Dr. Know

A reader asks Dr. Know: In Oregon, isn’t it illegal for “a place of public accommodation” to refuse cash payments?

I’ve recently been spending more time in inner Southeast Portland and I am wondering: Why does it smell like rotten asshole in several of these lofty gentrified areas? Dr. Know answers.

The pot brownie didn’t become a thing because drugs of abuse and baked goods just naturally go together, like golfing and Gold Bond.

Few invasive species are more obnoxious than the tree of heaven.

The subminimum wage isn’t just a rumor. But time has marched on.

We invite you to ponder the concept of “automated surveillance.”

Let’s be real: What is 7-Eleven gonna do with a bunch of random ages and blood types that they’re not even allowed to admit they have?

Nine states allow you to add a digital version of your driver’s license to Apple Wallet.

Our city’s original sin? Being built on crappy, loose ground.

Compostable (or recyclable) coffee pods offer the prospect of guilt-free convenience.

At one point, half of the government was convening in Salem and half in Oregon City.

In general, courts have been pretty deferential to solicitors’ free-speech rights to annoy you—especially when the speech is religious or political, which I think we can all agree are the two most annoying types of free speech.