Red Guards at night

by | Jun 20, 2020 | News & Commentary

The term justice needs no modifier. Indeed if you give it one, that’s no longer what it is.  Following on the heels of statues of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson being torn down, now vandals have toppled a statue of Union General Ulysses S....

Masking exceptions make no sense

by | Jun 19, 2020 | News & Commentary

I complained yesterday that the OHA wasn’t ready on masking requirements. Given what they announced today, they should have taken more time. Salem Reporter with the details on Gov. Kate Brown’s new masking requirements: The new rule applies to pharmacies,...

Bostock v. Clayton County

by | Jun 17, 2020 | Essays

A Supreme Court decision about the meaning of “sex.” Never a better time to say, IANAL! (I Am Not A Lawyer—what did you think I meant?) My initial reaction to Bostock v. Clayton County was concern. Not because of the immediate outcome. I hope...

Old Dixie going down (again)

by | Jun 12, 2020 | News & Commentary

I might like it aesthetically, but the Confederate flag belongs in the dustbin of history, a traitorous symbol of a rightly destroyed rebellion. You know that when even NASCAR has come around to my way of thinking, big changes are afoot.  Likewise, I’m very much in...

A matter of degree

by | 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...