The goal is finality

Not yet subscribed to the Oregon Roundup? Fix that by clicking here. It’s free and all you’ll get from me is this weekly(ish) email. I’ll never sell or give your email address to anyone. Hi, Did you really think the 2020 presidential election would be definitively settled on Election Day? If this year has taught us…

The courthouse

The courthouse I don’t remember if I knew who then-U.S. Senator Mark Hatfield was before I started college at Willamette University in the Fall of 1993. I was, relatively speaking, politically aware at the age of 18, but that’s not a particularly high bar.  To the degree I was unaware of Hatfield before going to Willamette,…

We shouldn’t water down the term “white supremacist”

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…