The fatal lunch of Louis XVI The Bourbon Dynasty ruled France from 1589 to January, 21, 1793 when Louis XVI was guillotined. The next two decades saw the meteoric rise and fall of Napoleon. Foreign pressure restored them to power from 1814 to 1830, when the French people again drove them from power. The long-suffering French had had their fill of the Bourbons. History sums up their reign: "They learned nothing and forgot nothing."
Feb. 28: High tech revolution doesn't set us free Most days when I come back to the office from lunch my computer screen is flush with new e-mails. There may be an advertisement for a home equity loan or a software upgrade. Occasionally there's a note from an out-of-town friend.
Jan. 24: Higher ed signs on with new economy A side effect of our devotion to the market economy is the growing commercialization of American higher education. The primary role of colleges and universities, we are told by boards of regents, blue ribbon committees and state legislators, is to serve as research centers and incubators for commerce, while the educations they dispense are understood to be fuel for the country's economic engine.
Cathy Shaw - State Street
Feb. 15: Oregon Legislature as a visual aide I would love to come back to my State Street column and tell you that things are alive and well in Salem and legislators, irrespective of background, geographic location, age, or political party affiliation are working side by side to overcome Oregon's economic crisis. But that would be a lie.
Sept. 29: A solution to this Mars-Venus thing What is it with men and pillowcases? It's an astounding conundrum of physics gone awry; a mechanical, logical happening that should happen and doesn't.
