News Any possible doubt of Google's status as the unofficial king of the world vanished when we received news of the national competition currently underway for one lucky city to partner with the technological giant for an installation of a 1 gigabit fiber optic network to serve up to 500,000 homes. Human translation: internet that is potentially 100 times faster than what is currently available ...   More

News Ballots for the May primary will be mailed in about 40 days. Between now and then, Oregonians are going to see a lot of television ads as candidates try to distract voters from the NCAA basketball tournament and other pressing diversions. GOP gubernatorial candidate Chris Dudley, a political neophyte but by far the leading fundraiser in the race to replace Gov. Ted Kulongoski, who is term-limited ...   More

News As the endless process grinds on around the possible development of a new bridge between Vancouver and Portland, it's sometimes hard to remember who said what to whom about the Columbia River Crossing and when they said it. In the wake of a recent letter from the governors of Oregon and Washington urging the project proceed despite a variety of concerns, David Osborn at the Stop the CRC Coalition ...   More

News While Oregon Ducks fans await the football fates today of quarterback Jeremiah Masoli and running back LaMichael James after their legal problems, I've got two questions beyond "what the hell's going on down there?" 1) Football season ticket renewal notices are out with an April 30 deadline to renew. Will there be any dropoff in what has been a seemingly inelastic market (And in case you're ...   More

News Watching this video of President Obama below trying yet again to rescue the year-long debacle that has been the health care debate left reporter James Pitkin and myself with very different reactions. I'm a 45-year-old cynic who strongly believes that the Democrats will piss away this chance to pass health care reform, despite majorities in the Senate and House and this perfectly rational pitch ...   More

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News In the waning days of his second term as governor, John Kitzhaber said in a speech to the Eugene Rotary Club that Oregon was on the verge of being "ungovernable." Kitzhaber and his rival for the 2010 Democratic gubernatorial nomination, former Oregon Secretary of State Bill Bradbury, stopped by WW on Thursday for an endorsement interview heading into the May 18 primary. The attached video ...   More

News Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Bill Bradbury often begins his campaign speeches by raising the fact that he was diagnosed nearly three decades ago with multiple scleroris. Bradbury, who served for a decade as Oregon's secretary of state, conveys two messages when he talks about his disease — that he has the energy to be governor despite his health affliction and that he is a proven fighter ...   More

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