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News & Commentary
Latino groups rebuke state’s coronavirus vaccine drive, state stands chastened
Latinos complain about the OHA. They’re not alone.
Oregon Senate committee approves plan to ban preschool suspensions by 2026
Another terrible idea from the progressives.
Oregon can’t produce written evaluation of long-delayed COVID-19 exposure app
OHA does it again. Or doesn’t do it, as the case may be.
Teen Vogue’s new editor out of a job after backlash over old tweets
The idea that mistakes have to follow us forever is poisonous.
Andrew Cuomo poll: 57% of New York voters say governor should not immediately resign
If things get too rough for him, expect an announcement that he won’t run for reelection.
Mayor seeks $2 million to bring back uniformed police team to address spike in shootings
Defunding the police is going exactly like one would expect.
What WandaVision got wrong
Wanda is no hero in her own series.
Les Schwab’s new owners will stop paying employees’ $3,000 annual dividend
Same old song and dance.
Oregonian touts benefits of racist state government program
Easy barometer of racism: Change the race in question from white to black or black to white.
Portland-area residents tried 400,000 times to book 3,400 COVID vaccine appointments
The OHA’s contempt for Oregonians, especially seniors, seems boundless.
Essays
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...
How Few Thoughts a Brain Holds 4
Thus spake Zarathustra: Any commentary on 2001 shall include a Green Bay Packer with mouse ears, Dubya's elevation to the presidency, a rash of dot-com deaths, and the latest in Microsoft idiocy. And so it was written. I'm imagining the commercial would go something like this: Voice Over: "Mark Chmura, former All-Pro tight end for the Green Bay Packers, you've just been found not guilty by a jury of your peers of sexually assaulting a teenage girl at a party. Now that your...
Let’s Be Careful Out There
I live my own episode of COPS. Guns, drugs, busts, sirens, traffic stops. An average night in the life of a Salem Police officer, an adrenaline rush of major proportions for me. Kudos and thanks to the men and women in blue. December 8-9, 2000 8:30 PM: I'm introduced to Officer J.K. "Jimmy" Krauger, a veteran and field training officer (FTO) of the Salem Police Department. Jimmy deals with some paperwork and equipment for 30 minutes while I peruse the materials in the...