The Wandering Eye

Talk about beating a dead horse - this is like digging up and beating the decayed corpse of a horse that died 26 years ago.

Jeff Merkley is pointing the finger at Gordon Smith for the meltdown of the American capitalist system, and Gordon Smith is pointing the finger right back at … Ron Wyden?

Home prices in Bend continue to drop, but we’re still the second most overvalued real estate market in the country, according to the international economic analysis firm Global Insight.

The buzz in the Bend blogosphere about suicides among local developers has gotten loud enough for The Oregonian to devote a lengthy story to the topic Saturday.

Renaissance Homes, one of Oregon's biggest home builders, will soon file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, The Oregonian is reporting.

An intriguing note from the world of science: People may hold conservative political views because they're hard-wired to be more fearful than liberals, according to a team of eight researchers.

A poll out this week shows Democratic state treasurer candidate Ben Westlund has opened up a double-digit lead over Republican rival Allen Alley, but there's less there than meets the eye.

Willamette Week is saying it has proof that Sen. Gordon Smith's family-owned frozen food company has employed at least some illegal immigrants.

The best laugh of the day - of the year, maybe - comes courtesy of Michael Funke, who found some unbelievable rhetoric on the Deschutes County Republican Party website.

The Fall Slime Season is in full swing. If you doubt it, check out the two new TV ads just put out by Gordon Smith.