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News & Commentary
The ACLU is trash
Civil rights belong to everyone, not just those who share your politics (or who will pay you).
“Love Letter” ban banned
Something being wildly unconstitutional doesn’t typically stop the State of Oregon.
Embedded Honors
“Embedded honors” is a bad idea, and the Salem-Keizer School District is all-in.
Scientific American and E.O. Wilson
Yikes.
The Rittenhouse Verdict
Law is not justice
Ivermectin and the mainstream media
Ivermectin is a problem but not the one you think.
Texas abortion law is terrible law
How to kill the Bill of Rights
Tesla reports record earnings
Car Wars of the electric kind.
Sha’Carri Richardson tests positive for marijuana, status for Tokyo Olympics in jeopardy
Right response but stupid rule.
Opinion | What the Rich Don’t Want to Admit About the Poor
We could end poverty if we wanted to. We don’t want it enough.
Essays
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!
How Few Thoughts a Brain Holds 5
Chinese airplane bumper cars, Microsoft's Passport revoked, BC forgets to bring the funny, the NBA tries to get "in the zone," and the hubris of dot-commers remembered with a sad shake of the head and roll of the eyes. I'm probably the only one, but I think, if the Chinese were to check closely at the bottom of the United States recent letter of apology saying we were "very sorry" for their pilot killing himself by ramming into our plane and for the subsequent landing on...