Ron Wyden
Oregon’s senior senator defends his health plan from hits by unions, Obama and other Democrats.
Q & A When U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden came to our office last week, we saw no evidence he had brought along extra security. It wouldn’t have been surprising, given the heat the Oregon Democrat has taken from ... More
John Kroger
Oregon’s Attorney General Answers WW’s Questions on The Adams Report.
Q & A Attorney General John Kroger came to WW for a wide-ranging interview Tuesday about his investigative report into Mayor Sam Adams’ involvement with Beau Breedlove. WW will be putting daily video ... More
Sam Adams
The Mayor’s Take on the Kroger Report.
Q & A Mayor Sam Adams met separately with reporters Monday to discuss the findings Attorney General John Kroger had issued just a few hours earlier. Adams, who appeared nervous and humbled, sat down for the ... More
Denis Hayes
What Earth Day’s founder thinks about passive houses, the Columbia River Crossing, Obama and Cap and Trade.
Q & A Eight years ago, Denis Hayes—the founder of Earth Day and arguably America’s pre-eminent environmentalist—visited WW as part of “The Race to Stop Global Warming” tour. Ba ... More
Peter Defazio
Congressman takes on cap-and-trade, Obama and the Columbia River Crossing. Now will he take on a 2010 race for governor?
Q & A U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio has no shortage of political juice or opinions. A 12-term congressman, the Lane County Democrat is the Oregon delegation’s longest-serving House member and has acquired e ... More
Q & A: Irene Firmat and Kurt Widmer
Q & A In last week’s edition of WW, we made Oregon brewers our Rogue of the Week. The reason? Brewers were fighting a a bill from state Rep. Ben Cannon (D-Portland) that would raise Oregon’s bee ... More
Top Articles from Q & A
Hotseat: Cecile Richards
Planned Parenthood’s president on Congress, the HPV vaccine and why men use her group’s clinics. Dwight Holton
Oregon’s top federal prosecutor on the JTTF, Portland City Council and the iPad. Sarah Weddington
What the lawyer who argued Roe V. Wade in the 1970s now thinks about the women’s movement and Barack Obama. Hotseat: David Fidanque
The head of Oregon’s ACLU calls B.S. On JTTF. Marcus Griffith
The reporter who first called B.S. on the Bethany Storro acid attack. Hotseat: Jarrett Walker
A Portland transit expert says we shouldn’t fall in love with trains when buses will do. Hotseat: Tamim Ansary
Afghanistan-born author will tell Portlanders about another history—one that’s Islamic-centered. Rev. Mark Kiyimba
On the front lines of the fight for gay rights in Uganda. Tina Franklin
Why this woman likes having other people’s babies. Richard Lariviere
The UO president talks about a big bond issue, Phil Knight and how sports is like Lady Gaga.
Planned Parenthood’s president on Congress, the HPV vaccine and why men use her group’s clinics. Dwight Holton
Oregon’s top federal prosecutor on the JTTF, Portland City Council and the iPad. Sarah Weddington
What the lawyer who argued Roe V. Wade in the 1970s now thinks about the women’s movement and Barack Obama. Hotseat: David Fidanque
The head of Oregon’s ACLU calls B.S. On JTTF. Marcus Griffith
The reporter who first called B.S. on the Bethany Storro acid attack. Hotseat: Jarrett Walker
A Portland transit expert says we shouldn’t fall in love with trains when buses will do. Hotseat: Tamim Ansary
Afghanistan-born author will tell Portlanders about another history—one that’s Islamic-centered. Rev. Mark Kiyimba
On the front lines of the fight for gay rights in Uganda. Tina Franklin
Why this woman likes having other people’s babies. Richard Lariviere
The UO president talks about a big bond issue, Phil Knight and how sports is like Lady Gaga.
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