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Nov 20-26, 2008

Vol. 12, No. 47

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Local News

Weekend Warrior!

By The Source Staff
Nov 21, 2008
Local News

At What Cost? Record-breaking contributions raise questions about the role of campaign cash

If money, as the Supreme Court tells us, is the equivalent of free speech in politics, then some of the local special interests were doing

By Eric Flowers
Nov 19, 2008
Local News

Eying the Budget Crisis Through Partisan Filters

Oregon Democrats and Republicans are dividing along classic ideological lines in response to the state's calamitous predicted budget shortfall.

By The Source Staff
Nov 21, 2008
Local News

A Belated Farewell to The O's Resident Righty

The Eye offers sincere apologies for being so late to pick up on this, but right-wing columnist David Reinhard has left The Oregonian.

By The Source Staff
Nov 23, 2008
Local News

Mike Dugan: Pick Josh Marquis, Not Me

Mike Dugan has been mentioned as a likely choice for US Attorney for Oregon, but it seems the Deschutes County District Attorney isn't too interested

By The Source Staff
Nov 21, 2008
Local News

A Flock of Applicants for Friedman's Job

The Eye will never be able to understand why anybody would want the job, but 15 people have applied for the late Bill Friedman's seat

By The Source Staff
Nov 20, 2008
Local News

Obama Looking at Kitzhaber for Cabinet Post?

Former Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber says he'd be interested in a Cabinet post in the Obama administration, but so far the Obama transition team hasn't

By Eric Flowers
Nov 19, 2008
Local News

Badlands Bill Must Wait for Next Year

Lovers of Bend's Badlands Wilderness who have been waiting for years to see it designated as a federally protected wilderness area will have to

By The Source Staff
Nov 19, 2008
Local News

Badlands Bill Must Wait for Next Year

Lovers of Bend's Badlands Wilderness who have been waiting for years to see it designated as a federally protected wilderness area will have to

By The Source Staff
Nov 19, 2008

Editorial

The City Council Shuffle: Parsing the Bulletin's endorsement, and a sad farewell

Don't you know, I am the man?Upfront was less than surprised to see that the local daily endorsed former planning commissioner Don Leonard to fill

By Eric Flowers
Nov 19, 2008
Editorial

Reopening a Can of Land Use Worms

Oregon voters unwittingly opened a squirmy can of worms in 2004 when they passed Measure 37. They thought they had at least partially closed the

By Eric Flowers
Nov 19, 2008
Letters to the Editor

Calling All Backcountry Skiers and Snowshoers

This week's letter of the week comes from Chris Moehl who reminds backcountry users that they need to get involved with the ongoing recreation planning

By Eric Flowers
Nov 19, 2008
Letters to the Editor

Everything Has Its Price

Well it looks like the public relations department of Bend's pro-growth, pro-sprawl, pro-development community is at it again. What's that? You didn't know Bend's good

By Eric Flowers
Nov 19, 2008
Letters to the Editor

Discrimination is Un-American

California, my birth state, was always out front, comprised of thinking, intelligent people. Homosexuality was seldom an issue. But ever since the extreme religious right

By Eric Flowers
Nov 19, 2008
Letters to the Editor

Don't Make Suicide A Secret

Each day in the U.S. more than 80 people will take their own life, leaving behind loved ones, survivors to struggle with the loss, grief

By Eric Flowers
Nov 19, 2008

Culture Features

Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli: Over the River and Through the Woods at 2nd Street Theater

By Mike Bookey
Nov 21, 2008
Picks

Our Picks for the Week of 11/19-11/27

By The Source Staff
Nov 19, 2008

Chow

Devore's To-Go: Health Food Even a Hater Can Love

Not your mother's health food co-op.Devore's Good Food, a neighborhood gem too often obscured by the mammoth shadow cast by Newport Market across the street,

By Alice Finer
Nov 19, 2008
Chow

Quick Bites: Tough Times: Restaurant industry continues its slide

It's been a brutal year for the restaurant industry. Nationwide, restaurants and bars shed more than 11,000 jobs in October as the country marched deeper

By Eric Flowers
Nov 19, 2008
Chow

Quick Bites: Tough Times: Restaurant industry continues its slide

It's been a brutal year for the restaurant industry. Nationwide, restaurants and bars shed more than 11,000 jobs in October as the country marched deeper

By Eric Flowers
Nov 19, 2008
Chow

Devore's To-Go: Health Food Even a Hater Can Love

Not your mother's health food co-op.Devore's Good Food, a neighborhood gem too often obscured by the mammoth shadow cast by Newport Market across the street,

By Alice Finer
Nov 19, 2008

Film

Evolution of an Icon: Craig Brings Depth (and eye candy) to Bond

Even Bond is feeling the recession.Daniel Craig has that mysterious quality, that je ne sais quoi, that truly defines the James Bond character. This is

By Rachel Purcell
Nov 19, 2008
Film

Life Goes On: Keeping it positive with Mike Leigh

Hot for teacher?The title Happy Go Lucky is kind of misleading. It implies a cutesy-fresh-feeling, sunshine approach to life, but it's far from cute-it's about

By Eric Flowers
Nov 19, 2008
Film Events

Martini Man: 007 adapts nicely in Quantum

By Shawn Wallbaum
Nov 19, 2008

Sound Stories & Interviews

Liner Notes: Mac Lethal's Midwest Attack

Last week in this very column we discussed the geographical idiosyncrasies of the hip-hop world, specifically the influx of dope-ass rhymes emanating from the Bay

By Mike Bookey
Nov 19, 2008
Sound Stories & Interviews

Feelin' the Best Feeling

Keller telling us Why we need to wake up early. Sound Check wasn't quite sure what to expect from Keller Williams with Moseley, Droll and

By Mike Bookey
Nov 19, 2008
Sound Stories & Interviews

For Britt and Lia, From Bend: Local bands and community members throw benefit show.

If you need a reason to hit up this benefit, just look above.The news of the gruesome attack on Bendites Britt Leis and Lia Koehn

By Mike Bookey
Nov 19, 2008
Sound Stories & Interviews

You Stay Classy, Rockers: Tentareign brings rock to the Tower. In other news, hell freezes over.

You ready for These folks, Tower?It's just after 11am on a recent Saturday morning when Hannah Jacobs, Jason Costa and Andy Hoard of local prog-metal

By Eric Flowers
Nov 19, 2008

Natural World

Winter butterflies?: Warm days, more butterflies

By Jim Anderson
Nov 19, 2008
Outside Features

The Real Campaign Starts Now

By Mike Bookey
Nov 19, 2008
Outside Features

Adventure Racers Are My Weakness: Words and whitewater, grammar and granny gears

Ahhhh, a two-hour trail run along the Metolius, a campfire, a mug of hot chocolate, a good book and a great dog.I first came across

By Pam Stevenson
Nov 19, 2008