MONDAY 8 Once an absolutely darling teen heartthrob, now an insufferable 19-year-old prick, Justin Bieber is apparently doing everything he can to attain the ultimate pinnacle of douchiness. TMZ unveiled a video today depicting young Mr. Bieber and a gaggle of his backward baseball cap-wearing buddies leaving a nightclub through the establishment’s kitchen…when Justin stops […]
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Don’t Be A Dunderhead
I teach in Portland and, last weekend, one of my students received a phone message during a break between classes. When she returned, she was clearly shaken. Her girlfriend, a 22-year-old Reed College graduate like herself, had been in a bike accident. There wasn’t much information, but what was known was she had broken her […]
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One Day at a Time
MONDAY 1 Impossible as it may sound, some people are actually claiming that motherhood has changed howling seahag Kim Kardashian into a (what??) somewhat bearable person. “When I walked in to see her, Kim was holding the baby,” said unreliable witness and Pussycat Dolls founder Robin Antin to Us Weekly. “I said, ‘Oh, my god. […]
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Curbing Corporate Spending
This week, the Oregon Legislature did something important, albeit largely symbolic: It asked Congress for a constitutional amendment to reverse the 2010 Citizens United decision, an onerous ruling that relieved corporate campaign spending from government restrictions. Chief Justice John Roberts penned the opinion, stating that the First Amendment allows such “freedoms.” Or, in more operational […]
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One Day at a Time
MONDAY 24 It’s been a big week for gay rights, abortion fights, and racist, homophobic, and incredibly annoying celebs—so let’s dive right in! As gleefully reported last week, celebrity racist (oh, and she cooks shitty Southern food, too) Paula Deen was FIRED for admitting to spouting racist epithets in the not-too-distant past. (Her excuse? She’s […]
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Bad News Bears
Newspapers in America are dying. That’s the common refrain—and it is backed up by numbers. Over the past five years, two dozen major daily newspapers have shuttered their productions, and an estimated 40 percent of print journalism jobs have been lost over the past decade. Case in point: Last week, The Oregonian announced it will […]
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One Day at a Time
MONDAY 17 Exciting news, kiddos! As we reported last week, we couldn’t give two shits whether Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s baby was born or not…however, we DO care very deeply about what idiotic name they’ll bestow upon the unlucky little girl. And thus far? They refuse to officially release the name. But! We unofficially […]
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We’s a Lot Dummer Becuz of Yew
I could spin numbers all day about the value of education—and draw into that web the reasoning that a public dollar spent on education is a future dollar saved; namely, by creating a productive and self-sufficient person who doesn’t rely on municipal services—whether those are jail, welfare or hospitals—and, yes, Republicans, paying taxes. But really, […]
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One Day at a Time
MONDAY 10 Today begins with two young adults—both of whom represent America in their own special way. Our first young adult is confessed NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden who turned over thousands of classified documents to England’s The Guardian, blowing the lid off the pervasive spying on U.S. citizens that our government claims protects us from […]
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MONDAY, JUNE 3 For the love of all that’s holy…can someone please take away Amanda Bynes’ Twatter account? For example…CASE IN POINT 1: After famously twattering she would like rapper Drake to “murder her vagina,” she’s apparently changed her mind, writing “Drake has the ugliest smile, ugly gums uneven teeth ugly eyes.” (For those just […]
