Breaking: Newspaper declares journalists unnecessary

So I was reading the newly-redesigned Corvallis Gazette-Times website earlier today (though I agree with the Eugene Weekly – the word “Corvallis” is conspicuously absent from the new header), when I saw a link to a “news story” about riparian zone recovery.
I put news in quotes because I noticed when I opened the story that [...]

Religion in schools: make it stop, please

From the DH today (anyone know why the LE didn’t run a  story on this?):
LEBANON — The Lebanon Ministerial Association is sponsoring a dedication service Tuesday to pray for the Lebanon Community School District and its leadership. The public is invited.
The service starts at 6 p.m. in the auditorium of Lebanon High School. Prayers will [...]

I think the Express made a serious mistake

About two weeks ago, the Lebanon Express ran a story on a motorcycle crash outside Lebanon in which two people were killed. The story quoted a bystander describing some of the injuries sustained by one of the deceased in descriptive but not, in my opinion, overly graphic terms.
I didn’t pay too much attention to the [...]

These days, a lot of the posts that come through my RSS reader have to do with health insurance reform.  More specifically, the politics of health insurance reform, and how it’s really, really not working out.  And I can’t say I disagree.  In a way, assiduously reading a series of political blogs who follow the [...]