Tag: SCOTUS
A Break in the Storm Clouds
Let’s not beat around the bush. 2020 has been a shit show, so far. A global pandemic, a cratering economy and racial protests in the…
The Role Chief Justice Roberts Will Play in the Impeachment
On this day in 1974, President Nixon flatly refuses to produce any of the more than 500 documents subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate committee, branding…
Thurgood Marshall and the end of Separate but Equal
On this day in 1967, Thurgood Marshall becomes the first African American to be confirmed as a Supreme Court justice. He would remain on the…
Don’t Get Mad, Get Even!
Look, I realize that emotions are high. This was a gut punch, but one we should have seen coming. The whole second hearing was a set up from the beginning. Christine Blasey Ford was never going to get a fair hearing. We knew that going in, and I suspect do did Dr. Ford. Her courage was nonetheless inspiring. What all of us need to do is channel our emotions into a positive energy. As the saying goes, don’t get mad, get even.
Don't Get Mad, Get Even!
Look, I realize that emotions are high. This was a gut punch, but one we should have seen coming. The whole second hearing was a set up from the beginning. Christine Blasey Ford was never going to get a fair hearing. We knew that going in, and I suspect do did Dr. Ford. Her courage was nonetheless inspiring. What all of us need to do is channel our emotions into a positive energy. As the saying goes, don’t get mad, get even.
Anatomy of a Policy Murder: Will Duplicity and Dupes Kill Hope and Change?
If the last 40-odd days of health care hysteria serve any intellectually viable purpose, it is to ratify the Thomas Theorem on self-fulfilling prophesies: If…
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