Tag Archives: Oregon Legislature

‘Falsehood flies, and the truth comes limping after it’

Posted on July 25, 2023 by Bennett Minton

So wrote Jonathan Swift in 1710. (The Web says so, according to Freakonomics.) Also: “A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes,” a variation attributed to Mark Twain, who may have … Continue reading →

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Democracy is work

Posted on February 11, 2023 by Bennett Minton

This is Dylan and Nick, students at Oregon State and Oregon. We had just testified in the Capitol on a bill that, as I recommended be amended, is the next step in securing more efficient funding for the state version … Continue reading →

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Penance for a former influence peddler

Posted on March 4, 2021 by Bennett Minton

The national news is depressing, with one party—and its Supreme Court majority—determined to prevent voters it doesn’t like (and doesn’t want) from participating in democracy. So I bang my head against the wall (on Zoom) in Salem, my state capital, … Continue reading →

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