by Erik Dolson
Democrats should not oppose Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court.
This is not an endorsement of Sen. Mitch McConnell’s breathtaking hypocrisy in pushing Barrett’s nomination through the Senate while … Read more…
by Erik Dolson
Was the dinghy I’d left tied to the dock slowly deflating? Was it now tipped stern down, bow pointing pathetically to the sky, the precious motor drowning in salt water? … Read more…
by Erik Dolson
Let’s wrap our heads around this: Trump says he supports the military, uses the military to show he is “strong,” yet privately calls veterens who died in war “losers” and “chumps,” confirmed by a Fox reporter that Trump is now trying to “cancel.”
Trump knew last January, certainly by February 7, that … Read more…
By Erik Dolson
The two-cycle Yamaha outboard on the dinghy used to start on first pull, but had recently become balky. Of course, this morning it did not start despite careful attention to our ritual: key, choke, throttle, pull.
That meant it might take five pulls, or 20, or that I would have to wait for a few minutes for the combustion chamber to clear, the spark plug to dry. The motor had acquired an attitude, possibly bad intent. Timing seemed malevolent. It was a little after 7 a.m., and I had a ferry to catch.
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By Erik Dolson
Just now on channel 16 a man said, “White sailboat with blue stripe near the entrance to Roche Harbor, you are approaching a pod of orca. Stop your boat.”
After about 20 … Read more…
By Erik Dolson
I spent my first 18 years of life in the Portland area, and seven years after that until my early thirties when I … Read more…
By Erik Dolson
This is how a Republican shows he is morally bankrupt:
“Mask-wearing has become a totem, a secular religious symbol,” one Republican strategist told The Washington Post. “Christians wear crosses, Muslims wear a hijab, and members of … Read more…
By Erik Dolson
Often I wonder if this country’s ailments can be cured. Each of the major issues sometimes appear … just too hard.
Some even thrive on the processes we would use to solve them. What do you do when medicine causes a disease it was supposed to cure?
Laws are to minimize conflict between our different values, to guide interactions while allowing each maximum freedom. Still, there are many areas where values interact. Industries exist that maximize friction between us, businesses that have freedom to fan the flames of hatred.
I have no … Read more…
by Erik Dolson
The other evening over dinner, my daughter K.C. asked why all the sailing magazines scatted around my house showed “older white people” in ads for boats.
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By Erik Dolson
Office Depot put my local stationary store out of business, then the men’s store downtown that carried shirts I liked closed their doors because of the new mall. And … Read more…
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Posts from Alaska
We took the boat to Alaska. Some impressions of the trip.
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