Oregon politics, business and current events
Football and Father Luke Good intentions, when acted upon rashly, often lead to bad outcomes. Those who intend to purge racism from America’s institutions should not drive from view or from acceptable public discourse instances in our history in which racism was beaten back, just because those instances necessarily require the depiction of racists who lost….
The other day, a group of people toppled a statue of Thomas Jefferson from its perch in front of Jefferson High School in Portland. The white man interviewed by Willamette Week in the article linked above explains that he participated in bringing down the statue because he wanted to support people of color, and didn’t think it was appropriate for…
We shouldn’t water down the term “white supremacist” Bend City Councilor Gena Goodman-Campbell declined to stand and recite the pledge of allegiance at the beginning of Wednesday night’s city council meeting. She explained that she did so in solidarity with protesters and in opposition to state violence against black people in what I think is a thoughtful…
What keeps me and maybe Kate Brown up at night In my free time lately, when my mind is not occupied with the immediate needs of a wife, two young boys, an elderly male cat named Baxter, two businesses, one weekly(ish) email newsletter and one or perhaps two blue jays (one of whom the boys…
