Former Blazer eyes run for governor
SALEM Chris Dudley s free throw shots were always iffy propositions. Now the former Portland Trail Blazer is in a new arena taking aim at a governor s chair and Oregon s Republicans think he can score. Dudley hasn t formally announced a bid for t...
 3.6K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 324.0 Hitting 10 percent
WASHINGTON (AP) The unemployment rate has surpassed 10 percent for the first time since 1983 and is likely to go higher. Nearly 16 million people can t find jobs even though the worst recession since the Great Depression has apparently ended. Man...
7.3K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 124.0 Official: discipline needed for Oregon custody death
PORTLAND (AP) The Portland city commissioner who oversees police has recommended that two officers be disciplined in the custody death of a mentally ill man in 2006. A recommendation released Wednesday by Commissioner Dan Saltzman goes beyond the d...
2.6K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 124.0 We need jobs not health care
How many times have you heard Barack Obama talk about the fierce urgency of now ? The president has used the quote, from Martin Luther King Jr., to call for quick action on the war in Iraq, on global warming, on homelessness, on education you name...
3.1K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 197.0 Sticks, stones hurt more than words
Ms. Merskin s views (The World, Oct. 26) as a scholar have the feeling of censorship, and being supported by a newspaper editor is surprising. The scholar seems to have an agenda about strong white men in the movies. I am no expert on either movie ac...
2.5K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 124.0 Congress slowly consolidates power
The public forum section of The World addresses a variety of views and opinions regarding the various problems that are plaguing our nations today. Some of these letters indicate a firm grasp of the political structure that has led us to our current ...
2.5K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 124.0 GOP sweep: Big governor victories in Virginia, N.J.
WASHINGTON Independents who swept Barack Obama to a historic 2008 victory broke big for Republicans on Tuesday as the GOP wrested political control from Democrats in Virginia and New Jersey, a troubling sign for the president and his party heading ...
6.4K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 644.0 Surprised the media elite backed Fox?
Nobody should be surprised to see the nation s esteemed celebrity news media align with Fox News against the White House. Supposedly, the press regulates its own behavior; in reality, that s been a joke for two decades. Today, even the fig leaf has b...
4.1K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 124.0 The public option and the vaccine
My internist told me he is now using the technique he learned many decades ago in the military, when supplies of vaccine were short and they had to split doses. I wouldn t even think of asking. But I did ask my rheumatologist, since rheumatoid arthri...
3.4K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 124.0 N. Korea aims for direct U.S. talks
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) North Korea said today it has reprocessed 8,000 spent nuclear fuel rods and extracted enough plutonium to bolster its atomic stockpile, raising the stakes in an apparent effort to push the U.S. into direct negotiations. Repr...
3.0K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 124.0 U.S. reverses policy, engages Myanmar
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) The United States began a new policy of engagement with Myanmar s ruling military junta today, sending two senior diplomats for the highest-level visit in more than a decade. Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell, the top ...
2.8K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 249.0 Activists rally to OK gay nuptials
SALEM Gay rights backers kicked off a voter education campaign Monday aimed at eventually overturning Oregon s ban on same-sex marriage. Evan Wolfson of the national gay rights group Freedom to Marry said Monday he thinks hearts and minds are chan...
3.4K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 124.0 German leader urges U.S. to act on climate
WASHINGTON (AP) German Chancellor Angela Merkel marked the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall by exhorting the world in a speech to Congress today to tear down the walls of today and reach a deal to combat global warming. Frequently ...
5.3K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 124.0 Off-year races shed light on U.S. politics
WASHINGTON Most Americans won t vote Tuesday. Still, a handful of elections in a few states will give hints about this country s state of mind, provide lessons for both Republicans and Democrats, and shed light on answers to a few important questio...
6.7K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 499.0 Karzai wins Afghan election without a vote
KABUL Afghanistan s election commission proclaimed President Hamid Karzai the victor of the country s tumultuous ballot today, canceling a planned runoff and ending a political crisis two and a half months after a fraud-marred first round. The Obam...
6.2K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 124.0 Tax breaks cost state more than predicted
PORTLAND (AP) State officials deliberately underestimated the cost of Gov. Ted Kulongoski s plan to lure green energy companies to Oregon with big taxpayer subsidies, resulting in a program that cost 40 times more than unsuspecting lawmakers were t...
11.0K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 124.0 N. Korea pushes for talks with U.S.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) North Korea pressed the United States to accept its demand for direct talks on the communist regime s nuclear program, issuing a veiled threat today that Pyongyang will expand its nuclear arsenal unless Washington agrees. Th...
3.7K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 124.0 Library talks focuses on political crisis
Do the failures of modern governance and politics have more to do with a crisis of leadership or a crisis of citizenship? What can citizens do to improve the political discourse and the quality of public life? This is the focus of Of the People or f...
1.3K - Nov. 1, 2009; scored 644.0 This equation adds up to a negative outcome
Taxpayer $,$$$,$$$,$$$,$$$.$$ + Community Organizers + Politicians + Despots + Lobbyists + Czars + Attorneys + Minions + Liars =Corruption. What is your political equation, Am...
0.4K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 124.0 Obama seeks credit for ending recession
WASHINGTON (AP) Tugged in different political directions, the White House is seeking credit for good economic news and trying to escape blame for the bad stuff. President Barack Obama greeted as obviously welcome news a government report showing ...
1.2K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 197.0 | 
