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Tom Coffin

Author: Tom Coffin

Shattering Lady Justice

Project 2025 is a recipe for autocracy run by Donald Trump

Viewpoint 11 months ago

To those who read this commentary, allow me to briefly describe my background and the purpose of my offering. It is designed to inform those … Continue reading →

Mad About Guns

Only a strained interpretation of the 2nd Amendment can support widespread ownership of military weapons

Viewpoint 2 years ago

There is an article in the Chicago Reader by Deanna Isaacs published July 12, titled, “What we talk about when we talk about guns,” that … Continue reading →

Originalist Sin

The Supreme Court’s dead white guy doctrine ties us to the mistakes of the past

EW-ExtraOpinionViewpoint 2 years ago

Most everyone by now knows of the Dobbs case from the Supreme Court that overruled Roe v. Wade. It is noteworthy, as well as foreboding, … Continue reading →

Outgunned

The insanity of our military’s alliance with our deadliest threat: The gun industry

EW-ExtraViewpoint 2 years ago

The year 2022 ended with the Grim Reaper having overseen the highest number of mass shootings and resulting carnage in lives lost and survivors maimed … Continue reading →

Wake Up America

The nation’s claim of democratic governance is feeble and teetering on life support

OpinionViewpoint 3 years ago

In 1970, Congress tackled the nation’s organized crime problem by enacting the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act (RICO or Racketeering Act). While primarily motivated … Continue reading →

The Iconoclast American Political Party

The party formerly known as the GOP is taking direct aim at American democracy

Viewpoint 3 years ago

The term “Iconoclasm” stems from the Greek description of the movement to destroy cherished beliefs or venerated institutions on the grounds that they are erroneous … Continue reading →

Totalitarian Ruin

Just look to Russia or North Korea for what life in the U.S. would be like had the Jan. 6 insurrection succeeded

News 4 years ago

Former three star general and national security adviser Michael Flynn addressed a rally of Trump supporters May 30. He is quoted as having approvingly endorsed … Continue reading →

Remembering Maria

A former federal prosecutor living in Eugene reflects on a murder — and our nation’s murderous border policies

Viewpoint 4 years ago

In early November of 1979, Gabriel Felix Niebla, an undocumented migrant, came to the United States from Mexico seeking employment. He soon found a job … Continue reading →

Truth is the Only Currency

Does the Second Amendment protect guns over people?

Viewpoint 4 years ago

I have written a number of articles about the arms industry’s distortion of the Second Amendment as it traffics in ever more lethal weaponry to … Continue reading →

Democracy on the Ropes

The events of Jan. 6 and the cries of “stolen election” evidence the need for passage of the John Lewis Voting Rights Act

NewsOpinionViewpoint 4 years ago

The events of Jan. 6 are fresh in our minds, as is the refusal of the Senate to hold the chief insurrectionist accountable for the … Continue reading →

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