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Posts Tagged ‘Commentary by David Preston’
December 8th, 2015 - 9:02 pm § in Misc., The Ave Scene
David Preston: Is Kshama Sawant in an Inappropriate Relationship?
October 29th, 2015 - 1:57 pm § in Misc.
David Preston: Manly Men
David Preston Articles like this are useless, except to the extent that they prompt us to reflect on the true nature of masculinity. Growing a beard and preening at the gym is not manly; it’s merely narcissistic. . Masculinity consists in things like courage, honesty, and leadership. Yes, thos[...]
October 4th, 2015 - 11:10 am § in Misc.
DAVID PRESTON : How to Prevent Mass Shootings: Fight Back!
So let’s make a pact with ourselves as Americans to not go quietly. Violence is a fact of life. Always has been, always will be. Historically, people who show themselves willing to defend their lives and property against an attack always make out better than those who beg for mercy or try to n[...]
April 10th, 2015 - 10:34 am § in The Ave Scene
Unions and Labor Suicide
HANJIN LEAVING PORTLAND In the ’70s – back when there were lots of longshore jobs – ILWU guys were getting market-rate wages. As ports began to containerize those jobs started disappearing and that’s when the labor disputes began. Instead of fighting the containerization and job loss[...]
January 22nd, 2015 - 7:29 pm § in America
Snipers: Cowards or Heroes? –by David Preston
David Preston: Special to The Ave Responding to last week’s blockbuster opening of American Sniper, documentarian and social critic Michael Moore suggested that the biopic’s subject, Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, was no hero. As support for this, Moore tweeted that his own uncle had been kille[...]
DAVID PRESTON: Homeless in Seattle
David Preston A homeless man scrounges through a Dumpster on 2nd and Columbia in downtown Seattle, looking for flattened cardboard boxes to use as mattress and blanket. I was returning from a public meeting on homelessness and had looked into this nook moments earlier, figuring it was the kind of pl[...]