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Posted on Apr 24, 2022April 24, 2022

White privilege isn’t what you think

A brief primer on what white privilege is — and isn’t When I first saw the term “white privilege” being used commonly in discussions on…

By Matthew Meador
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Posted on Apr 7, 2022April 11, 2022

The definition of an extraordinary woman

She was confirmed. You know deep down she deserved confirmation. Ketanji Brown Jackson is, after all, a woman of great professionalism, accomplishment and dignity. She…

By Matthew Meador
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Posted on Jan 16, 2022March 30, 2022

The dirty meme

When I was a kid, my father was a police officer in a large Southern California city. In the turmoil of the 1960s, law enforcement…

By Matthew Meador
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Posted on Dec 17, 2021December 29, 2021

“I will fucking shoot you!”

They were little paper turkeys, “thankful turkeys” they were called. You know the type of kids’ craft: turkeys cut and colored from outlines of human…

By Matthew Meador
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Posted on Dec 10, 2021March 30, 2022

A letter to Jussie Smollett

It must’ve sounded good at the time. I mean, even though you probably thought it through, you didn’t think it through well enough — your…

By Matthew Meador
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Posted on Nov 21, 2021November 21, 2021

Rittenhouse IV: “Praise Jesus!”

“Praise Jesus!” That’s what the Facebook post said. It wasn’t just one post either — I saw several identical posts in reaction to Kyle Rittenhouse…

By Matthew Meador
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Posted on Nov 13, 2021December 6, 2021

Rittenhouse III: Already a martyr

NBC News ran an editorial today stating that Kyle Rittenhouse will become a right-wing martyr if he’s convicted. NBC News is wrong: Rittenhouse is already…

By Matthew Meador
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Posted on Nov 5, 2021November 20, 2021

Rittenhouse II: Rights have responsibilities

Kyle Rittenhouse had the right to take up arms. He had the right to bear them to Kenosha. He had the right to join the…

By Matthew Meador
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Posted on Nov 1, 2021November 20, 2021

Rittenhouse I: A false patriot

If I needed an example of the cartoonish absurdity to which many hard-line conservatives have descended, perhaps no better examples exist than the effusive endorsements…

By Matthew Meador
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Posted on Oct 15, 2021January 6, 2022

Changing the face of policing

Darian Greene wants to be a cop. With the abundance of action movies and television shows focused on law enforcement, Darian’s curiosity isn’t surprising. At…

By Matthew Meador

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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.

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