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Monday, September 19, 2022

"I'm in with the in-crowd."

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The cruelty is the point. The Atlantic's Adam Serwer had the insight.   Isn't Trump's gratuitous cruelty a mistake, a "bug...
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Sunday, September 18, 2022

Easy Sunday: Punking those Migrants

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Ron DeSantis sent a planeload of asylum-seekers to Martha's Vineyard and dropped them off unannounced. Ha!  It was political theater.  D...
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Saturday, September 17, 2022

"No appointments available":

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I counted 82 people waiting in line. It isn't easy to get a TSA-compliant driver's license in Oregon. The Department of Motor Vehicl...
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Friday, September 16, 2022

Oregon, Sweet Oregon

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Drink up. Oregon's reputation is changing. Steve Prefontaine When I was a college student in Massachusetts back in the 1960s Oregon had ...
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Thursday, September 15, 2022

Oregon 71--Eastern Washington 14

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Hubris is dangerous. It offends the gods. Be careful about running up the score. I am not just talking about football and Greek literature. ...
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Wednesday, September 14, 2022

Why College? Part Three: Trade School Kid

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Vocational education is not "high school for dummies." It is liberating to know how to do something useful. Today's Guest Post...
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Tuesday, September 13, 2022

Why college? Part two

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Guest Post:      "I hadn’t chosen a profession, but at least I had set a direction." Yesterday I said the American college syste...
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