Dan Chasan

Some historians think the ensuing trade war triggered the Great Depression.  Others think that it at least made the Depression a good deal worse. 

Rural economies and surviving mill towns have struggled economically for decades.  No one has come up with a credible plan to reverse their economic slide.

Puget Sound orcas spend a lot of time in other waters, swimming along the coast from California to Canada.  Wherever they go, they prefer to eat Chinook.  And wherever they go, the Chinook are in trouble.

Does anyone really believe that the Framers, having rid themselves of one king, had any intention of creating another?

Let’s be grateful for the Rahimi decision.  And hold our breaths for what comes next from the Supreme Court.

“If it’s hootin’, I’m shootin’” may be the new reality.  Forever.

If the Supreme Court majority wants practical grounds to rule in favor of Grants Pass regulations, it won’t have to look far.

Some of us found the outcome disappointing. Retired 4th Circuit appeals Judge J. Michael Luttig said on CNN that the decision was “stunning in its overreach.”

Recent developments raise the question of whether or not shore-based aquaculture is a good idea.  Or whether or not anyone can raise salmon in tanks at a competitive price.

Does anyone sincerely believe that the drafters – and ratifiers – of the amendment, acting only a few years after the Civil War, meant to bar Confederate traitors from becoming, say, postmaster in Little Rock or a state senator in Tuscaloosa, but were happy to have him serve as President?  That’s not remotely plausible.