Dr. ESP This is a topic about which I have grappled for the past couple of years. Probably because I could not find a way to address it without making unfounded generalizations. In light of last night’s events in London, you probably think the title of today’s post and my past hesitancy in blogging about extreme acts … Read more
In my May 24, 2017 post titled, “You’re Going To Need a Bigger Bed.” I highlighted the hypocrisy associated with evangelical Protestant support for Donald Trump who violates every tenet of this religious sect. In hindsight, this condemnation was unfair. Not because evangelicals are not hypocritical. Hardly. I was unfair by singling them out. … Read more
My head is spinning. Why? Because there is a story to tell and there are so many ways to approach it, I have no idea which path is the best to take. So forgive me if this post seems somewhat disjointed. The working title for this article was originally, “The Wrong Analogy.” It was triggered … Read more
In his dissent of the Supreme Court decision in the 1932 case New State Ice Co. v Liebmann, Justice Louis Brandeis introduced the now oft-quoted phrase “laboratories of democracy.” The case revolved around the ability of a state, in the absence of any federal regulation, to issue a license in cases where that government … Read more
In response to Tuesday’s post “Numbers Matter,” a reader commented, “Still, is it not an accomplishment of monumental proportions for Trump, against such slings and arrows, to hold even a 37 percent approval?” If Comrade Trump had seen this response, he probably would have tweeted, “Blog agrees my approval rating is the most ‘monumental … Read more