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News & Commentary
Roald Dahl book changes spark censorship spat
Political correctness, alive and well
Salem-Keizer graduations rates
Efforts continue to boost graduation rates by making standards as low as possible.
Tesla in 2023
As much as I love the cars, my outlook is pessimistic.
The 5% Rule
95% of people are awesome
The 2022 Mid-terms
The “Red Tide” became a puddle…
Can the Democrats Capture the Political Center?
Not unless
Judge: Newberg School Board ban on symbols is unconstitutional
Public education takes another hit.
Girls’ high school soccer refereeing standards in Oregon
The rules are the rules, and they needn’t bend depending on who’s playing.
Defunding the police benefits criminals
We need more cops not fewer.
Going solar…
6.8 kWh system now installed at the house
Essays
The shuttle
Humanity advances on a time line of discovery. We dare to hope, occasionally paying a price for our longing. In the shadow of this morning's terrible tragedy, in our shock and sorrow, may we honor those who have given their lives in the quest to push the human race forward. Ours is a greater existential understanding because of their contributions. Soon, we will re-dedicate ourselves to the quest in which they led us, exploring with wonder and gratitude the universe. We...
The time is right…
The time is right for marching in the streets, but I find myself terribly reluctant to travel that path again. Today, anti-war activists around the world are issuing their pleas for peace to a Bush administration that seems bent on attacking Iraq regardless of what UN inspectors find. For me, it is a disheartening echo of my college years when George Bush senior pushed the Gulf War upon us. Those who can't see the linkage between American Middle East intervention...
Reflections 9/11
Lessons going unlearned can be funny or sobering. Guess which it is today? We stop today to reflect upon the horror and pain of a year ago and to continue pondering the motivations of evil Islamic fanatics who would kill innocents as a means of attacking the larger ideal of America. Like Pearl Harbor, the assassination of President Kennedy, and the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger, the attack of 9/11 is etched into world history. Also like those events, 9/11...
I protest
It now seems all but inevitable that George Bush will cast aside world opinion and illegally violate the territorial sovereignty of another nation. Perhaps this will take place with the assistance of Great Britain or maybe it will be a unilateral action, but unlike the world-wide coalition built by his father during the Gulf War, there is almost world-wide condemnation of this Bush's war plans. And why should there not be? If the United States can unilaterally bomb and...