David MatthewsApr 7, 20171 minFirst thoughts about the missile strikeThe missile strike against a Syrian air base is a reasonably measured response to the Assad regime's use of chemical weapons, an atrocity...
David MatthewsApr 1, 20171 minApril 1 newsletter typosApology to newsletter subscribers. The April 1 newsletter has several typos because it was sent prematurely before a final proof of...
David MatthewsMar 26, 20173 minThe Crash and Burn of "Repeal and Replace"The impulse is to revel, maybe even gloat a little, over the crash and burn of "repeal and replace." There is satisfaction to be had when...
David MatthewsMar 25, 20172 minThis Running LifeBloody hell, as they say... The Saturday morning run is a highlight of my week. Today I set out at daybreak for a nine-mile run that...
David MatthewsMar 21, 20176 minA Forum on ProtestProtest is as Portlandish as rain, coffee, cannabis entrepreneurs, and homeless encampments. For a time after the November election we...
David MatthewsMar 18, 20173 minthis and that; or, dipping a toe into murky water"I see no indication that that's true. And so it's not a charge I would have ever made. And frankly, unless you can produce some pretty...