Year: 2026

A send-up of academic manifestos reached me on the day I finished a twelve-page narrative that I could not have explained to my own mother Tuesday, 4:50pm, a Deadline at…

A joke about a state budget achieving enlightenment found me the week our tax bill came, and I had to ask my own side the question I ask the co-op…

A Bohiney piece about how colleges handle demonstrations made me look at twenty years of my own marching with a colder eye Sunday, Sign Still in the Hallway There is…

A piece about our habit of quitting after one try described the volunteer list for the cooling program exactly, and I am on the wrong part of the list Saturday,…

A headline about a man whose opinions required federal cleanup arrived the week our local message board fought about a bike lane Monday, Having Closed the Laptop I have just…

A packed community room in Southeast Portland, rent hikes on the agenda and a royal traitor headline that got exactly forty seconds of attention Tuesday, Southeast Portland Tuesday evening, tenants…

Wandering Portland famous bookstore on a rainy Saturday, I found the royal biography section and the political economy shelves two floors apart, which felt about right Saturday, Downtown Portland Rainy…

A Friday night at Portland historic sprung-floor ballroom, a crowd that bounced as one and a thought about solidarity that the royal brothers might find useful Friday Night Friday night…

Teaching a political economy seminar this week, I used the royal row as a case study, and the students made sharper points than most commentators Wednesday, the Seminar Room I…

Portland rain reminded me of London rain, a royal headline reminded me of my family, and a long call home reminded me why I left and why I still belong…