Columnist feeds gender distrust during divorce
Carolyn Hax muffs it when giving advice to a Mom with a child who’s heading down the path to divorce; by framing it as a need to be “safe.” A concerned … Continue reading
Yoga Pants, more ass than we need to see
It’s such an easy target; a GOP lawmaker wants to ban yoga pants, suggesting they are indecent. This leads to the usual predictable snarks. Republicans; the party that wants small … Continue reading
It’s race baiting when it’s half truths
Seattle’s alternative weekly, The Stranger, recently ran a story with the following headline: Watch Seattle Police Pepper Spray Teacher Jesse Hagopian on MLK Day The article includes a photo showing a … Continue reading
Defining and defending a term
It all started when I ventured in to the comment section on BuzzFeed’s article on the Duke campaign “We Don’t Say.” It’s a collection of photographs of student athletes from … Continue reading
When two don’t dance
BALLROOM BETSY writes into DEAR ABBY that she loves to dance but that her boyfriend of two years “Jonah” isn’t a good dancer. They plan to take lessons together. But … Continue reading
Unplanned pregnancy without marriage
A young woman writes in to Carolyn Hax saying she’s pregnant, and it’s a surprise as she was on birth control. The father is her long term boyfriend who is … Continue reading
Parking Districts Redux
CORVALLIS – So I’ll admit I’m a bit surprised at how handily Measure 02-88 was voted down in districts near OSU. In Ward 5, one of the areas most impacted by … Continue reading
Vote “No” on parking districts
CORVALLIS – A Facebook friend recently asked her peeps what they thought of Measure 02-88, which proposes new parking districts for the neighborhoods around campus. She doesn’t live in the … Continue reading
Men need to hear it from men
CLASSIC OVER ANALYZER tells DEAR ABBY that his lunch date, a woman he’s been seeing for about month and things have been going well, canceled their lunch date citing a … Continue reading
A View from the Bubble 
NCAA is rife with hypocrisy
Did you see the news recently regarding Eastern Washington University’s starting QB Vernon Adams transferring to the University of Oregon? Adams falls into the 5th year graduate category; he will … Continue reading →