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Indictment frenzy grips the nation. Well, the news corps and punditocracy, at any rate. Here at the Portable Bohemia nerve center there...
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David Matthews
- Mar 23
- 8 min
Neutering Language
Language guidance is all the rage at academic institutions and nonprofits. Some of it could fall under the rubric of traditional style...
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David Matthews
- Feb 25
- 6 min
Ukraine One Year On
Today I am left with Samuel Beckett: "nothing to express, nothing with which to express, nothing from which to express, no power to...
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David Matthews
- Feb 4
- 5 min
(Kevin) McCarthyism on the Agenda in the House: Déjà Vu All Over Again
This week House Republicans engineered a pair of concurrent resolutions to safeguard the country from the twin horrors of socialism and...
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David Matthews
- Jan 26
- 3 min
Oh, Those Classified Documents!
Hall of Fame second baseman and manager Frankie Frisch (1898–1973), "the Fordham Flash," hated it when his pitchers walked opposing...
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David Matthews
- Jan 20
- 2 min
Drag Queen Story Hour Comes to Congress
The George Santos miniseries saga continues to spin off spectacular storylines, each more wildly improbable than the last. The first...
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David Matthews
- Nov 29, 2022
- 8 min
Varieties of Heroism: Ada Wordsworth at the Przemyśl Train Station
I have a new hero. Her name is Ada Wordsworth. What I know of Wordsworth comes from an article she wrote that appears in the current...
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David Matthews
- Nov 12, 2022
- 4 min
It Could Have Been Worse
The consensus is that it could have been worse. As Mona Charen put it on the morning after, "Yes, some horrible candidates won, and a few...
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David Matthews
- Nov 8, 2022
- 6 min
An Improbable Comrade
Sometimes fate messes with our heads. A player steps out from an ensemble cast onto the stage in a role no one would have anticipated....
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David Matthews
- Oct 27, 2022
- 11 min
A Less Than Optimal Choice for Portland City Council
Portlanders face a less than optimal choice in the city council race between incumbent Jo Ann Hardesty and challenger Rene Gonzalez. I...
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David Matthews
- Oct 17, 2022
- 3 min
Proud Boys Take on Role of Morality Police
It seems that the Proud Boys have anointed themselves America's morality police. While taking a Saturday morning walk with a friend in a...
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David Matthews
- Oct 10, 2022
- 7 min
Indivisible Tuesday
Indivisible Oregon is an activist group that coalesced after the 2016 election to resist the Trump agenda. Much of the group's focus is...
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David Matthews
- Sep 22, 2022
- 4 min
When Monsters Are Cornered
The tyrant Putin declared a partial military mobilization to call up as many as 300,000 poorly trained, equipped, and motivated...
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David Matthews
- Sep 12, 2022
- 5 min
Special Master?
Special master. Isn't that a poem by Allen Ginsberg? No, wait, the Ginsberg poem is "Please Master." To the best of my knowledge Trump's...
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David Matthews
- Aug 23, 2022
- 6 min
Investigating Trump and the Prospect of Civil Unrest
Justice Department officials are urged to tread cautiously in the investigation and possible prosecution of Donald Trump for a...
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David Matthews
- Aug 9, 2022
- 4 min
The Search at Mar-a-Lago Palace
The FBI search of the Trump palace at Mar-a-Lago has prompted some interesting propositions of a political and legal nature. The...
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David Matthews
- Jul 21, 2022
- 5 min
Jordan Peterson and the "Yes, Russia is wrong to invade Ukraine, but…" Faction
My old bête noir Jordan Peterson has resurfaced in the ranks of the "Yes, Russia is wrong to invade Ukraine, but…" faction. As David...
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David Matthews
- Jul 15, 2022
- 7 min
Further Adventures with the January 6 Committee
Tuesday's public hearing conducted by the January 6 committee brought no bombshell revelations, just the ongoing, steady accretion of...
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David Matthews
- Jun 25, 2022
- 4 min
A Government of Laws and Not of Men: Thoughts Prompted by Tuesday's Hearing
The saying that ours is a government of laws and not of men came to mind while I watched the January 6 committee hearing on Tuesday. Adam...
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David Matthews
- Jun 10, 2022
- 5 min
Impressions from the January 6 Committee Prime Time Hearing
Last night we were treated to a rare and welcome display of our elected representatives comporting themselves in a manner befitting the...
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