All Views Articles for 2020-03-15
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David Gutman Seattle in the Age of Coronavirus: Not Quite Empty, but Eerie Seattle is not empty. But it is eerie. There are cars on the road. But there is no traffic. Restaurants are open. But there are few customers. Planes are flying out of Sea-Tac, ferries are sailing... Read more |
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Simon Springer Toilet Paper Wars and the Shithouse of Capitalism The run on toilet paper has brought the failings of capitalism front and center to the bathroom of every house across Australia, a trend that has now spread to other countries. We are witnessing, in... Read more |
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Hank Edson The Anti-Science Movement in the Democratic Party 1. “Garbage In, Garbage Out” Software programmers have a saying about their enterprise that expresses the core of all scientific enterprise. The saying is “Garbage In, Garbage Out,” and it refers to... Read more |
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Steven Singer Public Schools Can Recover from the COVID-19 Quarantine by Skipping High Stakes Tests 'Skip the tests.' Read more |
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Jan Zuckerman I Committed Civil Disobedience by Blocking Oil Trains in Portland, Oregon — and Won A few weeks ago, I showed the world that I am not a criminal, despite having been arrested and charged with first-degree criminal trespass. In a five to one vote, a Multnomah County, Oregon, jury... Read more |
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Robert Reich Do Good Fences Make Good Neighbors Robert Reich wrote this piece for the New Yorker magazine’s issue of November 30, 1998: It used to be that people who owned a lot of things could protect themselves and their things by erecting... Read more |
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Randall Amster The New Abnormal This is a moment, to be sure. There aren’t many of this magnitude over the course of a lifetime, and the effects can linger for decades after the immediate emergency passes. Whatever shape the... Read more |