Pained in Portland

An existential and visual deterioration.

Published February 1, 2023 • Updated January 31, 2023

In an attempt to overcome the trauma that developed after his recent visit to Portland, Jonah invites the prolific author and journalist Nancy Rommelmann onto the Remnant for the first time to explore how the city descended into something resembling Escape from New York. They discuss when Portland’s decline began, whether it can fairly be compared to the New York of the 1970s and ‘80s, and whether these problems will be fixed anytime soon. And shockingly enough, no references to The Warriors are included.

Show Notes:

– Nancy’s Substack, Make More Pie

– Nancy’s page at Reason

– Nancy’s podcast, Smoke ‘Em If You Got ‘Em

– Jonah: “A Pox Upon Portland”

– Nancy: “The Dream of the ‘90s Died in Portland”

– Nancy: “Is Portland the new Neverland?”

– Nancy: “A Murder in Portland”

– Nancy: “You’re Not Allowed to Film”

– Tom Wolfe: “The Great Relearning”

– An exhibitionistic GLoP

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Jonah Goldberg

Jonah Goldberg is editor-in-chief and co-founder of The Dispatch, based in Washington, D.C. Prior to that, enormous lizards roamed the Earth. More immediately prior to that, Jonah spent two decades at National Review, where he was a senior editor, among other things. He is also a bestselling author, longtime columnist for the Los Angeles Times, commentator for CNN, and a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. When he is not writing the G-File or hosting The Remnant podcast, he finds real joy in family time, attending to his dogs and cat, and blaming Steve Hayes for various things.

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