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News & Commentary
College Volleyball’s Spartan Meltdown
As predicted, women’s sports is under attack
‘Electable you:’ A political powerhouse, Emerge Oregon, trains women Democrats to run for office
Perhaps the data is skewed?
As AI takes the helm of decision making, signs of perpetuating historic biases emerge
Time to push the narrative
Measure 118 overreaches, but does contain some ‘concepts of a plan’ for improving our tax system
A terrible idea made into a ballot measure.
Special education assistant details student-caused concussions, nerve damage in lawsuit against Salem-Keizer
I’m not sure what the defense would be. I expect this to be settled out of court.
Yes, Third-Trimester Abortions Are Happening in America
Oregon is one of the eight states that allows for abortion up until birth.
Nike just made it harder to track executives’ use of private jets
This is an interesting rationale.
University of Wyoming forfeits volleyball match against San Jose State over transgender oppoonent Blaire Fleming
In short, San Jose State has a man playing on the women’s team.
Most gamers prefer single-player games
I definitely fit into this category.
New Oregon education data shows continued learning declines since COVID in key subjects
The Oregon Department of Education has no idea how to educate.
Essays
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...
Sex and the City 2: Abu Dhabi Doo-Doo
Spoilers, should such a thing be possible with this kind of movie, follow Background Bearing in mind that I know nothing about the characters that I didn't learn from the horrid first movie (review here), let me catch you up to date: The protagonist, Carrie, is the New York City-based book and magazine writer. She is in love with fashion, shoes, and herself, and not necessarily in that order. Although she occasionally provides a genuinely interesting thought, even a broken...
Sex and the City: The Movie
Warning: Spoilers, to the extent a movie of this nature can be spoiled, follow Opening voice-over: "Year after year 20-something women come to New York City in search of the two Ls: Labels and love." If this is true, it's a horrible indictment of a generation. "Twenty years ago, I was one of them." Oh. I'm wrong then. It's a horrible indictment of American culture. Nice opening montage, but that is not a "hot dress." You look like a fool. Seriously? I would say that you...