David Matthews Portable Bohemia

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...

Last night in Portland a cohort of some two hundred nihilist twits who fancy themselves revolutionists, many dressed in black, wearing...

debate : a contention by words or arguments (Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary Eleventh Ed.) In practice our formal presidential...

Protest is as American as cherry pie. So too is the association of protest with violence, the other element in H. Rap Brown's...

Long camera shots that tracked Donald Trump and Melania through empty halls and corridors as they proceeded to and from the Melania Trump...

Joe Biden wrapped up the Democratic convention with what is widely hailed as the best speech of his career. Deftly weaving the personal...

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...

On Wednesday evening Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler stood with protesters in opposition to the federal occupying force dispatched to the city...

Oregon Public Broadcasting reports that federal agents dressed in camouflage and body armor have been driving around downtown Portland in...

Portland City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty has been a vocal advocate for police reform for decades. Today she is the driving force behind...

If as nineteenth-century anarchist Mikhail Bakunin had it the passion for destruction is a creative passion, we live in a time awash with...

The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported on June 6 that more than 500 shops and restaurants in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul...

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...

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...

My spirit has flagged of late. Not all day. Not every day. Too many though are dithered away compulsively checking news sites, playing...

Bernie Sanders won on ideology and ideas. He inspired hope and enthusiasm in young and working-class voters Joe Biden must win over to...

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...

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...

Fear and trembling. I am plagued by nightmares of a Democratic convention where the options come down to Red Bernie and Bloomberg the...

The Portable Bohemia editorial board endorses Amy Klobuchar for president. The choice was not easy. There is much to like about each of...