Adam Marletta Here we go again. Another frightening terrorist attack followed by renewed calls for more war and bombings abroad, and fear-mongering racism at home. The routine has bec... Read more
State and High Streets used to be two-way roads. In the 1970s, during a period of urban planning that created traffic corridors like Franklin and Spring Street Arterials, State and High were... Read more
Adam Marletta In light of the recent election, I think the city of Portland should finally qualify for one of those ubiquitous “Certified Business Friendly” signs that gre... Read more
Adam Marletta BATH- As trick-or-treaters and Halloween celebrants scrambled for last minute costume ideas, the real fright was at Bath Iron Works, where the lionized shipyard u... Read more
by Leo Knighton Tallarico We enter November with the clocks turned back an hour, giving the impression of darker days. As we enter November, we are moving through the waning half of the luna... Read more
Adam Marletta Something unthinkable happened during the recent Democratic debate in Las Vegas: Hillary Clinton said something I agree with. During an unprecedented (for a corporate-ow... Read more
Adam Marletta Four years after Portlanders chose Michael Brennan as the city’s first popularly elected mayor in nearly 100 years, the general consensus from the enlightened Port... Read more
Perspectives from the Sky: Astrological Forecast for October 2015
by Leo Knighton Tallarico As I am away on a Pilgrimage through southern France’s Mary Magdalene and Cathar sites, this forecast will be shorter than usual. The Cathars were wiped out i... Read more
Do It Big
by Sam Pelletier This year, in Portland, we’re voting on a minimum wage of 15 dollars per hour. Their initiative also significantly raise the wages of tipped workers, who were thoroughly pee... Read more
Why I Am a Socialist
Adam Marletta The reports of socialism’s death, to paraphrase Mark Twain, have been greatly exaggerated. Perhaps you did not get the memo, but Marxism is back. The “spectr... Read more