Topic: trees

...I can't really offer any sort of logical explanation or something that even sounds like a good excuse for why I ever read anything that George Will ever writes. I've tried to explain it as the natural product of constant exposure to the right-wing tendencies of my local newspaper, the Bend (Oregon) Bulletin, that primarily offers such nonsense on it's Opinion Page, but that line of reasoning...

1710. ... after all, what exactly could Holland be developing that would require such ham-handed use of Photoshop's clone stamp tool? Stealth clogs? Cancer-curing cheese? Attack polders? High-megaton musicals? I'm sure the Dutch government will never say. But, as broken by Photoshop Disasters, about one mile west of the town center of Brummen, which is about 12 miles SE of...

Portlanders can find relief from temperatures over 100 degrees today and tomorrow by taking refuge in their city's parks and pools. From a shady walk in Forest Park to a picnic dinner under the trees in your neighborhood park, from a dip in a community pool to a splash in a spray fountain, Portland Parks & Recreation (PP&R) offers many free or inexpensive opportunities to escape from the...

Today it's supposed to reach 104 degrees, so of all days this is not the time to try to convince you that Oregon is a cold state. But it is. Relationally that is. Now I love Oregon. I bleed green, I love the trees, the rolling hills, the lack of sales tax, the fact that...