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News & Commentary
Words are not violence
Another defense of free speech
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown announces new restrictions
That oughta do it, thanks very much Ray.
USS University
It’s not exactly the Love Boat.
Does the Lincoln Project have a secret agenda?
As always for questions in headlines, the answer is “no.”
‘Anarchists’ provoke tear gas use during Portland protests
How to ruin the First Amendment for everyone
Coronavirus Deaths Are Rising Right on Cue
When you do what you’ve done, you get what you got.
Federal agents arrest Portland protesters in unmarked cars, sparking intense backlash – The Washington Post
This is not constitutional. Even I know that.
New rules, still inadequate
Governor Brown makes her choice.
School’s out for the summer…and fall, winter, spring
It’s getting harder to see how the upcoming school year will be anything other than distance learning.
Nashville SC withdraws from MLS tournament because of virus
Is soccer dangerous to play during the pandemic? Jury’s out, but I’m guessing “guilty.”
Essays
Well, Windoze Me!
Windoze /Win'doz/ v. 1. To be completely and utterly screwed, usually by Microsoft. Ex: My operating system just crashed (again). I sure am Windozed. Given a world of approximately six billion unique individuals, it never stops amazing me that so many people are such total lemmings. Granted that the wide variety of forces—cultural, historical, etc.—which play upon human beings enforce a certain amount of homogeneousness, but sometimes I think we'd see more intellectual...
Vive la France! Vive la Différence!
Compiled during seven weeks in France during the summer of 2000. I attack all manner of topics from the vantage point of an American in Paris, a status made obvious by my white tennis shoes, lack of a poodle, and inability to keep from showering once a day. The resulting treatise is both required reading for doctorate level Franco-American political science students and the reason France pulled out of NATO. Okay, item number one: Parisians drive around their town like...
Prince Albert in a Can
If you're feeling trapped in your career, imagine the vice president. No matter what he says or does, there's no escaping those pesky 1996 campaign finance irregularities. Note to Al: 18 minutes of blank tape didn't help Nixon; three years of deleted email won't help you. The most immediate advantage Vice President Al Gore has in his race to the presidency, other than the currently blissful economic climate, has got to be that he's not as drop-dead stupid as his Republican...
How Few Thoughts a Brain Holds 3
You didn't really expect me to shut up did you? Poor, poor you. Poor, poor, stupid you. The worst sub-headline in recent memory: "Easier credit gets the blame for the boom in repossessions in the four-county region even as the economy remains robust." Yes, like a thief in the night or an evil avenging angel, "Easier Credit" roams the countryside looking to strike terror into the hearts of unsuspecting homeowners everywhere. I can't fathom that newspaper writers and their...