“Defund the police”

It you don’t say what you mean, you don’t mean what you say.  Vallejo, California cut their police force from 150 to 80. Nearly one-third of the city’s homicides since 2012 have been by committed by police. Vallejo, California defunded its...

Red Guards at night

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

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

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...