The Return of the Elk
The Rose City’s back in business, and Burt Likko thinks that it’s high time the city regains one of its quirky icons to symbolize this.
Tagged: Portland
OT Contributor Network: Heard Tell Podcast Portland IRL w/Burt Likko and Tod Kelly
The latest Heard Tell podcast from Andrew Donaldson has two guest very familiar to Ordinary Times as Burt Likko and Tod Kelly talk Portland.
Best Meal Ever Week: Jurassic Cart
It was, quite simply, a definitively Portland experience, the exact sort of thing I had hoped to find upon relocating to the Rose City.
Portland, Oregon
The highly publicized ramping up of counter-protesting to the long-running Portland protests turned not only violent but deadly Saturday night.
Bad Strategery In Stumptown Threatens Portland, the President, and Us
There are no good solutions to the rioters in Portland. There are many moving parts that, should any of them rub together, means a human tragedy.
An Essay Containing Many Lies About Portland
It’s been a month, so we’re checking in on our old friend Burt to see if he’s grown a neck beard yet.
The Leaguefest PDX Travelogue Extravaganza!
With so much to do, your only regret will be that the city’s Roller Derby team is on the road during Leaguefest.
Rod Dreher’s Battle Against “Portland Sharia” [Updated]
In what might be the most inept argument I have seen him make, the American Conservative pundit calls out my hometown. I respond.
Gastrodestination Portland
To the left is a meal I had in Portland, Oregon this weekend. It was not the best meal I had. But it was the gayest. (Read more at NaPP…) Burt Likko is the...
Republican Messaging, Going Galt, and a Tale of Two Cities
Last week at Politco’s State Solutions Conference, Republican Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam offered up an explanation for the GOP’s defeat at the ballot box this past November: poor messaging. According to Haslam, Republicans simply...
A Call for Prayers and Best Wishes
My most beloved home town of Portland is reeling tonight. Late this afternoon an unidentified man entered the Clackamas Town Center Mall with a semi-automatic weapon and opened fire. As we Portlanders well know,...
The New White City, continued
At Vogue Republic, Kyle points us to this article on Portland’s racial shift.
The New White City
I know this article on race and progressive cities has taken a lot of criticism, but its central observation – that liberal policies and homogeneous cities are closely correlated – seems pretty intuitive. Progressives...
