Dialogue

"So the negligence of the lady who doesn’t understand the city’s complex Airbnb rules must be punished, even if she loses her house because of it, but the landlord who only provides garbage service when told it’s mandatory just needs a little nudge to comply? Gross."

“Thought-terminating clichés like this are inimical to informed journalism and public debate.”

“It still points in the same old direction, facing the West Hills, looking back at its home and herd.”

"Seventies parenting was cool in some ways, and also let kids get pretty damaged in others that could have been avoided."

"You can say what you want about environmental and animal rights causes, but please don’t romanticize terroristic acts as mere sabotage."

“Or could the problem go even deeper—to a failure to recognize (or properly appreciate) the symbolic value of statuary?"

“Many times I’ve wished I had a warning I was entering railroad hell.”

“This is a case for Portland Judge Judy if I’ve ever seen one.”

“Forty-one years ago I volunteered to help put Portlandia together. I spent that summer and into fall shaping and brazing the seams. It was brutally hard work with the sun beating down, with multiple torches adding to it.”

“A representative who experiences accountability as abuse is not well suited to representing the people with real stakes in her decisions.”

“Portlandia is an iconic statue that is nationally renowned. It currently rests in obscurity surrounded by a mundane building and trees. Why not place it next to the river?”

“If you can rule on whether a druid can turn into a bee, fly into a dragon’s mouth, and become an orca in one turn, you can handle a motion-to-suppress hearing.”