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Trees or Tract Homes?

It’s Timber Companies vs. Enviros in a Battle for Oregon’s Future

The fourth floor of the Lloyd Center Mall is an unlikely place to plot the future of Oregon—but it’s here that the Yes on 49 campaign has set up shop. Close to the skylights, atop the mall, it is bright, utilitarian, and reminiscent of the refuge taken by the heroes in George Romero’s cinematic nightmare […]

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Sunday! Sunday! Sunday!

The Mercury Infiltrates “Marriage and Morality Sunday” to Check on the Anti-Gay Referendum Campaign. Are Oregon’s New Gay Rights Laws Doomed, or Has the Anti-Gay Christian Right Lost Momentum?

David Crowe, executive director of Restore America—one of a handful of groups united as Concerned Oregonians, an organization seeking to overturn two recently passed gay rights laws—went on local Christian talk radio on Thursday evening, August 16, to rally the troops. He urged people to email Concerned Oregonians immediately to request petitions, and implored them […]

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Last Days

The Week in Review

For the final week of David Schmader’s Last Days hiatus, America’s favorite week-in-review column rests in the highly capable hands of guest columnist Grant Cogswell. Employing his crack reporting skills, Grant spent several days telephoning friends to ask the fearless question, “So what’d you do today?” Employing his “sensitive poet” skills, Grant spent several more […]

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