Top Drawer
Some of my favorite pieces.
Heartbreak Hotel
Residents of the Grove Hotel are prisoners of poverty.
Portland Tribune, January 22, 2008.
Rules of the
Road
At least law-breaking officials respect the laws of economics
The Economist, May 5, 2007.
Grandmother
Tongue
For millennia, the ancient language of the Wasco tribe echoed throughout
the Columbia River Gorge. Today, only three people in the world
speak it fluently. Can a onetime forklift operator and single mom
save it from extinction?
Portland Monthly, May 2007.
Drowning out the
roar
Fifty years later, remembering the death of Celilo Falls.
Portland Monthly, March 2007.
A dose of
realism on vaccines
Review of Vaccine, by Arthur Allen
The Oregonian, February 18, 2007.
Winning Ways
Lock up your board games: computers are beginning to outperform
humans on every front.
The Economist, January 25, 2007.
Blood on the
Tracks
Review of The Deschutes River Railroad War by Leon Speroff.
The Oregonian, December 17, 2006.
A Night
in the Slammer
Welcome to the Monkeyhouse.
December 2006.
Emotional
Rescue
Whitewater legend Val Shaull is facing the toughest challenge of
his career: a 9-year-old girl named Jodie.
Portland Monthly, September 2006.
River Rats
Life and death on the Sandy River.
Willamette Week, July 2006.
Soft-pedaled
America's bike messengers are being pushed off the streets.
The Economist, June 2006.
The Fisher King
Guido Rahr is on a mission to save the world--one salmon at a time.
Portland Monthly, June 2006.
The Buck Stops Here
Soaring business costs in California were driving Buck Knives to
the brink. The company regained its edge by dismantling its factory--and
putting it back together 1,453 miles away.
Inc. Magazine, May 2006.
The Gamble in the
Gorge
Two tribes battle for survival in the fight over the casino in
Cascade Locks.
Portland Monthly, March 2006.
Portland Jailblazers
Criminals run free while a jail sits empty.
Wall Street Journal, August 4, 2005.
Scars Fade, Memories
Don't
Can survivors of torture recover from their traumatic memories?
Willamette Week, June 1, 2005.
Hell on Wheels
Guardians of morality, beware! You are about to be blindsided by
a madcap quadriplegic.
Willamette Week, March 9, 2005.
The Grappler
Wrestling legend Dutch Savage still knows how to tie a reporter
in knots.
Willamette Week, 11/10/04
Satan's Pilgrim
Portland's leading devil dude philosophizes about good and evil.
But mostly about evil.
Willamette Week, 11/10/04
The Deadly Cure
State health cops investigate surge of methadone overdoses.
Willamette Week, May 28, 2003.
Cargo Kings
Waterfront lockout pits shipping interests against the nation's
most powerful union.
Willamette Week, Oct 9 2002.
Mercury
Falling
How the Homeland Security Act innoculated drug makers against autism
lawsuits.
Willamette Week, Nov 27 2002.
Sense
and Sinsemilla
Is medical marijuana real, or is it just a great way to get over
on the man?
Willamette Week, April 4, 2002.
The Truth
is out There
Don't call them contrails--they're chemtrails, and they're part
of an interplanetary plot...
Willamette Week, Sept 26, 2001.
Fantasy Island
Hundreds of aspiring actors bilked out of thousands of dollars
as Caribbean dream dissolves.
Willamette Week, July 4, 2001.
The Girl
from Electra
How Treva Throneberry convinced the world she was a teenage runaway--again
and again and again.
Willamette Week, June 27, 2001.
Going to the
Dogs
They're cute. They're furry. They're taking over.
Willamette Week, July 4, 2000.
Leap of
Faith
Man vs. Machine on the Checkered battlefield.
Willamette Week, April 5, 2000.
Undercover
Profile of a high-class hooker.
Willamette Week, January 26, 2000.
The Guinea
Pigs' Rebellion
Psychiatric patients flex their political muscle.
Willamette Week, Sept 1, 1999.
Hands Across
the Interstate
Bridges are supposed to bring people together... aren't they?
Willamette Week, March 31, 1999.
The Poisoned
Well
A toxic plume of industrial solvent may have sickened thousands
of workers at a Beaverton toy factory.
Willamette Week, Jan 6 1999.
Flesh and
Blood
Health officials investigate outbreak of flesh-eating bacteria
among Portland drug addicts.
Willamette Week, Dec 22, 1998.
Doctors
for Sale
Welcome to the world of injury litigation, where every victim is
a suspect and every twinge has a price tag.
Willamette Week, Nov 13 1996.
Fighting
faith of stoic witnesses to repression
Singapore cracks down on Jehovah's Witnesses.
Sydney Morning Herald. April 11, 1998
Amnesty
slams lawsuits
Human rights organization decries libels suits by Singapore politicians.
Sydney Morning Herald. Oct 17, 1997.
Where life passes in
a blur
Singapore takes steps to combat the highest level of myopia in
the world.
Asiaweek, Dec 1997.
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