Strictly Business

Strictly Business: Taking the high road for Mom

If you are a mom and you're reading this column over breakfast in bed, happy Mother's Day.

Strictly Business: Benton lucky to be inside man

Many years ago I ran into an old high school buddy while on a camping trip with my family. We spent an evening over a campfire talking about where our lives had taken us in the years since we'd parted ways.

Strictly Business: On the austere road to ruin

You may have missed it, but a smart group of folks recently told us that our infrastructure — roads, bridges, mass transit, airports, and power and water lines — are in terrible shape.

Strictly Business: Technology vital, but not everything

At times, we need to let humanity break through the barrage of information, advertising saturation, and superficial interactions that are a product of digital technology that is reshaping our world in ways we can't yet begin to understand.

Strictly Business: Don't blink, or you'll miss it

With signs on I-5, Portland says goodbye, Vancouver barely musters hello

I'm guessing that by the time you've rolled northbound on Interstate 5 past Hayden Island, and by the time you've passed the "Leaving Oregon" sign while crossing the Columbia River, that you already know that you're leaving Portland.

Strictly Business: Extra! Extra! Newspapers not dead!

Here's a news flash — the newspaper business is not dead.

Strictly Business: Recovery might be in bloom

Spring arrived on Wednesday, and it felt all week like brighter economic times could finally be arriving in Clark County.

Union says don't fence me out

Surely it's not easy to stand outside your place of work, holding a picket sign and walking back and forth as someone else does your job on the other side of the fence.

Strictly Business: Light-rail fight isn't over yet

The current fight over light rail isn't the first in Clark County. Rail transit came to a vote in 1995, when TriMet and regional forces on the Oregon side had greased the wheels for a new bridge and a bistate line that would, they said, extend as far north as the Clark County Fairgrounds.

Strictly business: Charged up at the jewelry counter

OMG. That's text slang for "oh my . . . goodness," just in case you're a non-phone-texting reader.

Strictly Business: Innovation a risk worth taking

The television documentary "Silicon Valley," broadcast Tuesday on PBS, opens against a backdrop of the Santa Clara Valley in the 1950s, when apricot orchards dominated and the technology industry had barely taken root.

Strictly Business: Wall Street shenanigans hit home

You've probably never heard of Jeff Connaughton.

Strictly business: About that 'socialist' light-rail line

Let's assume that Portland State University economist Tom Potiowsky was swinging for the fence when he took a swing at light-rail opponents at Thursday's Economic Forecast Breakfast, sponsored by The Columbian.

Strictly Business: Camas baits; will Fisher bite?

Ken Fisher likes Clark County, that's no secret. His wealth management company also is well-liked by the county.

Strictly Business: Bashing of Jantzen mall unjustified

Don't count on new Portland Mayor Charlie Hales to invite out-of-town guests to Jantzen Beach, one of the most popular Portland destinations for Vancouver residents. Hales puts the island's "strip malls and lottery bars" on his list of embarrassments for a city that relishes its Portlandia vibe.