Trailblazers

We declare that the residents of the City of Roses are doing more than their fair share of innovation, because:

1) They live in the only city in America where the phrase “urban-growth boundary” can be used to kick off cocktail-party conversation or, in certain company, as the anchor to a pickup line. (And because they adopted the nation’s first such boundary, which contains suburban sprawl and preserves farm land, all the way back in 1978.)

2) They built America’s…

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A bike novice and a bike nerd talk cycling options. GOOD: I figured since you live in Portland, you must know everything there is to know about bikes. Can you help me pick one? ZACH DUNDAS: Ah, Portland’s reputation as the urban cyclist’s paradise precedes it, I see. Well, it is a pretty great bike.. Read & Discuss

How the British philosopher Phillip Blond could save American conservatism

Did you catch tea party fever this week? No? You missed it? Tax Day—and the economic crisis, Barack Obama, the stimulus package, our successive industrial bailouts, and the alleged onset of socialism, fascism, communism, or whatever scary –ism Glenn Beck found on Wikipedia this week—brought right-wingers to the streets, where they paid quasi-historical tribute to the Revolutionary bandits of Boston Harbor and… well, they vented.

So far, the…

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The English journalist Tom Hodgkinson discusses the financial crisis, beer, and the beauty of the ukelele Tom Hodgkinson’s books sometimes end up in bookstores’ self-help sections. That would make How to Be Idle and The Freedom Manifesto the only books to advocate dropping out of consumer society, ditching.. Read & Discuss

With new oil fields discovered on the border of Montana and North Dakota, big money is flooding into small towns. Visit the epicenter of North America’s new oil boom. Read & Discuss

Nontraditional politician Steve Novick is running an insurgent campaign for the Senate in Oregon. Read & Discuss

"Urban golf" is springing up around the world. The pubs dotting the courses aren't necessarily obstacles. Read & Discuss

The Ashland Media Exchange and the Espresso Book Machine seek to put books back in people's hands. Read & Discuss

Trailblazers

We declare that the residents of the City of Roses are doing more than their fair share of innovation, because:

1) They live in the only city in America where the phrase “urban-growth boundary” can be used to kick off cocktail-party conversation or, in certain company, as the anchor to a pickup line. (And because they adopted the nation’s first such boundary, which contains suburban sprawl and preserves farm land, all the way back in 1978.)

2) They built America’s…

Read & Discuss

A bike novice and a bike nerd talk cycling options. GOOD: I figured since you live in Portland, you must know everything there is to know about bikes. Can you help me pick one? ZACH DUNDAS: Ah, Portland’s reputation as the urban cyclist’s paradise precedes it, I see. Well, it is a pretty great bike.. Read & Discuss

How the British philosopher Phillip Blond could save American conservatism

Did you catch tea party fever this week? No? You missed it? Tax Day—and the economic crisis, Barack Obama, the stimulus package, our successive industrial bailouts, and the alleged onset of socialism, fascism, communism, or whatever scary –ism Glenn Beck found on Wikipedia this week—brought right-wingers to the streets, where they paid quasi-historical tribute to the Revolutionary bandits of Boston Harbor and… well, they vented.

So far, the…

Read & Discuss

The English journalist Tom Hodgkinson discusses the financial crisis, beer, and the beauty of the ukelele Tom Hodgkinson’s books sometimes end up in bookstores’ self-help sections. That would make How to Be Idle and The Freedom Manifesto the only books to advocate dropping out of consumer society, ditching.. Read & Discuss

With new oil fields discovered on the border of Montana and North Dakota, big money is flooding into small towns. Visit the epicenter of North America’s new oil boom. Read & Discuss

Nontraditional politician Steve Novick is running an insurgent campaign for the Senate in Oregon. Read & Discuss

"Urban golf" is springing up around the world. The pubs dotting the courses aren't necessarily obstacles. Read & Discuss

The Ashland Media Exchange and the Espresso Book Machine seek to put books back in people's hands. Read & Discuss

On custom-built mountain bikes, Rwandan coffee farmers are finding their commute a little lighter. Read & Discuss