Tag Archives: Oregon Public Broadcasting

America’s Sectarian Violence

In the seconds after the El Paso, Texas massacre was announced, how many Trump haters secretly rejoiced: Yes! Gun-loving Texans got a taste of their own politics! In a Walmart, no less! Then, reality: Oh, that’s a border town. A lot of Hispanics live there, especially immigrants who are here illegally. And Walmart – yes, […]

The Media Gaslight Themselves

A gunman kills 11 people in a Pittsburgh synagogue, and journalists in Portland, Ore., turn against a newspaper columnist who dared to write something laudatory about an activist who supports Donald Trump. This progressive corner of America is becoming so irrational that the press – the one institution with constitutional protection to ask questions – […]

The Comfortable and the Afflicted

Dave Miller, the popular host of Oregon Public Broadcasting’s “Think Out Loud,” was shot to death last night in an apparent road-rage attack. Now that’s the kind of fake news that is not even remotely plausible. Guys like Dave Miller are rarely homicide victims, and they know it. Professional journalists – especially those who occupy […]