News Feeling old and tired this December as if another year has nearly passed without much accomplishment? At least you're not an aging rock star like those pictured in today's Los Angeles Times. Compare the Rolling Stones' guitarist's mug today to his photo above from younger days. And prepare yourself for a side of Tina Turner, Gene Simmons (KISS) and Ann Wilson (Heart) you may never have seen ...   More

News The Los Angeles Times reports today that an Oregon man named Mario Majorski, 48, was shot to death yesterday at the Church of Scientology's Hollywood Celebrity Center (pictured above, courtesy MSNBC) on Sunday after he allegedly brandished two samurai swords at security guards. A website that follows Scientology provides some information about Majorski's past association with the church. He ...   More

News It's been all of 12 hours since Oregon voters passed both Measures 66 and 67, and we must know now what it all means from a national perspective. So here's a sampling of the punditocracy so far:Firedoglake calls Oregon's vote to approve the tax measures "a lesson for Democrats" that runs counter to the national media narrative of this being like 1994 when the country lurched to the right in ...   More

News Democratic gubernatorial nominee John Kitzhaber is a pretty low-tech guy, still employing one of those "old-man" cell phones that just makes calls. But his campaign staffers seem to have figured out Facebook well enough to earn the notice of the Los Angeles Times for the way they are leveraging President Obama's visit to Portland on Wednesday, Oct. 20. (Obama will appear at the Oregon Convention ...   More