Fuzzy Conservative Numbers
Economist Randall J. Podenza from the conservative Cascade Policy Institute makes some interesting (although totally predictable) predictions about the effects of HB 3405, which raises corporate tax rates in Oregon.
The OLCC: Still Drunk With Power
The Oregon Liquor Control Commission seems to have sobered up a little, at least regarding regulation of some events in Central Oregon.
A Degree of Depression
I am one of the 200 or so students who just graduated from the OSU-Cascades campus here in Bend. Hurrah, I'm done! After 6 years of hard work pursuing an academic goal, I have finally achieved my Bachelor's of Science.
Time To Bring Cats Indoors
To those tuned into natural rhythms, things seem to be quieting down in the Central Oregon bird world with much of the calling at a distance from the nest site, or in the subtle, or at times not so subtle, exchange between nestlings and adults during feeding bouts. An urban exception at our house in…
Cell Phone Drivers Are A Danger
Regarding what happened to Andrey, the guy who works at WebCyclery and was hit from behind while riding his bike on Shevlin Park road a couple of weeks ago, he is lucky to be alive. The driver was on the phone, drifted into the paved bike lane and never saw him until he was on…
Is A Dollar A Dollar?
How is the value of a dollar defined? The printing of dollars is like snow flakes in a snow storm. They are coming so fast it is impossible to count them.
That’s Dwight!: Rainn Wilson, the man behind Schrute, tells us about faith, art and ninjas
Where's the mustard-colored shirt and wrist calculator?We caught up with Rainn Wilson, as in "the guy who plays Dwight Schrute on The Office," last week to talk about the part-time Central Oregonian's upcoming philosophical lecture at the Old Stone Church on Thursday. Here's what he had to say about his hit TV show, his cerebral…
Leave Baby Wildlife Alone: Those fawns don’t need your help
One of thousands of Mule Deer fawns lying about Central Oregon these days. Please, leave them alone!Editor's note: Some folks didn't recognize Jim Anderson's column last week as a bit of naturalist humor because editors at the Source swapped the photo that served as his punch line. So if the piece on mushrooms left you…
Going With the Flow: Wet ‘n Wild on the McKenzie and Umpqua
The ump runs hot, cold and wild. I am a whitewater neophyte, but I'm joining some far-flung friends to do a trip down the Middle Fork of the Salmon River over the Fourth of July. The Middle Fork is 100 miles of free flowing river in the heart of the Frank Church - River of…
Building a House of Gas and Dung: Harold Ramis’ latest isn’t exactly Caddyshack
Tenacious Archery time with JB.Little boys, whatever their ages, have always loved permission to laugh at potty humor. Like baseball, number two pencils, and visiting your parents, jokes about feces and farting draw out that inner child like nothing else can. Harold Ramis recognizes this. So he wrote and directed Jack Black's new movie, Year…
Arizona? Sure looks like Madras to me: Zahn and Aniston serve up romantic quirks
Mister rabbit says, "A moment of realization is worth a thousand prayers." Management is set in Kingman, Arizona but anyone who has been around here a while knows it was really filmed in Madras. As a resident of Central Oregon and a short-term resident of Arizona, I couldn't see the resemblance at all - Madras…
Judgment Days: Top chefs slug it out at the Bite of Bend
busting a culinary move at the bite.As the saying goes, those who can’t do, critique. Okay, maybe that’s not exactly how it goes, but when it comes to cooking and me, that’s certainly the case. Generally, I sit in judgment anonymously at a corner table scribbling in my notebook at a safe distance from the…
Judgment Days: Top chefs slug it out at the Bite of Bend
busting a culinary move at the bite.As the saying goes, those who can't do, critique. Okay, maybe that's not exactly how it goes, but when it comes to cooking and me, that's certainly the case. Generally, I sit in judgment anonymously at a corner table scribbling in my notebook at a safe distance from the…
Oregon Rocks!: Terrebonne Depot offers a taste of Oregon history with a backdrop that can’t be beat
dining by the tracks at terrebone depot.I’ve never been much for climbing. Stairs, okay. Ladders, fine. But rocks, particularly when they’re positioned at a dead right angle to the ground, absolutely not (and for the hundredth time, honey, no, I will not be your belay bunny). But even if carabiners and crampons aren’t your thing,…
Oregon Rocks!: Terrebonne Depot offers a taste of Oregon history with a backdrop that can’t be beat
dining by the tracks at terrebone depot.I've never been much for climbing. Stairs, okay. Ladders, fine. But rocks, particularly when they're positioned at a dead right angle to the ground, absolutely not (and for the hundredth time, honey, no, I will not be your belay bunny). But even if carabiners and crampons aren't your thing,…
Grades, Stomps and Rhodes
That ain’t the real axl.
We’re still icing our eardrums after a busy weekend of live music and figured we would have recovered by now. But hey, it’s a good sort of hurt, you know? The sort of pain that you can put up with if it means you get to see the sort of…
Alternately Alternative: Idaho’s Finn Riggins bends genres with or without the Internet
Finn Riggins battle it out, Idaho style.The wave of bands hitting the airwaves in the early 1990s - Green Day, The Offspring, Nirvana and Oregon's own Everclear - has always been described as punk rock, or post-punk rock, mostly because of the music's attitude and the musicians' appearances rather than the music, which bears little…
Our Picks for the Week of 6/25-7/1
Bend Pride '09 through saturday 27 The fifth annual celebration of cultural tolerance is well underway with an Open Mic for Rights on Wednesday 6/24 (7pm) at the Silver Moon Brewing Co. On Thursday 6/25, the whole family is invited to an evening of outdoor, old-fashioned "Gaymes" at Juniper Park (5-8pm). The all-ages Queer…
Finally a Majority on the Metolius: Dems rally for the river and OLCC offers an olive branch
Using a razor-thin majority, Oregon House Democrats pushed through the cornerstone of their effort to protect the Metolius River basin from destination resort development. With a bare minimum 31 votes, Dems, under the leadership of Brian Clem (D-Salem), rallied after a narrow defeat last week to pass the HB 3298, which designates the Metolius basin…
On the (Fun) Bus: How a Panda Made Me Realize I Might Like Gambling
It’s 10:20 – precisely – on a Wednesday morning and I’m running at what in the post-athletic phase of my life passes for a sprint across the Target parking lot, chasing a 40-foot charter bus with the word “Classy” written in cursive on its side. For the first time in my life I am (without…
The Come-From-Behind Metolius Victory
The Metolius Basin protection bill arose from the dead last week, and everybody in Oregon who cares about the irreplaceable treasure that is the Metolius River should give thanks for its resurrection.
The bill, HB 3298, designates the Metolius Basin and an adjacent three-mile buffer zone as an "Area of Critical Statewide Concern," protecting it…
Supreme Defeat The South is redeemed by court order, Iraq burns while Iran learns, and more!
The author has been sent on the road to discover a lost country formerly known as America. He is reporting from St. Charles Medical Center's ER, eagerly awaiting Obama's healthcare coverage, on assignment for Or-Bust.com and The Source Weekly.
Racism is Over, Yay! being a judge is hard!In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court narrowed…
I’ve Seen This Movie Before: Student unrest from Middle America to the Middle East
We students wait for word from the West. We know the mainstream media want our movement to fail, but our telephone service provider doesn't care one way or the other. Ring-ring. News: Students at a prestigious western university are on strike. The tide moves eastward; hours later, we learn of a massive demonstration at a…
Like Taking Nicotine from a Baby
Sen. Jeff Merkley is leading a crusade to take candy away from children - tobacco candy, that is.
