Floyd J. McKay, professor of journalism emeritus at Western Washington University, was a print and broadcast journalist in Oregon for three decades. He is also a historian and his new book, "Reporting
In the Depression, FDR won re-election over populist insurgencies by running on a strong jobs and fairness platform. Obama, slower to respond, still might do the same, helped by the fading of the Tea Party. Here are some lessons from American history.
A string of minor troubles may be snowballing into a large opportunity for opponents.
The VanDusen Botanical Garden features Zimbabwean stone carvings until Sept. 25.
A new study shows passenger rail service from Seattle to Vancouver, B.C., can expand. But additional freight traffic from coal trains would create a problem for a stretch of single-track rail, landslides, and low-roof tunnels.
Now a victim of strange behavior, David Wu has said he will step down from representing Portland's high-tech neighborhoods. Democrats were showing him the door, hoping to replace him with someone with a better statewide future.
