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Author: Jourdan Arenson

I now write humorous essays about science and the environment for my local paper and High Country News. But for most of my writing career, I've written dull unfunny stuff. My first writing gig was drafting grant proposals for development projects in Northeast Thailand. My Thai colleague would say: "Build dam, then rice growing many up." I would type: "Dam construction will increase agricultural output." During the Asian economic boom of the 1990s I did business reporting and public relations writing. After the Asian economic bust, I got a job as a technical writer for an IT department of a large bank in California. At first, I wrote guides that told users how to use computer systems. I then got a promotion and wrote specifications that told programmers how to build computer systems. It was all dull and unfunny stuff but--unlike public relations--at least I got to tell the truth. After twenty years of this, my two kids were grown up and out of the house. So I quit my job and started writing essays for zero pay. I live in Eugene, Oregon with my wife of 26 years, who is from Amagasaki, Japan. We used to keep chickens but they stopped laying and we had to get rid of them, which is harder than you'd think.

SHOCKING Two Word Answer to “Who Knew Health Care Could Be So Complicated?”

February 28, 2017February 28, 2017 Jourdan Arenson

Hillary Clinton. Ok five words: Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders.

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Bull market in pessimistic proclamations threatens nation-wide hand basket shortage

February 7, 2017 Jourdan Arenson

CHARLESTON, SC–During the annual meeting of the American Hand Basket Association, Dirk Dillion warned of a coming shortage in his industry: “We are simply not supplying enough product to meet the explosive American demand for proclaiming […]

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John McCain begins hunger strike to demand personal integrity from President Trump.

February 3, 2017February 7, 2017 Jourdan Arenson

PHOENIX, AZ–John McCain, the senator from Arizona who has endured tremendous personal sacrifice in service of his county, has begun a hunger strike to demand that Donald Trump act with the dignity required of a […]

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America: Even greater than I thought

November 9, 2016 Jourdan Arenson

When I was little, they used to tell us the reason America was so great was that anybody could grow up to be president. A black boy could grow up to be president (and one […]

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The lower the presidential debate goes, the better for our democracy

October 19, 2016October 19, 2016 Jourdan Arenson

Many recent editorials have bemoaned the depths to which the presidential election has sunk. This reaction is wrongheaded. Normally, I pay little attention to politics. This election, I check the latest campaign news on my […]

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A Trump secret that could please Democrats

July 17, 2016July 18, 2016 Jourdan Arenson

At the 2011 White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Seth Meyers observed: “Donald Trump has been saying he will run for President as a Republican, which is surprising since I assumed he was running as a joke.” […]

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2 CommentsPoliticsAndy Kaufman, Donald Trump, Op Ed

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