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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
  • Culture
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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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  • Oregon Politics
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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
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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
  • Oregon Politics
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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
9 min to read
  • Education
  • Oregon Politics
  • Politics
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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
5 min to read
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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
6 min to read
  • Policing in America
  • Politics
  • Race in America
  • Second Amendment
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
7 min to read
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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
9 min to read
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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…

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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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