Dr. ESP It was an exceptionally good week in Florida if… …you do not believe in the First Amendment.…you think autocracy is better than democracy.…you believe in situational activism by state supreme court judges.…and most importantly, if you believe in gross hypocrisy. The week began with enactment of House Bill 1 which, as described in Thursday’s post … Read more
Irony, thy name is Florida. On Monday, Florida governor Ron DeSantis signed H.B. 1, an act “relating to combating public disorder.” The bill passed on strictly partisan votes by Republicans in both the House and Senate with the exception of one GOP senator who voted with Democrats opposing the measure. It contains the following … Read more
Among the things I miss about David Letterman is the pre-guest segment when he would let audience members share what he called “brush with greatness,” an occasion on which they rubbed elbows with the famous and infamous. I have been fortunate throughout my lifetime to have had many such opportunities with the famous and … Read more
What do sports and the American judicial system have in common? Both employ an individual or individuals tasked with responsibility for interpreting and then enforcing the rules. And in each arena, the measure of an official’s performance is quite counter-intuitive. The highest benchmark of excellence is often the extent to which that party is … Read more
This morning I decided it was time to address the “big lie.” No, not the one that has dominated the news since the November 2020 election. Not the one about elections or politics, but the one about federal versus state and local government. Or the related one about federal government versus the private sector … Read more