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The Best and Brightest Charade

Either Portland Mayor Sam Adams has never read David Halberstam’s “The Best and  the Brightest,” or he has forgotten its message. The best aren’t always the brightest, and the brightest aren’t always the best. Nevertheless, according to Adams’ thinking, the city of Portland can now attract the “best and brightest” employees because the city’s insurance […]

A Transgendered Grandstand

Unemployment, gang shootings, poor high school graduation rates – there is no shortage of serious problems facing Portland, but Mayor Sam Adams has resources to waste on  expanding city employee health insurance to cover sex changes. Does Portland have a disproportionate number of city employees wanting transgender surgery? No. But Adams’ days as mayor are […]