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News & Commentary
The vaccine: Who gets to go first
The CDC’s advisory committee has some really racist ideas.
US Government hacked by Russia
Don’t expect a response until Biden is president.
State’s pandemic relief fund for Black Oregonians suspends grants, faces renewed legal challenge
The Oregon Cares fund is racist, unconstitutional, and offensive. Otherwise, no worries.
Revolutions and the Apocalypse
Townshend and Yeats
Supreme Court rejects appeal over Oregon school district’s restroom policy for transgender students
No constitutional issue to adjudicate.
Processing Ellen to Elliot
I’ve been thinking about Juno star Ellen Page becoming Elliot Page.
How the Self-Esteem Craze Took Over America
“Believe in yourself and anything is possible.” The happy, totally false slogan of a movement.
Hundreds of kids and their families are headed to Arizona for a soccer tournament
I’m a big soccer fan, and this is a terrible idea.
Convalescent plasma for covid-19 does not work
I had certainly hoped for a different outcome. It’s almost like science doesn’t care about my feelings.
Living Matthew 4:7
Losing faith…
Essays
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...
Election 2000: Winners and Losers
It was a time of marvelous political theatre if only for the reason that the suspense was thick and the losers plentiful. We won't get it this good ever again. Winners None spring to mind. Email me if you think of any. Losers Yeah, we've got those in spades: George Bush. Campaigning in California and New Jersey? Good grief, you're dumber than we thought (and that's pretty dang dumb). Given the number states in play where you could've spent that campaigning time, this was...
Election 2000: Brains on Display
I attempt the political punditry equivalent of Evel Knievel's jump over the Snake River. Will I land safely on the other side by successfully predicting presidential election returns for all 50 states plus the District of Columbia? Or will my guesses turn out to be a crash and burn? Does a Nader victory equal an early parachute deployment? Will I ever stop with this lame stuntman metaphor and just get on with it? Sure thing. I've stated previously on several occasions that...
Ty’s Oregon Voters’ Guide 2000
Want somebody to tell you how to vote? Of course you do! You probably just don't want it to be me. Oh well, one out of two ain't bad. I've long been opposed to those MTV-style "Rock the Vote" efforts which, for my money, only encourage ignorant people who otherwise wouldn't vote to sign up and to cast a presumably uninformed ballot that's bound to negate the vote of someone—like me, frankly—who's spent time studying the issues. For the record, I have no problem with the...