Author: Richard D. Oxley

If you tune into KBOO Community Radio every Tuesday night, you may have heard electronic rhythms, global beats and the sounds of urban folk converge through your speakers. This is the world of DJ Anjali and her collaborator, The Incredible Kid.

As a new year starts, we can all take a sigh of relief that some of us have made it through the holidays with our families intact, while others may need therapy. For as we all know, getting together with our relatives generally causes a lot of tongue holding, gossiping and all-out clashes of ideologies. But in the end, we all do it because we love each other.

The holidays have been known for the cheer they inspire, and perhaps even a fair amount of humbuggery. Either way, one thing we all can enjoy is a nice nip of a Yuletide cheer here and there. Everyone has their own favorites and possibly their own recipes. Here are some simple and easy standards, and maybe even a couple new ideas to pour down the hatch this winter. And, of course, the Vanguard would like to remind you to drink responsibly this season.

Early in the morning creeps an underground society of Portland hunters, tribes of people constantly in search of new feeding grounds. They’re the breakfast crowd. Some catch a bite on their way to work while others traditionally get their breakfast fix after Sunday church.

President Obama rode into office on an inspiring wave of “change we can believe in.” As he stated often in his campaign, he intended to change the way Washington operated. We have now come to a point where we can begin to rely upon another motto: “Seeing is believing.”

This year, GMAC Insurance rated Oregon at the top of their list of America’s best drivers. An auto club called AutoVantage followed suit by rating Portland drivers as the most courteous in the nation, according to their own road rage survey.

Earlier this month Capitalism: A Love Story was released in theaters across the nation analyzing our corporate culture, to which I say, awesome! Finally, a film critical of our society’s love of the dollar, the dangers of global industries and the hypocrisy of…oh, wait, it’s a film by Michael Moore. Damn it!

Dogs are freaking awesome. I consider myself a dog lover and think Portland kicks just that much more ass for its dog-friendly culture.

It really pisses me off. Elevators. Not the idea of them, just the assholes who use them.

In September, a California federal judge made a decision that should help American small family farmers “beet” out their bigger corporate counterparts.