by Ty Davison | Sep 12, 2020 | News & Commentary
19 families buy nearly 97 acres of land in Georgia to create a city safe for Black people – CNN: “Welcome to Freedom!” exclaims real estate agent Ashley Scott as she surveys the nearly 97 acres of land that she and a group of 19 Black families...
by Ty Davison | Aug 2, 2020 | News & Commentary
Trader Joe’s, responding to demands to change its packaging, says the product labels aren’t racist – CNN: More than 5,000 people have signed a petition calling on the grocery store chain to change what they call its racist branding names, using...
by Ty Davison | Aug 2, 2020 | News & Commentary
I saw author Garry Kasparov, then world chess champion, speak at Stanford University in the ’90s. He’s a brilliant mind with interests far beyond the chessboard. America’s Mission – Persuasion: From the very beginning, that nation was rife with...
by Ty Davison | Jul 4, 2020 | Essays
Another day in Oregon with 344 new cases, second highest (yesterday was higher). The United States will report over 50,000 new cases nationwide. The to-do list would have seemed somewhat simple: Mask, meet outdoors, physically distance, ventilate interior spaces with...
by Ty Davison | May 30, 2020 | News & Commentary
Anarchy changes nothing. Riot erupts in downtown Portland after peaceful protest of George Floyd killing: After hours of largely peaceful demonstrations, violence escalated late Friday in downtown Portland, as hundreds of people gathered to protest the Minneapolis...
