I haven’t been following Oregon politics very closely since we left in 2006. I was surprised to see that John Kitzhaber is running for governor again. He got a lot of great things accomplished the last time he was governor (1995-2003). He didn’t do a great job of getting himself a lot of good publicity for what he accomplished. I hope he has better luck this time.

Tim Wise posted this article on his web site, Bikini Liberalism: Juan Williams, Implicit Bias and the Trouble With NPR.

I’ve never been a fan of Juan Williams. Far too chummy with his FOX News colleagues and too eager to attack longstanding civil rights leaders in the name of supposedly courageous political “independence,” Williams is one I have never thought to defend before.

But today such a defense is deserved. Williams, it turns out, has been done a supreme disservice by his other employer, National Public Radio, and it is a disservice to which the harshest condemnation should be applied.

Sometimes Tim Wise and I see eye to eye and sometimes we don’t. In this case, I agree with what he said and the way he said it.  I am not a fan of Juan Williams, but in this case NPR may have done to Juan Williams what was done to Shirley Sherrod.

Whether pro or con Williams firing, I must admit I have not seen the whole interview.  I could be wrong no matter which position I take.