by Ty Davison | Jul 31, 2020 | News & Commentary
Aerosols are where it’s at. The Scourge of Hygiene Theater – The Atlantic: In May, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its guidelines to clarify that while COVID-19 spreads easily among speakers and sneezers in close encounters, touching...
by Ty Davison | Jul 28, 2020 | News & Commentary
Portland protesters gassed by federal officers on advance through city streets, park Monday – oregonlive.com: Several people who attended Monday night’s demonstrations called for protesters to stop focusing on the federal courthouse. But that would defeat...
by Ty Davison | Jul 26, 2020 | News & Commentary
I don’t agree with all of this, but E.D. Mondainé, the president of the Portland, Oregon branch of the NAACP, gets the gist of it correct: the protests in Portland now have very little to do with improving anything. Opinion | Portland’s protests...
by Ty Davison | Jul 25, 2020 | News & Commentary
Even repugnant ideas—maybe especially repugnant ideas—must be able to be articulated. Emily Yoffe’s A Taxonomy of Fear: Confronted with words, ideas, or decisions they dislike, a growing number of people are asserting that they are in danger of...
by Ty Davison | Jul 22, 2020 | News & Commentary
That oughta do it, thanks very much Ray. Oregon Gov. Kate Brown announces new restrictions on businesses as the state struggles to control coronavirus – oregonlive.com: Indoor venues such as restaurants, bars, gyms, movie theaters and houses of worship must...
