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Oregon’s near-worst-in-nation education outcomes prompt a reckoning on school spending
I’ve been talking about all this for quite awhile now.
Dramatic Increases in School Spending Have Not Improved Outcomes for Oregon Students
Oregon education issues are not funding based.
Oregon’s graduation rate increases show a proven path forward
I could not disagree more with most of this take.
Trump takes action to ban transgender women from women’s sports
The latest example of why mainstream media can’t be trusted.
The Democrats Show Why They Lost
This is really depressing.
Oregon’s class of 2024 defies expectations with increase in high school graduation rate
The juxtaposition with the story of Oregon’s awful test score is terrific.
Oregon math, reading achievement among the nation’s worst, new scores show
No surprises
High-cost states across the West should embrace ‘choice’ in housing, Kotek says
I’m not sure how much “choice” this is
Federal judge vacates Biden Title IX rule, scrapping protections for LGBTQ+ students nationwide
Alternatively: “Federal judge upholds First Amendment.”
Outgoing Multnomah County DA seeks reduced conviction in violent assault, early release for convicted murderer
One final kick in the face to crime victims
Essays
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...
Three Days in Vegas…
Never having been to that oasis of sin and decadence called Las Vegas, I determined to go with the help of a Groupon that gave me a "luxury tower" room at the train-themed Palace Station Hotel & Casino for an average nightly price of $36. This could have been lower had I opted not to stay on a Friday or if I had chosen, against all online advice, to lodge in the "courtyard" rooms. Palace Station is off-Strip and reminds me of Oregon Indian tribe gaming centers. That's...