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Now what? Will we soon be witnessing criminal charges and trials? Will he challenge the election’s results two years from now? Will he try to run four years from now?

Bioethicist calls for moratorium on 'designer babies' Genetically engineered humans are now a reality, expert tells City Club of Portland. A bioethicist-in-residence at the University of Oregon on Thursday, Feb. 18, said the time is now to institute a temporary halt on research into editing the human genome for future generations Françoise Baylis, the 2020-21 Wayne Morse Chair at the school's Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics said in a virtual discussion hosted by the City Club of Portland that the long-hypothetical discussion of crafting "designer babies" is now literally a r...

Gene editing on tap for Thursday online Portland discussion February 16 2021 The global debate over gene editing has a local twist. Two researchers discuss its implications for society on Feb. 18. On Thursday, Feb. 18, two health leaders will discuss how society could change due to gene editing, a field in which Portland-area researchers have broken important ground. The virtual discussion, hosted by the City Club of Portland, runs from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday. Two speakers will bring different histories and perspectives to the discussion. Françoise Baylis, a Canadian bioethici...

Jerry Rust didn’t become Oregon’s green governor or senator, but the political gadfly put his stamp on the state Updated Feb 01, 2021; Posted Feb 01, 2021 Jerry Rust, right, talks with Roseburg City Council member Phil Gale in 1996 while running for the U.S. Senate. At the time Rust's agenda wasn't what voters wanted. (The Oregonian) Facebook Share When Jerry Rust moved to Portland in the late 1990s, he and his family set up house in blue-collar Kenton. He immediately fell for the northside neighborhood, he said at the time, because “it’s an underdog. I root for underdogs.” No sur...

Willamette Week The need for strong, independent local journalism is more urgent than ever. Please support the city we love by joining Friends of Willamette Week. The Legend of C.E.S. Wood, Portland’s Anarchist Founding Father Artist and lawyer, poet and soldier, patrician and anarchist, Portlander Charles Erskine Scott Wood was a jack of all trades—and master of quite a few. C.E.S. Wood, photographed by Ansel Adams. By KEITH MOERER In his later years he looked like Zeus, with wild white hair and an untamed beard. Like the Greek god, he had a reputation for womanizing. And, thoug...