by Ty Davison | Apr 12, 2025 | News & Commentary
Oregon voter registration errors began years earlier than DMV officials acknowledged – Salem Reporter: Data entry errors at the Oregon Department of Transportation that led to more than 1,700 people being incorrectly registered to vote despite not demonstrating...
by Ty Davison | Mar 27, 2025 | News & Commentary
White House pulls Stefanik’s UN ambassador nomination amid concern over narrow Republican House majority | CNN Politics: The White House on Thursday pulled Rep. Elise Stefanik’s nomination to be US ambassador to the United Nations amid concerns over slim margins in...
by Ty Davison | Mar 20, 2025 | Essays, News & Commentary
One of the principles of stoic philosophy is to only worry about things within your control. What’s the point of worrying if you can do nothing about it? I believe most would, upon reflection at least, agree with this. (In fact, I’d go further and say that there...
by Ty Davison | Mar 16, 2025 | News & Commentary
CNN Poll: Democratic Party’s favorability drops to a record low | CNN Politics: The survey was taken March 6-9, days before 10 Democratic senators — including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer — voted with Republicans in the chamber to advance a GOP-authored...
by Ty Davison | Feb 18, 2025 | News & Commentary
I take it as foundational the belief that people behave in their own perceived self-interest, and that, with limited exceptions, they are best able to determine what that self-interest is. That a person is able to act on that self-interest, again with exceptions, is...
