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News & Commentary
Luck not science
America has collectively decided on the Swedish “do nothing” pandemic response.
Racism defined
The Oxford Dictionary definition
Big protest day
The coronavirus doesn’t care about politics, right wing or left wing.
One day later
I’m sorry to state it so bluntly: Oregon Health Authority Director Patrick Allen needs to be fired.
An unexpected apology
Since I published Two types of discrimination a few days ago, the Oregon Health Authority has issued an unexpected apology. Not to me. To people who deserve one. It could have been a little better.
A matter of degree
Charges against the police officer are elevated in the George Floyd murder. Unclear if this is a good idea.
Trump and the Bible
The President as prayerful and contemplative as you’d would expect.
NASA, SpaceX launch astronauts from US soil for the first time in a decade – CNN
What changed today in spaceflight.
Restaurants are barely surviving the pandemic. Delivery apps will kill them
Don’t build your castle on someone else’s sand.
Anarchy in the US
Anarchy changes nothing
Essays
The Problems with Shrub
My case for George "Dubya" as Bush-lite: A third less IQ points than your regular presidential candidate and definitely less fulfilling. Call me disillusioned, but if Republican presidential aspirant George W. Bush (aka Dubya, aka Bush-lite, aka Shrub) indeed turns out to be our next president, I volunteer to lead the banzai charge over the cliffs of insanity. Long the presumptive GOP nominee, Bush has spent recent weeks running an incredibly incompetent presidential...
Therapy Du Jour
A rambling introspective on turning 31, the nature of God, and love of neighbor. (This work could be subtitled "Thus ends my political career.") If it leaves you as lost as a puppy in a sock factory, well, you're not the only one. Bottom line: I've suffered for my writing. Now it's your turn. "I've been a selfish being all my life." —Mr. Darcy, Pride & Prejudice Introduction: Hi! I'm a jerk. Nice to meet you. For whatever reason, I find myself more introspective at 31...
You’ve Got Mail: You’ve Got To Be Kidding
You've Got Mail isn't the worst romantic comedy I've ever seen, but somebody's got a screwy idea of love, and I don't think it's me. If anyone needs proof that bad screenwriting and directing outweight good costuming and set design, here you go. WARNING: This review may include spoilers! You've Got Mail continues director/screenwriter Nora Ephron's attempts to recapture the magic she created in When Harry Met Sally.... Sadly, Ephron appears to bereft of ideas since both...
College Notebook: Television and Food: Breakfast Cereal Commercials Aimed at Kids
Yes, I turned this in. I was on a deadline. Another "masterpiece" from the late '80s. It really goes without saying that if, as is the clear implication, the younger sibling could beat his or her elder at the competition of the day just because he or she took the time to munch down a bowl of Tony's Frosted Flakes ("They're great!"), not only would media watchdogs be much less concerned about the impact of breakfast cereal commercials aimed at kids, but the sales of Frosted...