Posted Wed, Sep 26, 12:11 p.m.

an upper in a downer world: How refreshing to read a story that shows there is hope in our world -- well reported by Hartnett -- as usual. Dave Dahl is so real, so open, and so successful. Politicians and other blowhards should take a good look and revise themselves ...

Posted Mon, Aug 20, 12:39 p.m.

Reality Tissue Issues: Catchy and timely article. It IS a real issue for just ordinary folks in downtown Portland. Of course, one could buy into that Seattle condo/mixed use building advertized just to the right of the article -- just a few million $ to be fully avoidant of any ...

Posted Sun, Aug 12, 6:59 p.m.

new crosscut arena for you?: I don't recall you being in the politics/government arena at crosscut prior to this fine article. You seem as apt in serious stuff as in light-hearted: good journalistic style with meat. Jefferson Smith's quote of previous "boomlets" of progressive action and their results and the ...

Posted Sat, Jul 14, 4:37 p.m.

Mining the best: I finally found a way to cut to the best of crosscut via the archives -- and focused on Hartnett. I had missed some articles. What gems! In that gold mine, I found this article. Hartnett is worth REreading -- she gets to the best stories and ...

Posted Mon, Jun 11, 4:11 p.m.

Ask Dante: The always irreverent Willamette Week (Portland) had their own view of the whole Rose Festival: "Take the Rose Festival, which celebrates a century of bringing drunken idiots and screaming children together with a 10-day preview of hell's innermost circles." They made no suggestion as to the use of ...

Posted Fri, Apr 13, 12:42 a.m.

Portland's TRAM: Hartnett gets it right, again: Hartnett has neatly fulfilled her own requisites for meeting the demands dictated to a fine columnist: be an original observer, be a pointed & irrreverent questioner, and be a careful reporter of facts. No personal ego here, just crisp quality writing coupled with ...