In print, a rundown on the teachers’ contract impasse. On the blog, the Board of Higher Education gets a PR-savvy new member. Other than that? A couple projects are in the works, I’m producing two days at KBOO this week, and enjoying the weather.
I received the latest issue of Harper’s in the mail on Friday, and settled in to read it last night. If you still need proof that the magazine provides some of the best investigative reporting out there—and that our military governance is seriously frightening—you must read Scott Horton’s article on Guantánamo.
It provides a constant string of those “how-did-I-miss-this” moments that are the keystone of memorable reporting. Horton only bites when he’s sure he’ll get something good, and his restraint and lack of embellishment is almost as mesmerizing as the risk he takes in stating the simple facts.
Week five at the Mercury already! In print, there was a story about chicken slaughter and one about evil corporate overlords taking over education (well, sorta). Then City Council was all, “F You Dirty Duck!” Portland State students and their well-mannered Dutch president addressed those corporate overlords again. Then some parents were like, “yo Superintendent, you better not close our schools and pay for nebulous studies!” Then a military indoctrination science learning contract disappeared from a board meeting… stay tuned.
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