Dialogue

“From my perspective, unless rents go up and vacancies go down, this building slump will steepen, and it’s going to be a long time before housing equilibrium is reached.”

“I’ve been cutting the clean parts away from the soiled parts. Eighty percent of the box is usually unsoiled.”

“We come armed with frogs, humor, and empathy. Let us not stop here.”

“Portland is struggling. We have major budget challenges that will not be remedied until we can bring businesses back downtown and increase our tax base.”

“Never would’ve imagined until today that for a team that drafted LaRue Martin, Sam Bowie and Greg Oden, and that endured the injuries to Bill Walton and Brandon Roy, there’d be a new leader in the clubhouse for ‘OMG news.’”

“I’m beyond tapped out, and will vote no.”

When the going gets weird, the weird turn chicken.

"History will judge the people of today for whether they did or did not resist the coming dictatorship of Trump, just as we who resisted Nixon have been judged."

“The issue is corporate control and consolidation of the airwaves and corporate America’s willingness to kowtow at the expense of our rights.”

What exactly is to blame for Providence’s plight? Here’s what our readers had to say.

The late Gov. Tom McCall famously wanted people to visit Oregon but not stay. It took a while, but his wish came true.

Readers respond to the conditions at an embattled shelter in the Rockwood neighborhood.