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Posted on Jul 25, 2022July 25, 2022

Sullenberger wasn’t the first

Two other pilots beat him to it Occasionally, circumstances conspire to rob me of my writing time. This is a circumspect way to say I…

By Matthew Meador
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Posted on May 15, 2022May 15, 2022

Five daily disses that demonstrate white privilege

AKA, “Did you see that?” EDITORIAL NOTE: I am pleased and proud to introduce my first guest editorialist. Using the nom de plume Super Mrs.…

By Super Mrs. C.
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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 Feb 20, 2022March 30, 2022

Unfit for a crown

What do a Washington-state beauty queen and several Southern rednecks have in common? It’s not a joke, although it sounds like the beginning of a…

By Matthew Meador
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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
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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 23, 2021October 6, 2022

A dangerous gift

Is this what we want? Have we rejected our pluralistic roots? Do we now favor a narrowed ideology, requiring everyone around us to fit into…

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…

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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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