NWC Endorses Republican Christine Drazan For Oregon State Governor There are many important things we don’t know about the race that will decide who will be Oregon’s next governor. There’s never been an election in Oregon like this. It is likely that Oregon’s next governor will be elected by a plurality of voters not a […]
Word is out. The buzz is live. Anticipation is mounting. The Clark County Fair is coming to a fairground near you–the Clark County Fairgrounds to be exact—and all indications are that this will be a county fair to write home about. Hall of Fame rock band Cheap Trick is scheduled to deliver a riff-tastic extravaganza […]
Over the last decade, while three quadrants—Northeast, Northwest, and Southeast–of the City of Portland became sorely inflicted with the scourge of homelessness, Southwest Portland, particularly the Far Southwest districts, remained largely immune. That is changing. A particularly debased encampment has sprung up under the SW Barbur Blvd. overpass at the Multnomah Village exit. Lodged on […]
“Democrats are bad people, but they stick together.” —President Donald Trump. How many occasions did we hear the former president say some variation on this? It was part of his stump speech, and the admonition behind the words only grew stronger as his besieged term in office unfolded. It became an unremitting truth when Dems […]
It was way back in 1953 when the venerable Chapel of Mary, centerpiece of The Grotto, Portland’s renown Catholic Shrine, was built. Now, thanks to what Communications Director Jane Tokito affirms are “generous donations from many donors over the course of several decades,” the first major renovation in the chapel’s 68-year history is underway. Grotto […]
With the popular culture wrought with ubiquitous licentiousness and carnal provocation, those favoring more traditional depictions of love and erotic intimacy can often find themselves wandering in a wilderness of depravity. But one has only to turn to some of Hollywood’s finest films to find that love can still be a many splendored thing. Here […]
Pretty much every American has seen The Homecoming: A Christmas Story, the 1971 film that inspired the acclaimed television series, The Waltons. Well, I’ve got a homecoming story too. I wish I could remember the exact year it was. It was either in the late seventies or early eighties–perhaps some weather-buff reading this might know. […]
Whether or not reports about the continuing collapse of Fox News Channel’s ratings are greatly exaggerated has yet to be determined. But a curtain was raised on election night, and what was behind it cannot be unseen. The issue becomes, can conservatives and Trump Nation continue to deliver ratings to the network after viewing the […]
In May of this year, political light-years ago, a syndicated piece by David Limbaugh was published on this website, “Trump Supporters: Fear Not Those Discouraging Polls.” Light years, yes, and much has changed since May. But the fact remains that the polls could not be reliably trusted then, and cannot be trusted now. Many of […]
We are pleased to report that longtime Northwest Connection editorial assistant Mark Ellis’s novel A Death on the Horizon is a finalist for the 14th Annual National Indie Excellence Award in the category of General Fiction. “Mark has been a great asset to the paper, a solid journalist and political reporter,” says NWC publisher JoLinn […]