Isaac Laquedem
Occasional comments about business and politics in Portland, Oregon, mixed in with stories from our city's colorful if not always compliant past.
"The more pity, that fools may not speak wisely what wise men do foolishly." -- Touchstone
Keep Oregon Blue
BlueOregon
Deep Blue Hole
Misterblue
Oregon blogs (non-blue)
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Amanda Fritz
Attorney At Large
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Citizens for Local Accountability (Lake Oswego)
Claire's What If
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Oregon Commentator
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Utopia, dystopia, frytopia.
Utterly Boring
Worldwide pablo
ZehnKatzen Times
Our public servants
Charlie Hales, mayor of Portland
Dan Saltzman, Portland commissioner
Josh Marquis (Clatsop County DA)
Kate Brown, Oregon secretary of state
Nick Fish, Portland commissioner
Ted Wheeler, Oregon state treasurer
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Blogs Emeriti
Portland Communique (The One True b!X)
The Oregon Blog
Torrid's World
Other blogs I like
Daily Docket (Memphis, Tennessee)
Modestly Yours
Stay of Execution
Anonymous Lawyer
GirlHacker's Random Log
Sites I like
Alex the Stockbroker
FlyerTalk
Jihad, the sequel
King Sihanouk of Cambodia
My permanent booklist
Ewen Montagu: The Man Who Never Was
Ayn Rand: Atlas Shrugged
Baroness Orcszy: The Scarlet Pimpernel
S.J. Simon: Why You Lose At Bridge
Benjamin Graham: The Intelligent Investor
Alexandre Dumas: The Count of Monte Cristo
Suetonius: The Twelve Caesars
Peter J. Steincrohn: How To Stop Killing Yourself
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Recent Posts
Washington, D.C.: where one-way streetsigns mark two-way streets
Why does Riverdale have more money than Portland? Ask the Portland Development Commission
Senator Alexander (and many others) will trust an alien with a gun, but not a car
Bojack has left the building
Lake Oswego: where you live when you can't afford Portland prices
Light rail: Clackamas County doesn't want to pay, and Milwaukie can't pay
Not only can you not take it with you, but you'd better have left $35 behind for the Arts Tax
Rename SW Second Avenue after . . .
The Portland Streetcar's real purpose revealed
The Portland Streetcar: TriMet contracts, but Portland's cost expands
Recent Comments
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Not only can you not take it with you, but you'd better have left $35 behind for the Arts Tax
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Why does Riverdale have more money than Portland? Ask the Portland Development Commission
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Why does Riverdale have more money than Portland? Ask the Portland Development Commission
Sarah Carlin Ames
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Why does Riverdale have more money than Portland? Ask the Portland Development Commission
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Not only can you not take it with you, but you'd better have left $35 behind for the Arts Tax
NW Portlander
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Not only can you not take it with you, but you'd better have left $35 behind for the Arts Tax
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Mark Twain helps Congressman Jerrold Nadler solve the looming debt ceiling crisis
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Rename SW Second Avenue after . . .
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Interstate Bridges dilemma solved: span will be 150 feet high and carry light rail
Ed
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Rename SW Second Avenue after . . .
Categories
American History
Art
Banks and Bankers
Books
Business
Current Affairs
Education and Schools
Film
Food and Drink
Games
Genial old codgers
Isaac for Mayor
Land Use
Language
Laquedem Plans to Improve the Universe
Law, Courts, and Cases
Local Politics
Love, Sex, and Relationships
Mathematics and other sciences
Media
Music
National Politics
Our Friends in Salem
Our Friends Up North
Philosophy
Public Meeting of the Month
Religion
Roads and Transport
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Society
Sports
Television
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The City Center
The Good Old Days
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