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Republican Maine lawmaker sues over censure following viral post about transgender student athlete
Democrats finding new and exciting ways to lose elections.
State education officials would have power to intervene in struggling schools under governor’s plan – Salem Reporter
Great, except for one thing….
Newsom becomes most prominent Democrat to buck the party and echo majority public opinion on trans athletes
Newsom is running in 2028.
Most Americans can’t afford life anymore — and they just don’t matter to the economy like they once did
The examples in these stories are always terrible.
Denmark’s postal service to stop delivering letters
It’s just a sign of the times.
Spending on special education in Oregon needs a revamped formula, researchers find
Mainstreaming kids who need specialized attention is unaffordable and unhelpful to them
To fix what ails Oregon schools, spend a lot more money, new report suggests
Yeah, and while we’re dreaming, I’d like a rocket ship.
Stop blaming the voters
And soon.
Better grad rates but worse test scores befuddle lawmakers, validate reformers
I think they mean “Democrat” lawmakers.
Oregon ‘most frightening place to die,’ with nation’s most expansive estate tax, Republicans say. They hope to change that.
The GOP is correct: Oregon’s estate tax is in need of reform
Essays
The singular “they”
Several years ago we crossed the lexicographic Rubicon as Merriam-Webster gave “literally” the same definition as “figuratively.” Outrage by language purists understandably followed. Responses from pundits to Merriam-Webster’s pronouncement were, uh, uncharitable…
Tesla Model 3
This may come as something of a shock, but I’m about to spend $60k on a car, the Tesla Model 3. There are some good reasons not to, the most obvious being the eye-popping price tag. It’s also a fair question as to whether or not cars are the future of transportation. (In big cities the answer is a resounding, “No, they’re not.†The future there is ebikes, electric scooters, Segaways, and the like.)
Still, I have five major reasons to head down this path, and I thought it might be illuminating for some to hear what they are.
Aziz and Consent
NSFW WARNING: There is no possible way to discuss the following without using adult language and talking about sex in graphic terms. Enjoy.
It may be the curse of all aged human beings to watch the world they knew in their youth fade away as they begin to bemoan the illogic of younger generations. The ground changes subtly until suddenly it no longer makes sense. As Grandpa Simpson once said, “I used to be with it, but then they changed what ‘it’ was, and now what I’m with isn’t it. And what’s ‘it’ seems weird and scary to me.”
I died in my dreams last night
I died in my dreams last night. I don't recall that ever happening before. We were in Paris, and German-speaking terrorists had been captured with a nuclear time bomb. When I stumbled upon them they were handcuffed and laughing. They informed me in broken English that if I looked inside the freight container, I'd see that I had less than 10 minutes to live and that it was too late to escape the blast radius. I called my parents as a ran back to the apartment my family was...