David Matthews Portable Bohemia

To those who look to the god of technology to deliver us from the climate crisis, I offer two words of caution: Iowa caucuses. Make that...

It is not necessary to channel the spirit of James Madison to conclude that the state of the union is a mess. Only the impeached Donald...

There is rumbling along the fault lines in the Democratic Party. The candidates are testy. Alliances and detentes are strained. Honorable...

There is a scene in the film Jojo Rabbit where young Jojo and his mother (Scarlett Johansson) come upon members of the anti-Nazi...

Pete Buttigieg has incurred the wrath of the wokescenti (and I may be risking the same). The knives are out. Mayor Pete's offenses, it...

Whereupon I forge onward with hope I can wrap things up with some semblance of lucidity. Albert Camus and Jean-Paul Sartre became part of...

Each morning I tuned in to the House Intelligence Committee's impeachment hearings with the intention to watch just enough to get a feel...

Am I the only one who is puzzled by the characterization of Iran's nuclear enrichment activities as violations of the nuclear accord?...

Once again President Neville Chamberlain Trump has astounded himself with his strategic genius, mastery of the diplomatic arts, and...

Commentary about Tuesday's debate was delayed when a vicious cold laid me low. It began with a sore throat that came on Tuesday afternoon...

My thought upon first seeing an announcement about yesterday's impeachment march was that I would attend more in the spirit of being an...

Marie Yovanovitch epitomizes what is best in those who serve in our government and what is best in the sometimes idealized vision we hold...

We fully expected the White House to delay, deny, obstruct, and stonewall the House impeachment inquiry. This has been the regime's...

Senator Lindsey Graham earned this week's nomination for a Profiles in Cowardice Award, Bootlicker Category. After Trump's election...

Like many Portland comrades I was troubled by the revelation of friendly texts exchanged between Portland Police Bureau (PPB) Lt. Jeff...

I could hardly get away with calling this a blog if I didn't weigh in with a few comments about today's revelations and sundry reactions...

The call for impeachment is couched in lofty appeal to principle. No one is above the law. The president must be held accountable. Who...

I have not seen a crowd estimate, so let's just say a boatload, many Portlanders young and...not so young...joined concerned, committed...

The hobgoblin of a consistency, foolish or otherwise, haunts precious few partisans on either side of the great divide. Left and right...

I tend to think of conservatism when I think of the right and of Edmund Burke when I think of conservatism. There is of course more to...