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Posted on Jun 26, 2022July 2, 2022

Let me explain why I’m worried

It’s not the ones who take firearms seriously, it’s the others Just so we’re clear, I do not have a problem with responsible, legal gun…

By Matthew Meador
7 min to read
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  • Education
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Posted on Jun 20, 2022June 27, 2022

Disasters, death, curmudgeons and a little ghoul

An air crash, a nightclub fire, Mike Royko and me “Mom, what’s a curmudgeon?” asked 11-year-old me. I’m pretty sure I pronounced it “CARmudgeon” and…

By Matthew Meador
7 min to read
  • Culture
  • Education
  • Oregon Politics
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Posted on Jun 18, 2022June 18, 2022

They’re right — it’s a moral issue

Conservatives say mass shootings are a moral issue and they’re correct In a darkly perverse way, it’s appropriate this one happened at a church. No,…

By Matthew Meador
9 min to read
  • Culture
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Posted on Jun 5, 2022June 6, 2022

The lie of the good-guy-with-a-gun

I got mugged one night. It was nearing 3 a.m. and I was walking from my office to my apartment, a distance of probably 15…

By Matthew Meador
11 min to read
  • Culture
  • Education
  • Oregon Politics
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Posted on Jun 2, 2022June 5, 2022

A picture worth a thousand rounds

Sometimes, the story lies in what the photograph doesn’t show This innocuous photograph could tell any of a thousand stories. A young woman seems to…

By Matthew Meador
8 min to read
  • Education
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Posted on Mar 21, 2022March 22, 2022

A moral failure

When reports emerge of a teenager doing something reckless, careless or just stupid, my Republican friends are often the first to demand accountability from lazy…

By Matthew Meador
7 min to read
  • Education
  • Elections
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  • Race in America
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Posted on Jan 21, 2022January 21, 2022

Battle flags

When I was in high school, I took a political science class. The teacher was a proud Democrat who made no secret of his leanings…

By Matthew Meador
9 min to read
  • Education
  • Oregon Politics
  • Politics
  • Second Amendment
Posted on Dec 5, 2021December 6, 2021

“You have to learn not to get caught.”

It’s about time. Prior to COVID, the U.S. was experiencing notable mass shootings at the rate of about one a week. Other than certain war-torn,…

By Matthew Meador
6 min to read
  • Education
  • Oregon Politics
  • Politics
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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
5 min to read
  • COVID-19
  • Education
  • Elections
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  • Politics
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

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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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