Events 
There are 8 upcoming events listed in our Portland calendar. Click here for calendar.
In Quotes
[I'm] inherently gloomy about the prospect of Africa because all our social policies are based on the fact that their intelligence is the same as ours - whereas all the testing says not really.
--James Watson, Nobel Laureate, as quoted by the Sunday Times.
I am mortified about what has happened...More importantly, I cannot understand how I could have said what I am quoted as having said.
--James Watson, a few days later.
Jindal Wins
Piyush "Bobby" Jindal (R) became the highest ranking government official of Indian descent, when he was elected Governor of Louisiana earlier this month.
Jindal is currently a US Congressman from New Orleans.
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Gore's Inaugural Address
What would it take to wipe away all the tragedies of the past eight years? What would a new president have to do to begin on this task? David Michael Green visualizes an inaugural address by Al Gore. Whether Gore is the right person to give this speech is less important than what needs to be said, which Green does perfectly. More...
Is that Us?
What do you say if after his crime is clearly established, people vote for a politician again? It happened in America in 2004. What if, after the recent Tehelka expose, it happens in Gujarat? Jawed Naqvi poses this dangerous question. More...
Good Deeds in the Garden City
In Part II of this two-part series, Srilakshmi Renganathan continues her look at Volunteerism in Bangalore. She finds that good hearts can run from building schools to finding homes for lost animals. The odds are still against the volunteers, but what courageous people they are! More...
Indus meets Willamette
It was a high-profile entry into Portland for TiE. An organization formed by a group of Indian entrepreneurs in the Silicon Valley in 1992, TiE has now grown to 10 countries with 40 chapters. Its latest chapter opening included a keynote address by competitiveness expert CK Prahalad. A report. More...
Aussies Avenging
World Twenty-20 champions India received a sharp lesson not to be over-confident when Australia came-a-calling on their India Tour. In the end, it was in a lone t20 match India that India managed to salvage a little prestige, a tiny measure of balm upon a decisive and stinging series loss in the 50-over encounters. Who did well and who did not, in each team? Never lacking for strong opinions, Anushrut has been following the Aussie tour and files his report. More...
The Odd Cousins
Just when the world is being hit with genetic mappings of one species after another, we are informed that Dick Cheney is related to Barack Obama, eight-cousins, to quote Cheney's missus, Lynne Cheney. Well might you intone, Of all the gin joints in the world, as the famous line has it. Melvin Durai envisions the results of the discovery played out in the Cheney household. More...
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Movies 
There are 2 movies playing in Portland. Details...
Consumer Tip
Fill up your car or truck in the morning when the temperature is still cool.
Remember that all service stations have their storage tanks buried below ground; and the colder the ground, the denser the gasoline.
When it gets warmer gasoline expands, so if you're filling up in the afternoon or in the evening, what should be a gallon is not exactly a gallon.
Chartoons™
This month, cartoonist Vijay Char has Dick Cheney in his nibsights. let's hope the Vice-President doesn't return the favor by inviting Char on one of his notorious hunting trips! More...
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