The Wandering Eye

CNN Money has come out with yet another list of the nation’s most overvalued housing markets. And yes, Bend is again smack dab in the middle of it.

According to People Magazine local celebrity Thomas Beatie has given birth to a second child. Beatie grabbed international headlines when he, after sharing his story in an obscure magazine, he appeared on Oprah to announce that he was pregnant after living a good chunk of his adult life as a man following a sex change.

As predictably as thunderstorms appear when the weather gets hot, conservatives call for cutting (or eliminating) the minimum wage when the economy gets cold.

And now, for a change of pace from politics and economic gloom, a scandal of a different stripe: Fans of "American Idol" runner-up Adam Lambert are charging that the final outcome was rigged by AT&T.

We'd like to bring you some good news about the Central Oregon economy - really, we would - but there just isn't any out there. If it wasn't for bad news we'd have no news at all.

Having a hard time understanding the Republican position on Oregon's economic problems? It's easy once you grasp the basic principles of Republicanomics.

Is waterboarding "torture"? One right-wing radio host in Chicago insisted it isn't, and was willing to back up his stand by getting waterboarded himself - with hilarious results.

Feeling stressed by the Great Recession? You've got reason to be. According to a new map put together by The Associated Press, Central Oregon is one of the most stressed-out places in the country.

Oregon still has the second-highest unemployment rate in the US, but some see a silver lining in the fact that at least the rate didn't rise in April - it stayed at 12%, the same as in March.

Over at the right-wing blog NW Republican, "Coyote" (Ted Piccolo) and convicted racketeer Bill Sizemore are advising conservatives NOT to fight a Democrat-backed state income tax increase at the ballot box.