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First thoughts about the missile strike
The missile strike against a Syrian air base is a reasonably measured response to the Assad regime's use of chemical weapons, an atrocity...

David Matthews
Apr 6, 20171 min read
April 1 newsletter typos
Apology to newsletter subscribers. The April 1 newsletter has several typos because it was sent prematurely before a final proof of...

David Matthews
Apr 1, 20171 min read
The 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 Matthews
Mar 26, 20173 min read
This Running Life
Bloody 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 Matthews
Mar 25, 20172 min read
A Forum on Protest
Protest is as Portlandish as rain, coffee, cannabis entrepreneurs, and homeless encampments. For a time after the November election we...

David Matthews
Mar 20, 20176 min read
this 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...

David Matthews
Mar 18, 20173 min read
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