The Nose Forget what you see or read elsewhere. The impasse between Portland teachers and the school district isn't about a greedy union. Nor is it about a hard-headed school district, seeking to balance i ...   More

The Nose Is that the acrid odor of obedience the Nose smells in the Rose City air?Across the globe last Saturday, millions marched against America's plans to wage war on Iraq. In London, Chicago, Paris, De ...   More

The Nose The Nose loves Peter Jennings. Dan Rather's superiority complex leaves him cold. Tom Brokaw's Dakota folksiness seems forced. But Jennings, with his clean-cut image and slightly aristocratic Canad ...   More

The Nose What's the purpose of journalism? Is it to chronicle the tragedy of falling spacecraft? To provide directions to the nearest Thai restaurant? To create a sense of community? To track the asinine behav ...   More

The Nose As a general rule, the Nose avoids the internal politics of the alternative newspaper biz like an STD. But when John Ashcroft decided he wanted to play publisher, as the Department of Justice anno ...   More

The Nose Last week was a great one for the Nose--until Saturday, when a bunch of Portlanders with too much time on their hands nearly ruined a five-day weekend.The Nose has been working hard and, to honor Ma ...   More

The Nose Say what you will about George Bush, you've got to give him this: He hasn't been whining about how "ungovernable" we are.You may think our commander in chief is a menace, but you can't say he's been ...   More

The Nose The Nose had no intention of doing a Linus imitation this week. He had no desire to interrupt his last-minute shopping to think about the meaning of Christmas. But then a friend sent an email with ...   More

The Nose The Nose doesn't know a semiconductor from a Seminole, but having spent a fair amount of time at a blackjack table, he feels qualified to offer an opinion about the state's fastest-growing industr ...   More

The Nose In the cauldron of human tragedy still simmering in Oregon City, a new bit of information surfaced last week, providing another test for our collective gag reflex: Ashley Pond's mother has a lawye ...   More