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  • COVID-19
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Posted on Dec 10, 2020November 1, 2021

“I’m a fucking teacher! … Fuck all of you!”

Yesterday, I watched the increasingly popular way adults teach children how to solve disagreements with others. I don’t care what your political persuasion is, your…

By Matthew Meador
6 min to read
  • Elections
  • Oregon Politics
  • Politics
  • Unity
Posted on Nov 29, 2020October 20, 2021

We need the opposition

As much as you hate the people who disagree with your politics, you need them. Even though they cause you frustration and anger, that opposition…

By Matthew Meador
4 min to read
  • Oregon Politics
  • Policing in America
  • Politics
  • Portland
  • Race in America
Posted on Nov 24, 2020January 30, 2022

The aromas of coffee and pee

I’ve been posting photos of favorite Portland locations lately, mostly from the 1980s and 1990s. Every time I post an image, some people point out…

By Matthew Meador
2 min to read
  • Elections
  • Oregon Politics
  • Politics
  • Trump
  • Unity
Posted on Nov 14, 2020October 27, 2021

A colossal job: rebuttal proves point

I recently wrote on a topic of great concern, namely Republicans’ relatively newfound disdain for fact-finding. More specifically, Republicans’ growing distrust of anything they label…

By Matthew Meador
6 min to read
  • Elections
  • Oregon Politics
  • Politics
  • Trump
  • Unity
Posted on Nov 13, 2020January 6, 2022

A colossal job

A colossal job lies ahead The contentious election is over but now begins the hardest work of all Although Democrats and other anti-Trumpers could be…

By Matthew Meador
3 min to read
  • Culture
  • History
Posted on Oct 5, 2020April 19, 2022

The incongruity

I first met her at a restaurant, a busy little place in an urban downtown. I was a young waiter and she was an older…

By Matthew Meador
8 min to read
  • Politics
  • Race in America
Posted on Sep 29, 2020January 6, 2022

A child’s shoes

My lifelong friend called to ask the saddest question I have ever been asked. It was rhetorical, mind you — my friend knew I wouldn’t…

By Matthew Meador
4 min to read
  • Culture
  • Elections
  • Politics
  • Unity
Posted on Sep 18, 2020March 30, 2022

A lesson from unlikely friends

The year 2020 just gets better and better. The death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg has unleashed a torrent of often vulgar hand-wringing on social media.…

By Matthew Meador
8 min to read
  • Elections
  • Politics
  • Trump
Posted on Aug 20, 2020November 13, 2021

Train wreck or clown car?

If you’re a Trump-lover, you’re gonna hate this. And if you hate him, you’re probably gonna like it even less. I can’t decide if the…

By Matthew Meador
4 min to read
  • Humor
  • Religion
Posted on Jan 19, 2020October 27, 2021

Loss of control: Part II

This time, the good intentions of a Sunday school teacher went awry when he didn’t think through every aspect of his lesson — unfortunately, I…

By Matthew Meador

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“I’ve become everything I ever mocked as penance for the hedonism of my youth.”
— Matthew Meador

Matt Meador is a retired food and beverage writer and editor. Since age and circumstance conspired to deprive him of his customary food and drink, he has shifted his attentions to political commentary because this switch allows him to be a little grouchy.

Prior to his work celebrating food and spirits, Matt was an award-winning graphic artist.

Rumor has it Matt hung around the capitol where he learned a simple plate of cookies delivered to Legislative Counsel could get his bills moved to the top of the pile. Who says there’s no corruption in state politics?

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