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Impressions from the January 6 Committee Prime Time Hearing
Last night we were treated to a rare and welcome display of our elected representatives comporting themselves in a manner befitting the...

David Matthews
Jun 10, 20225 min read
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Strategic Interests and the Better Angels of Our Nature
Critics of US support for Ukrainian resistance to Russian hegemony span the ideological spectrum from MAGA right to doctrinaire left....

David Matthews
May 31, 202211 min read
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The Right to Procure Means to Annihilate Our Fellow Humans for Whatever Twisted Reason Possesses Us
Within less than a fortnight we have nineteen children and two teachers dead in a Texas school plus the shooter's grandmother, surviving...

David Matthews
May 25, 20223 min read
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Preliminary Thoughts and My Own Slanted Perspective on the Leak and the Opinion
The wave of sturm und drang unleashed by the leak of Justice Samuel Alito's draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade notwithstanding, the...

David Matthews
May 6, 20225 min read
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Why I Will Vote for Vadim for City Council
When I came to Portland in 1998 and for well over a decade thereafter the city was celebrated for its vibrant, pedestrian friendly...

David Matthews
Apr 28, 202210 min read
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Another Episode in the Ongoing Saga of What Passes for GOP Leadership
Today brought a flurry of colorful reports on another episode in the ongoing saga of what passes for GOP leadership, otherwise known as...

David Matthews
Apr 22, 20224 min read
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