A late observation about the O

I know this is two days late, but just a quick observation about Sunday's Oregonian Opinion section:

Page 1 Stories:

• A story about how Republican presidents are too stupid (or too bad a judge of character) to pick a Supreme Court justice who will overturn Roe v. Wade.
• The effort by the paper's former state budget reporter to explain how 1) government is inefficient, but so are businesses; 2) Corporations are stealing the state blind because they don't contribute enough taxes; 3) taxes are low but spending is high, thanks to "user fees and federal grants" (no guesses on how much of the budget comes from either source); 4) the kicker is "insane," but Oregonians aren't willing to change it; 5) "Groups that complain the most about paying taxes — seniors, farmers, big business — enjoy some of the most generous tax benefits."
• The public editor's column about how swell newspapers are, specifically the New Orleans paper.

Page 2 Stories:

• Two short slams at Harriet Miers
• A glowing — if understated — column supporting her candidacy by the head of the Reagan and Bush 41 Legal Counsel's office

Page 3 Stories:

• Letters

Page 4 Stories:

• An editorial about energy conservation that includes a line about the "clueless Bush administration"
• An editorial that says Bush is too focused on Iraq, to the detriment of the Department of Homeland Security
• An "editorial sketchbook" about a man who feels sorry for a homeless man and gives the man his empty cans and bottles
• A David Sarasohn column about Fort Clatsop, which is surprisingly lacking any slam on Republicans

Page 5 Stories:

• The Washington Post's Marie Cocco on the Republican scumbags in the House, starting with Tom DeLay
• The new "Media Watch" column by Normon Solomon, which is one long rail against the Bush Administration's "spinning"
• The Miami Herald's Leonard Pitts Jr. on the realities of race and crime as it impacted his family, complete with a slam at William Bennett's recent comments about race, African-Americans and abortion
• The O's token conservative, David Reinhard writes about the recent state supreme court decisions claiming live sex acts are constitutionally-protected free speech.

Page 6 Stories:

• The Washington Post's E.J. Dionne Jr., writing about the Bush administration's use of Miers' religion as a positive, after saying that John Roberts' religion was off limits.

For the record, I agree with Dionne; I think Bennett was not very smart in his comments and I found Pitts' column impactful; I'd like to see more of an effort by the feds to pursue cleaner and more efficient energy; and I'm still not wild about Harriet Miers.

Still, is it just me or is there a huge disparity between liberal and conservative viewpoints? But there's no bias in media. Really.