The last debate
The bar for Donald Trump set by his own words and deeds is so low that he is given a passing grade if he delivers anything shy of...
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David Matthews
- Oct 12, 2020
- 2 min
Nihilist twits rampage in Portland...again
Last night in Portland a cohort of some two hundred nihilist twits who fancy themselves revolutionists, many dressed in black, wearing...
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David Matthews
- Oct 9, 2020
- 5 min
Waiting for a debate
debate : a contention by words or arguments (Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary Eleventh Ed.) In practice our formal presidential...
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David Matthews
- Sep 14, 2020
- 9 min
Protest and responsibility
Protest is as American as cherry pie. So too is the association of protest with violence, the other element in H. Rap Brown's...
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David Matthews
- Aug 28, 2020
- 6 min
Impressions from the Trump Republican Party convention
Long camera shots that tracked Donald Trump and Melania through empty halls and corridors as they proceeded to and from the Melania Trump...
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David Matthews
- Aug 22, 2020
- 3 min
Impressions from the Democratic Convention
Joe Biden wrapped up the Democratic convention with what is widely hailed as the best speech of his career. Deftly weaving the personal...
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David Matthews
- Aug 19, 2020
- 2 min
The convention: impressions from night one
I won't pretend to have any fresh insight or analysis to offer. Just a few thoughts about how the first night of the Democratic...
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David Matthews
- Jul 24, 2020
- 6 min
Portland as viewed by a faction of one
On Wednesday evening Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler stood with protesters in opposition to the federal occupying force dispatched to the city...
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David Matthews
- Jul 17, 2020
- 3 min
Trump's secret police bring his campaign to Portland
Oregon Public Broadcasting reports that federal agents dressed in camouflage and body armor have been driving around downtown Portland in...
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David Matthews
- Jul 11, 2020
- 4 min
Jo Ann Hardesty, police reform, and protester violence
Portland City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty has been a vocal advocate for police reform for decades. Today she is the driving force behind...
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David Matthews
- Jun 25, 2020
- 4 min
A creative passion?
If as nineteenth-century anarchist Mikhail Bakunin had it the passion for destruction is a creative passion, we live in a time awash with...
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David Matthews
- Jun 9, 2020
- 5 min
Not just buildings, and other untimely thoughts
The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported on June 6 that more than 500 shops and restaurants in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul...
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David Matthews
- May 30, 2020
- 6 min
Minneapolis
The killing of George Floyd should shake each of us to our core. Far from an isolated incident, it is only the latest episode in a long...
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David Matthews
- May 20, 2020
- 5 min
To lock down, or to open up...
Mistaken ideas always end in bloodshed, but in every case it is someone else's blood. That is why some of our thinkers feel free to say...
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David Matthews
- May 10, 2020
- 7 min
Some weeks just make my head hurt
My spirit has flagged of late. Not all day. Not every day. Too many though are dithered away compulsively checking news sites, playing...
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David Matthews
- Apr 28, 2020
- 9 min
We may all have to be made uncomfortable
Bernie Sanders won on ideology and ideas. He inspired hope and enthusiasm in young and working-class voters Joe Biden must win over to...
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David Matthews
- Mar 19, 2020
- 7 min
Biden and Bernie
The writing is on the wall for Bernie Sanders, not in some graffiti art splash of color but in stark black and white. He is reported to...
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David Matthews
- Feb 28, 2020
- 6 min
Confessions of a debate watcher
The debates have blown past their use-by date. Even candidates to whom I am kindly disposed grow by turns tiresome with the repetition of...
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David Matthews
- Feb 22, 2020
- 8 min
About that debate in Las Vegas and the state of the campaign
Fear and trembling. I am plagued by nightmares of a Democratic convention where the options come down to Red Bernie and Bloomberg the...
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David Matthews
- Feb 14, 2020
- 4 min
Portable Bohemia endorses Amy Klobuchar
The Portable Bohemia editorial board endorses Amy Klobuchar for president. The choice was not easy. There is much to like about each of...
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