by Ty Davison | Jun 18, 2020 | News & Commentary
The inexplicable work continues. Oregon will pay the price. Gov. Kate Brown approved various counties for moving to the next phase of reopening effective Friday. She will require that the almost everyone (there are medical exceptions) in these counties to wear a...
by Ty Davison | Jun 17, 2020 | Essays
A Supreme Court decision about the meaning of “sex.” Never a better time to say, IANAL! (I Am Not A Lawyer—what did you think I meant?) My initial reaction to Bostock v. Clayton County was concern. Not because of the immediate outcome. I hope...
by Ty Davison | Jun 13, 2020 | News & Commentary
We can start with the easy things first: Everyone deserves healthcare. The US system of providing it is particularly atrocious, with millions uncovered. That much of it is delivered via employers is also nuts. The Affordable Care Act (ACA, or Obamacare) of early 2010...
by Ty Davison | Jun 12, 2020 | News & Commentary
I might like it aesthetically, but the Confederate flag belongs in the dustbin of history, a traitorous symbol of a rightly destroyed rebellion. You know that when even NASCAR has come around to my way of thinking, big changes are afoot. Likewise, I’m very much in...
by Ty Davison | Jun 12, 2020 | News & Commentary
Contact tracing takes time, effort, and manpower. China reportedly—who knows if it’s true—had 1,800 teams of five doing contact tracing in Wuhan. One of Oregon’s biggest coronavirus outbreaks could take weeks to trace and contain – OregonLive.com: A...
