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Oregon expands college grant to help more students of color and from low-income families access higher education
Lowering standards, throwing away money. It’s the Oregon legislature at work.
Obi-Wan Kenobi
If I were on the Death Star, I’d push the button to blow up Alderaan myself.
Culture wars lead to teacher firings, resignations
Surprise, surprise…politicizing the classroom is a terrible idea.
‘Blue dog’ days may be over in Oregon’s 5th Congressional District
+6 Democratic district and Cook rates it a “toss-up”
Teslas running Autopilot involved in 273 crashes reported since last year
Understanding is key.
Oregon will pay cost of college for Oregon tribal members
Maybe not a 14th Amendment violation. Still a bad idea.
$100 million to do what?
It’s not grift if the amount is $100 million.
Washington Post’s Dave Weigel suspended for retweeting sexist remark
I’m embarrassed to have resubscribed to the Washington Post
The State of Oregon does it again
Surely the goal of the child welfare system should be, you know, child welfare.
Actual Malice
Lessons from Heard-Depp
Essays
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...
Winning the American Game
Words, words, and more words on how to get rich (hint: not quickly) and on how to properly understand this screwy board game called Life. I mean capitalism. Either way, time to sell the cattle ranch!