by Ty Davison | Jun 6, 2020 | News & Commentary
Racism: racism 1. Prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against a person or people on the basis of their membership in a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized. 1.1The belief that different races possess...
by Ty Davison | Jun 6, 2020 | News & Commentary
The coronavirus doesn’t care about politics, right wing or left wing. From a strictly medical perspective, getting large groups of people together during a pandemic is one of the worst things one can do. This will be taken by some as an attack on the Black Lives...
by Ty Davison | Jun 4, 2020 | News & Commentary
I’m sorry to state it so bluntly: Oregon Health Authority Director Patrick Allen needs to be fired. Just one day after issuing a mea culpa, the Oregon Health Authority is immediately back to its standard operating procedures: The Oregon Health Authority on...
by Ty Davison | Jun 3, 2020 | News & Commentary
Since I published Two types of discrimination a few days ago, the Oregon Health Authority has issued an unexpected apology. Not to me. To people who deserve one. It could have been a little better. Patrick Allen, the director of the Oregon Health Authority (OHA), sent...
by Ty Davison | Jun 3, 2020 | News & Commentary
Charges against the police officer are elevated in the George Floyd murder. Unclear if this is a good idea. It is unusual but not unique that Minnesota law has three degrees of murder. From the CNN article, here’s some legal definitions: Under Minnesota...