Posted Wed, Mar 18, 11:38 a.m.

Due to inadequate caffeine, an earlier post of this article contained an editing error, misspelling the famous name 'Richard Rodgers.'

Posted Sat, Feb 21, 10:25 a.m.

A reader who prefers to email CC writers instead of posting, sent this: "Your blog reminded me of living in Portland for 10 years as part of an inter-racial couple. It was interesting….actually, less reaction here than when we were in Oakland, where folks could be down right ugly. Portland ...

Posted Fri, Feb 20, 7:48 a.m.

danreedmiller: Good points, all. I do think, though, that Loh was using humor and some satiric smugness (your word and a good one here) to make her point. It was probably lost somewhat by my quoting just a small bit of her piece, but she constructed a view that is ...

Posted Wed, Feb 18, 7:13 a.m.

We've gone from Hopeless to Helpless, thank you Ben.

Posted Fri, Feb 8, 6:18 p.m.

RE: High tech travel scam: Yes, that is exactly what I wondered--why are all these people still flying? Seems like the only difference is that a lot of these guys were leaving very early and coming back very late in the same day, whereas in the old days they'd spend ...

Posted Wed, Jan 30, 7:07 p.m.

Good news can be bad news in neigborhood evolution: Among the email comments that have come in so far is a smart one from Priscilla Turner, a Northwest writer and editor of considerable talent. She points out that back in Broadway's glory days it was a true destination neighborhood; a ...

Posted Wed, Jan 30, 8:41 a.m.

RE: not really similar: Good observation--Hawthorne is quite a bit like 45th in Wallingford. I think of Hawthorne as a closer match to B'way of old because the human/street traffic is so similar. The residential area around it is intriguing, a hybrid swath with more bungalows than cap hill for ...

Posted Sun, Dec 30, 6:42 a.m.

Crew of the mothership weighs in: Among the many thoughtful comments I've had about this story--who knew there were so many Swedes reading Crosscut?--came a great one from Björn and Görel Hermansson, who live some nine time zones away. It spoke specifically to my observation that finding one's way out ...

Posted Thu, Dec 27, 10:44 a.m.

RE: Can afford freebies for criminals, but no libraries for us?: Yes, I agree. Interesting too that we tend to shrug off these funding nightmares when they happen in rural areas...yet the library systems are very heavily used for all sorts of measurably productive purposes in just those counties.

Posted Thu, Dec 13, 4:59 p.m.

OK, I'll fall for it....: .....No! Dare I ask...what is a bunad??? --Kimberly Marlowe Hartnett

Posted Wed, Dec 12, 5:09 p.m.

RE: IKEA is like a ride at Disneyland: This is a frighteningly good idea. Especially the "Audio-Animatronic Svens and Larses" part.

Posted Wed, Dec 12, 11:04 a.m.

Oy vey!: One of the region's best newspaper reporters took time out of his busy day to email me and point out that "Uff da!" is Norwegian, and therefore "not from the land of cheap-ass furniture." Oh, and I managed to spell Uff wrong (I had only one f), quite ...

Posted Wed, Dec 5, 7:18 p.m.

RE: I hope my latest visit doesn't portend things to come!: Is it possible that you had an old Barnes & Noble price-tag hanging off your sleeve? Seriously now, the cranky thing is definitely annoying....but as a frequent visitor (2-3 times a week, including today) I feel confident that it ...

Posted Fri, Nov 23, 10:25 a.m.

RE: It's all about the leftovers: Well, Sue, you did hit on the one downside of eating Thanksgiving in a restaurant. Somehow, the peanut butter and jelly sandwich awaiting me for lunch is not quite the same as leftover turkey. And another thing: Who knew turkeys could weigh 50 pounds??? ...

Posted Thu, Nov 8, 11:24 p.m.

Yup: Amen, Brother.

Posted Tue, Oct 16, 2:35 p.m.

All hail sharp-eyed Piper: No pulling the tartan over your eyes, is there? Thanks for the heads up. As the Senator used to say: "A billion here, a billion there...plenty soon it adds up to real money." --Kimberly

Posted Wed, Sep 26, 9:08 a.m.

Reader to the south weighs in: A kind California reader wrote in about this story, saying in part: "…I'm a California resident for almost twenty years and am accustomed to the shake, rattle and roll (I wonder if Bill Haley was from California when he wrote that song?) I was ...

Posted Tue, Sep 25, 11:31 a.m.

More food for the hungry minds: A reader tells us that the UW quake-info site is well worth browsing. We agree.

Posted Fri, Sep 21, 10:14 p.m.

One viewpoint: Check out wikipedia's take on your question: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product_design Any of you design-experts out there got a different view??

Posted Fri, Sep 21, 7:26 a.m.

UW design program: Jerry -- You are right, my piece needed to note the longtime UW program. In my enthusiasm for the UO news and what it might mean for local students/companies, I gave the UW short shrift. I amended the story a bit to be less Oregon-centric. Thanks for ...

Posted Sat, Aug 4, 10:36 a.m.

Insurance companies not Satan: My comment above about moving from an insurance-driven healthcare system to a public-health model motivated a thoughtful reader to email me at some length through my crosscut address and ask, in effect, why I think insurance companies are "evil." Short answer: I don't. I am actually ...

Posted Fri, Aug 3, 1:01 p.m.

Is there another way to think about health-care costs?: The idea of adjusting health-insurance premiums to one's health index--noted in the comment about paying higher premiums if you're more at risk for chronic health problems--makes sense at first blush. It is, in fact, the way a lot of insurance already ...

Posted Wed, Aug 1, 8:02 a.m.

A view of the good and not-so-good sides of OCT: A Portland reader (she and partner are retired professionals; avid supporters of the arts, sustainable businesses and what the writer calls "lefty causes") emailed me with some thoughts on this article, and agreed that I could excerpt them as follows. ...

Posted Fri, Jul 20, 8:32 a.m.

Reader weighs in: A reader emailed me: Why should "needling the Prius-Driving Crowd" encompass opposing an airport? do you or your subject think Prius drivers sashay about on airplanes a lot? vacation in other hemispheres? There's irrational Prius resentment about and I do not understand why. (signed) Offended Prius Driver. ...

Posted Thu, Jun 7, 2:04 p.m.

RE: FID duct tape needed?: Excellent point, Matt. Maybe outsiders do not apply the tape with the same skilled technique of locals? Or they give themselves away when purchasing said tape, asking "how much is the sales tax on this?"

Posted Fri, May 4, 7:05 a.m.

Wish I'd thought of it: You raise many good points (not to mention a mountain of stats!) -- but one in particular makes a point I wish I'd considered in my story: The whole notion of boarders preferring public space vs parks, and what it means to businesses (and pedestrians) ...