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Posted on May 31, 2021January 6, 2022

Listening, part I: Supporting merchants of color

When members of a Facebook group to which I belong were asked if they knew of any local Black-owned businesses, the conversation immediately and predictably…

By Matthew Meador
12 min to read
  • COVID-19
  • Culture
  • Oregon Politics
  • Politics
Posted on May 20, 2021March 30, 2022

Enraged Forest

In what might be the most pathetic manifestation of mask rage yet, beloved Oregon theme park Enchanted Forest was forced to delay its long-anticipated reopening…

By Matthew Meador
8 min to read
  • Oregon Politics
  • Policing in America
  • Politics
  • Portland
  • Race in America
Posted on May 19, 2021October 29, 2021

An embarrassment of a cop

I am sick — really sick — of writing bad things about police officers. My father wears a badge. So does my cousin. My uncle…

By Matthew Meador
6 min to read
  • Education
  • Oregon Politics
  • Politics
  • Second Amendment
Posted on May 9, 2021October 24, 2021

A disarming proposition

Dueling news items catch my attention in ways just one of them wouldn’t. It happened today with news posts about teachers. In Oregon, where Democrats…

By Matthew Meador
6 min to read
  • Culture
  • Politics
  • Race in America
Posted on May 3, 2021March 30, 2022

The irony in a gesture

The first time I saw it, I did a double-take. Honestly, there was no doubt in my mind that what I saw was a gesture…

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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