Isaac Laquedem
Occasional comments about business and politics in Portland, Oregon, mixed in with stories from our city's colorful if not always compliant past, retold by the world's 142nd foremost authority.
Keep Oregon Blue
BlueOregon
Misterblue
Oregon blogs (non-blue)
Alas, a Blog
Chuck Currie
Citizens for Local Accountability (Lake Oswego)
Cyclotram
HinesSight
Human Iterations
Human Transit
Jack Bog's Blog (2020+ edition)
Oregon Commentator
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Lost Oregon
Rantings of a former TriMet Bus Driver
Utopia, dystopia, frytopia.
ZehnKatzen Times
Our public servants
Jeff Merkley, Senator from Oregon
Tina Kotek, Governor of Oregon
Josh Marquis (retired Clatsop County DA)
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Ted Wheeler, Mayor of Portland
The former President of the United States
The President of the United States
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Joe Sherlock
Arbitrary & Capricious
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worldwide pablo
Other blogs I like
Stay of Execution
Anonymous Lawyer
GirlHacker's Random Log
Sites I like
Alex the Stockbroker
FlyerTalk
King Sihanouk of Cambodia
My permanent booklist
Ewen Montagu: The Man Who Never Was
Ayn Rand: Atlas Shrugged
Baroness Orcszy: The Scarlet Pimpernel
S.J. Simon: Why You Lose At Bridge
Benjamin Graham: The Intelligent Investor
Alexandre Dumas: The Count of Monte Cristo
Suetonius: The Twelve Caesars
Peter J. Steincrohn: How To Stop Killing Yourself
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