Marion County denied! (Sort of)

County fails to meet state’s already lax criteria, gets turned down. Not a great look for the commissioners. Marion County (and Polk County, too) won’t be re-opening on Friday despite the efforts of county commissioners. Next review by the Oregon Health...

The identity politics disaster

https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2017/09/how-modern-addiction-identity-politics-has-fractured-left There is a good reason that liberals focus extra attention on minorities, since they are the most likely to be disenfranchised. But the only way in a democracy...

I love election night

I love election night. I don’t necessarily love the results, mind you, but there’s always something about seeing the will of the people expressed that I find exciting. The Bush v. Gore battle of two years ago may have been powerfully depressing in some...