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Bullies, the Supreme Court, and Defense
I dreamed of sitting on the Supreme Court. When I went to American University for its Washington Semester program, everyone in the room wanted to become President. I wanted to become Earl Warren. I...
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Buttons and Bows
I turned it off after he questioned Sen. Klobuchar if she had ever blacked out after drinking. Petulant men never look good. Sen. Graham had already looked unhinged and took control for the...
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Reactionary Judges, Kavanaugh, and Eugene V. Debs
As Brett Kavanaugh was elevated to the Supreme Court, many conservative commentators talked about how the Supreme Court will continue to fight for those who need a voice as it has throughout its...
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Gaslighting a Murder
A Saudi dissent journalist was murdered, dismembered and destroyed in a Saudi consulate in Turkey. Our government, including a hard line Secretary of State, gaslights us. For those who don’t know the...
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Lincoln and Wilson on a Dissident Press
When you open up your Smartphone, since no one buys a newspaper, the headlines contain a daily reminder that the press remains an enemy of the people. Justice Douglas wrote, “Acceptance by government...
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Breedlove, Harper, and the Poll Tax
Justice Douglas published An Almanac of Liberty in 1954. And on December 6, he recalled the 1937 Breedlove v. Suttles decision that upheld a state poll tax. Twelve years later, he wrote the majority...
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What Comics I Read – January 6, 2019
One of my goals for 2019 is to write at least two blog articles each week. To accomplish this and another (read the comics I buy in a timely fashion), I decided to write about the five books I read...
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Christmas Letter 2018
“Feel any different?” Planning a wedding looked stressful. When you watch TV or talk to people, horror stories abound. I have two suggestions. First, keep it small and uncomplicated. If you pick a...
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What Comics I Read – January 13, 2019
In this second week, I read 14 comics from December. As I slowly make my way to catch up to the week at hand, I enjoyed most of these books. As a reminder, these are based on what I buy and what hit...
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Book 2 of 2019: This Town by Mark Leibovich
Once upon a time, I would buy Bob Woodward’s book when it came out. I would read at least three political tomes each year. I lived and breathed politics. And honestly, one of the main purposes of this...
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What Comics I Read – January 20, 2019
I had to travel for work and brought a bag full of comics in the car with me. As it snowed last Saturday, I read and I read. I finished the book Jasper Jones that I bought in Australia. And I read 16...
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Zorach and the Separation of Church and State
“A Christian missionary went from England to India…to save the heathen from their blindness and bring them into the light. One day, in the streets of a crowded city, he saw a beggar, seated on the...
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Libel, Actual Malice, and Bill Cosby
On February 19, 2019, the Supreme Court released a denial of a petition for a writ of certiorari. Katherine McKee filed a defamation suit against Bill Cosby and his attorneys after the released a...
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Oscars 2019 – Flash in the Pan
Last year, we went to the Cinemark for an entire week. We watched several great movies (Phantom Thread, Get Out), several good movies (Lady Bird, Dunkirk), and several movies I have forgotten. In...
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A Long Time Coming
I feel like I have abandoned this blog again as I do many times in the course of its existence. When it’s a one man show where I get to write about things I like or that I have researched, it doesn’t...
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Unbroken Wheels and Game of Thrones
When I met Brian, he really enjoyed the show Game of Thrones. And he wanted to get me to like it. I failed spectacularly. I would ask too many questions. Nothing made any sense. And I did not like the...
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My Country: Faith and Our Crucible
Justice Douglas focused on the question of faith for July 2. In An Almanac of Liberty, he wrote: The question of faith goes to the very heart of the problem of survival. Faith in men of opposing...
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My Country: The Declaration of Independence
“Inking”by daimoneklund is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0 Justice Douglas starts An Almanac of Liberty where our nation began – the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. The process of adoption...
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Reading 1984 in 2019
After the 2016 election, I gave George Orwell a shot. I had read 1984 in college for my own enjoyment during the Bush administration to feel like a good liberal. But I did not remember too much about...
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Christmas Letter 2019
We missed the shuttle. After the Red Bus dropped us off, we thought we would head up to Avalanche Lake. But each shuttle looked more crowded than the last. Each biker appeared to have brought six...
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