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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David Matthews
- May 31, 2022
- 11 min
Strategic Interests and the Better Angels of Our Nature
Critics of US support for Ukrainian resistance to Russian hegemony span the ideological spectrum from MAGA right to doctrinaire left....
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David Matthews
- May 25, 2022
- 3 min
The Right to Procure Means to Annihilate Our Fellow Humans for Whatever Twisted Reason Possesses Us
Within less than a fortnight we have nineteen children and two teachers dead in a Texas school plus the shooter's grandmother, surviving...
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David Matthews
- May 6, 2022
- 5 min
Preliminary Thoughts and My Own Slanted Perspective on the Leak and the Opinion
The wave of sturm und drang unleashed by the leak of Justice Samuel Alito's draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade notwithstanding, the...
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David Matthews
- Apr 28, 2022
- 10 min
Why I Will Vote for Vadim for City Council
When I came to Portland in 1998 and for well over a decade thereafter the city was celebrated for its vibrant, pedestrian friendly...
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David Matthews
- Apr 22, 2022
- 4 min
Another Episode in the Ongoing Saga of What Passes for GOP Leadership
Today brought a flurry of colorful reports on another episode in the ongoing saga of what passes for GOP leadership, otherwise known as...
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David Matthews
- Apr 9, 2022
- 5 min
Republican Shenanigans
The unerring sense of decorum, proper conduct, gravitas for which Republicans are known was on display again Thursday in the Senate...
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David Matthews
- Mar 26, 2022
- 2 min
Cory Booker: "I'm talking about decency."
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was not alone when she wiped away tears during Cory Booker's impassioned "Nobody's Going to Steal My Joy"...
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David Matthews
- Mar 23, 2022
- 3 min
Impressions from the Confirmation Hearing
Good grief. I have not followed the hearing gavel to gavel but have caught a fair amount here and there, and as you might expect I have...
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David Matthews
- Mar 4, 2022
- 3 min
The Best in Us and the Worst in Us
The outpouring of support for Ukraine and for strong sanctions against Russia is heartening. Some of it is performative as people take to...
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David Matthews
- Feb 25, 2022
- 4 min
Ukraine: Feelings of Horror, Outrage, Futility
Reports from Ukraine are grim. Russia is bombing Kyiv and Russian forces are converging on the capital. According to a Washington Post...
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David Matthews
- Feb 25, 2022
- 13 min
Cutting Through the Gibberish Around Critical Race Theory
It does not require the second coming of Émile Durkheim to notice that many Americans turn to comedians for information about social and...
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David Matthews
- Jan 26, 2022
- 5 min
The Anti-vax Brigade: Carrying on an Ignoble Tradition
The good news out of DC on Sunday was that the anti-mandate/anti-vax rally numbered only several thousand, far fewer than the 20,000...
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David Matthews
- Jan 9, 2022
- 5 min
January 6: Impressions, Deflections, Reflections, and a Tribute
The past week brought a deluge of reporting, analysis, and commentary on the events of January 6, 2021. Much was repetitive. Much was...
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David Matthews
- Jan 6, 2022
- 7 min
January 6
Video and photos of the events of January 6, 2021, take me back to September 11, 2001. The sense of unreality as the plane flew into the...
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David Matthews
- Dec 13, 2021
- 6 min
Democrat Follies, Autocrats on the Rise, and Rethinking My Own Follies
There has been some interesting reporting about the use of "Latinx" to describe people in the U.S. who trace their roots to Latin America...
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David Matthews
- Nov 30, 2021
- 3 min
Arbery Verdict Impressions
One take on the Arbery trial comes down to the glass is half empty and what remains is poisoned. The guilty verdict is downplayed and...
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David Matthews
- Nov 21, 2021
- 4 min
The Rittenhouse Affair
The outcome of the Kyle Rittenhouse trial was in no way surprising. Nor were reactions from sundry quarters of the political landscape. I...
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David Matthews
- Nov 13, 2021
- 4 min
Establishment liberal? Quelle horreur!
I stand accused by the Pew Research Center of being an establishment liberal. This calumny cannot pass unremarked. Talk about...
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David Matthews
- Nov 6, 2021
- 5 min
That Didn't Go Well
Tuesday's election results were disappointing but not surprising. As Charlie Sykes put it, why can't we beat these guys? You know, these...
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