Coffee With Scott Adams — Knowledge Archive May 24, 2026
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smodic dysphonia. Long story short, I found the only doctor in the world who had a surgery, experimental surgery, to fix it. And I became one of the first people in the world to fix that problem. But my affirmation at the time is that I, Scott, will speak perfectly. Now that seemed unlikely because I didn't speak perfectly before I got the spasmodic dysphonia. It was kind of nasally and nobody rea…

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f these the dog not barking. Has anyone mentioned that Larry Elder is Black? It's not even a story. And if it gets mentioned at all — and literally I've never even heard a mention — how do you have a Black guy running for governor, probably will win, and should we take a moment to celebrate? Should we take a moment to celebrate that being Black wasn't even part of the question? Or if it was, it was considered an advantage. Am I right?

If you thought about it for a minute and you said to yourself, hey, Larry Elder's running for governor. He's Black. Didn't you think that would help him? You did, didn't you? I mean, think about it. Think about how far we've come. Right, lots of work to do, blah blah blah blah. We're not saying systemic racism is solved or anything like that. But just think about the fact that the guy who might be governor in just a few weeks — I mean there's a really good shot — he's running as a Black man and nobody cared. And if they did care they thought it was a positive, at least politically. So I don't know. I feel like that's super noteworthy because it's not being talked about specifically. Yeah, the less it'

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s talked about, the happier we are. Where are all the — where is the narrative about all the racist Republicans? Aren't the Republicans all supposed to be a bunch of racists? So how could it be that the very moment Larry Elder entered the race, the moment he entered the race, he took the lead? Where are all the racist Republicans? Is there anybody who cares about his race? I don't think so, excep…

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