Jackie and the Illusion of Truth
The magic of Camelot never existed. by Wm. Steven Humphrey JUST ONE WEEK after the assassination of her husband, Jacqueline Kennedy invited respected political journalist Theodore H. White to conduct...
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The old hope of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. by Bobby Roberts ROGUE ONE is a Star Wars story born of the present, but it ends in May of 1977. It’s a direct prequel to a movie made in response to...
View ArticleLa La Land Is Beautiful and Good
Just like Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone! by Megan Burbank IN ANY GIVEN YEAR of reviewing movies, I spend a lot of time sitting through money-covered crap struggling to discern why it was greenlit in the...
View ArticleCollateral Beauty Demands the Sacrifice of Your Human Tears
Dead cancer kids, gaslighting, and other holiday traditions. by Ned Lannamann THE HOLLYWOOD TEARJERKER is an art form of pure privilege. Your life a little too comfy and bright? Here are some...
View ArticleA Bad Year of Good Books
2016 was a nightmare. Here are the books we escaped into. by Megan Burbank In the days and weeks following the constitutional coup that put a puppet in the White House, books were one of the only...
View ArticleThe Party Review
This week: I attend a four-year-old’s party. by Daniel Martin Austin THIS WEEKEND, I attended a four-year-old’s birthday party, which ordinarily wouldn’t be strange since I have a child. However, my...
View ArticleMultnomah County Was Supposed to Decrease Jail Spending
But it’s pumping half a million dollars into keeping prisoners locked up. by Doug Brown The Multnomah County Board of Commissioners had a tough question to answer last Thursday: Is it okay if some...
View ArticleThe City Knows How to Curb Deaths on Outer Division
So why hasn’t it? by Dirk VanderHart ON OUTER Southeast Division Street, the traffic violence plays out in a tragic loop.Just before 7 pm on December 7, a 51-year-old man named Myit Oo was fatally...
View ArticleHall Monitor—A Dull Blade?
The city’s about to require affordable units. It might not matter for years. by Dirk VanderHart Here are a few things we know about living (or trying to live) in this city.Low-income Portlanders are...
View ArticleAim for Monday Nights at Deadshot
Holdfast’s once-a-week bar night is your reason to start the week. by Andrea Damewood HOLDFAST, Portland’s weekend-only multi-course parade of inventive modern fine dining, usually has at least a...
View ArticleBull Run’s Oregon Single Malt Whiskey
Bull Run’s Oregon single malt whiskey. by Andrea Damewood Critic’s note: This occasional entry is about stuff that I eat or drink that you should eat or drink, too. It may be about items that are...
View ArticlePut Some Sherry in Your Life
Nate Tilden's new Spanish-inspired venture is Bar Casa Vale by MJ Skegg {{image:2, align:right, width:250}} SHERRY HAS ONE of the worst images of any drink. Like an old hippie telling the kids they...
View ArticleLetters to the Editor
“Make better choices, because your choices matter.” FLIGHT OF THE EAGLESRE: “The Eagles Lodge on Hawthorne May Soon Be Sold, Members Say” [Blogtown, Dec 5]. “After 51 years in the middle of the...
View ArticleI, Anonymous
To the person who ran over my cat last night. HEY, FIRST OFF, I’m not here to yell at you. I’m not 100 percent sure what happened, but I do know that you stopped, picked him up, and drove him across...
View ArticleThe Original Portland Challenger
In 1938, an 11-year-old boy was turned down for a paper route job for being black. What he went on to do in the newspaper industry was remarkable. by Santi Elijah Holley In 1938, 11-year-old William...
View ArticleGood Morning, News: Tragedy in Aleppo, Snowy Afternoon, and Remembering Sandy...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! A face on a lover with a fire in his heart. A man under cover but you tore me apart. LET'S GO TO PRESS.Snow's on the way, people! And it could get up to...
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Blazer's Recap: Blazers Punch the Thunder in the Nuts
by Arthur Bradford The Trailblazers arrived home from an awful road trip having lost four in a row, including a heartbreaking one point loss to the evil LA Clippers the night before. OKC is a good...
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Things to Do Tonight!
by Mercury Staff TYuS, Cassow, Jonny Cool No musician has ever handled the phrase “these bitches, they love me” with the care and tenderness of Portland’s Tyus. The 20-year-old R&B singer released...
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Tony Millionaire Retires His Famous "Maakies" Comic Strip
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Tony Millionaire—the brainiac, booze-lovin' cartoonist behind the Maakies comic strip that ran for years nationally (and here in the Mercury until a couple years ago)—has...
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Holiday Gifts for the Stoner in Your Life (and, Okay, for You, Too)
by Josh Jardine The Nuggy, a Swiss army knife for weed. Admit it, you want one.Nug ToolsHEY EVERYONE, it’s almost Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa/Festivus! (Your choice—or celebrate them all!)Which means...
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