Of late, this blog has seen a plethora of comments — some dealing with real issues, some simply throwing mud — relating to the policies of the Bush Administration and the dislike many people posting here have for them. I will freely admit to being so occupied right now writing a motion for my first […]

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A U.S. diplomat wrote, The September 11 tragedy left us stronger than before, rallying around us a vast international coalition to cooperate for the first time in a systematic way against the threat of terrorism. But rather than take credit for those successes and build on them, this administration has chosen to make terrorism a […]

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I have read many comments on this blog, some with amusement, and some with horror. Typical, I guess, of any blog but there is one matter that concerns me. Integrity You see, the world is not a simplistic place. We are all connected whether we like it or not and these connections are frail. As […]

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I had decided tonight that I wasn’t going to write; instead, I was going to read. So I took a (virtual) stroll over to Lex Communis, where I’m often entertained (and sometimes learn something) by Peter Sean Bradley, Esquire. Mr. Bradley is (normally) a pretty smart man. He and I don’t always agree on things […]

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I was reading De Novo today when I ran across an interesting article that I thought might provoke our history buffs. That article, itself, was inspired by one from Professor Volokh of The Volokh Conspiracy and summarizes what Volokh asked this way: The question is: Since 1960, which Cabinet-level officials or CIA directors have had […]

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You would think that a US military policeman in Iraq would have a strict set of orders on how to treat prisoners if for no other reason than the Geneva Convention. Or how about the concept that we are better than our enemy? Or maybe the question of what the world would think if we […]

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I’ve been watching — and, of course, participating in — discussions in the Comments sections of various posts on this blog over the last week. Long ago, when I was in grade school, my teachers would write comments on my report cards. Aside from the information my grades might communicate, these little notes allowed my […]

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Last night, as I was going out the door for a well-deserved and much-needed “date” with my wife, I said that I would respond to Nat’s “Buchenwald” post in more detail. And I’m going to do that, even though I’d prefer today to be writing about other issues. (I’m actually reading a pretty interesting book […]

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Give me liberty or give me death — Patrick Henry I have a whole bag of shush right here with your name on it. — Doctor Evil One of these quotes shares a vision, empowers its listeners and, even if you disagree, you respect the eloquence of the thought. The other tells your listener that […]

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Wow…this is scary. I went into a program I use for writing blog articles and found this one, finished, sitting there waiting to be posted. I’ve been so dependent on Bob covering for me while I was studying finals that I totally forgot this post. Since the topics it covers are still kicking, I thought […]

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