The Republicans are about to win a major battle in their war on electric vehicles, this time with the second largest vehicle fleet in… — The Republicans are about to win a major battle in their war on electric vehicles, this time with the second largest vehicle fleet in America owned by the US Postal Service. It’s an outrageous story that most Americans don’t know a thing about. To understand what’s going on with the…

While Republican successes in blocking legislation, judges and even presidential nominations may seem like the Party is on a roll, the… — While Republican successes in blocking legislation, judges and even presidential nominations may seem like the Party is on a roll, the reality is that the GOP is in the midst of an existential crisis as severe as any party has seen since the Whigs died out in the early 19th…

You’d think that if your freeway is clogged up every rush hour, adding an extra lane would reduce the congestion. You’d be wrong. — You’d think that if your freeway is clogged up every rush hour, adding an extra lane would reduce the congestion. You’d be wrong. And an uprising against Oregon state government plans to widen the I-5 freeway here in Portland may end up changing how cities around the country decide to…

Ronald Reagan knew that an educated populace was more progressive and more Democratic, and he was determined to stop the explosion of… — Ronald Reagan knew that an educated populace was more progressive and more Democratic, and he was determined to stop the explosion of college educated Americans caused by both the 1944 GI Bill and free tuition at the University of California. Forty years later, student debt has crippled two generations of…

What nobody is talking about, though, is the why of this particular issue at this particular time. As a result, we’re mistaking the tool… — The moral panic currently sweeping America about Critical Race Theory (CRT) has been covered ad nauseum by the press and commentators across the political spectrum. That’s what typically happens with moral panics (more on that in a moment). What nobody is talking about, though, is the why of this particular…

So Donald Trump is now telling us that having Mike Pence overturn the electoral college result would have been “perfectly legal.” — So Donald Trump is now telling us that having Mike Pence overturn the electoral college result would have been “perfectly legal.” He’s dead wrong, both factually and conceptually, and his admission should lead him straight to a jail cell. The electoral college wasn’t put in place so that a president…

The Republican Party has lost all its legitimacy because, in the past few decades, it has become a white supremacist version of what Father… — The Republican Party has lost all its legitimacy because, in the past few decades, it has become a white supremacist version of what Father of the Constitution James Madison called a “faction.” Loosely, a “faction“ is a “special interest”group of people who are willing to damage the interests of other…

Years ago when Nextdoor.com rolled out, Louise signed up to see what was happening in our neighborhood; back then it was mostly people… — Years ago when Nextdoor.com rolled out, Louise signed up to see what was happening in our neighborhood; back then it was mostly people offering kittens, trying to find their lost dogs, or begging neighbors to take piles of zucchini. Today, in many parts of the country, it’s become a running…

A few weeks ago our decade-old, serially-repaired dishwasher gave up the ghost, soaking the kitchen floor in the process. Louise found a… — A few weeks ago our decade-old, serially-repaired dishwasher gave up the ghost, soaking the kitchen floor in the process. …