Articles from the November 27, 2014 edition

Nov 27, 2014

Governor Pennoyer By Finn J.D. John Oregon may not be the richest, or the largest, or the most powerful state in the union. But our fair state does indisputably have one thing over every other state: We have more Thanksgiving holidays. It’s a tradition that was originally referred to as “Pennoyer’s Thanksgiving,” after the curmudgeon of a state governor who first proclaimed it. Actually, it’s probably better described as a dead tradition, having been more or less completely forgotten long before the turn of the last century. As far as I’ve been...