Category Archives: Feature Articles

Conversation With Carl- The Lone Light of Progressive Talk in Portland returns to the air

Posted on February 5, 2013 by tomdwyer

At the far end of Division Street sits a small building with a banana on the side. Once home to an overstock liquidator, it now houses a massage therapist, two vegan restaurants, and a homemade beer shop, but there’s more … Continue reading →

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2012 Year In Review- Our Feature articles from 2012

Posted on January 7, 2013 by tomdwyer

It’s our privilege to send you this newsletter each month, and we don’t take that privilege lightly. You didn’t have to give us your email address, but you did. You don’t have to keep us off your “blocked senders” list … Continue reading →

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Sellwood Bridge Closure- The Sellwood Bridge is closed from Jan 17th -24th. Here’s what we’re doing about it.

Posted on January 7, 2013 by tomdwyer

January is a month for Your Car Matters to take it easy. We have fun going back and looking at everything we wrote about last year. However, there is one issue that can’t just get the “look back” treatment this … Continue reading →

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The KPOJ Debacle- Death comes to Progressive Talk in Portland

Posted on December 4, 2012 by tomdwyer

Well! The Friday after the election turned out to be quite a day for us at the shop. Obama had been in office two whole days when we got the news that KPOJ was dead. The following week was total … Continue reading →

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Icelandic Revolution- Iceland’s Crowd-sourced Constitution

Posted on December 4, 2012 by tomdwyer

“Inside Job”, the story of the 2008 global financial meltdown and its aftermath, opens with the story of Iceland. Before the crisis it was a small but stable country with a quiet and secure financial sector, but the crisis hit … Continue reading →

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Election Night Bash Wrap-up- The good guys won, but what else happened?

Posted on December 4, 2012 by tomdwyer

One of life’s truly horrible experiences is when someone you know dies unexpectedly. There’s a surreal feeling whenever you think of them… “I was just talking to him last week”, or “She seemed so healthy”. We’re experiencing that now when … Continue reading →

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Chatting With The Mailman

Posted on October 12, 2012 by tomdwyer

One of the most interesting things that happens here at the shop is when we get feedback from our listeners or readers on something we’ve talked about, and that’s the case with this article. Most people have heard rumblings that … Continue reading →

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2nd Quadrennial Election Night Bash

Posted on October 12, 2012 by tomdwyer

(Update: The Bash took place on Nov 6, 2012, so if you’re reading this after that date we’re sorry you missed the party) Doors open at 6pm at the Historic Bob White Theatre, 6423 SE Foster Road. It’s a free … Continue reading →

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Summer Contest Roundup

Posted on October 12, 2012 by tomdwyer

Each summer we run a few contests to give you something to do when the barbeques and swimming run out. This year we had a Postcard Contest, an Explain This Image contest, and of course our Car of the Future … Continue reading →

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A Glimpse Into The Pit

Posted on August 14, 2012 by tomdwyer

Follow us on a tour of the infamous Health Care Exchanges (Update 9/24- ObamaCare goes live in Oregon on Oct 1. If you want a look at Oregon’s exchanges, go to CoverOregon.org.) One of the central debates of Obamacare was … Continue reading →