Here are a few words from Neal Katyal, American lawyer and partner at Hogan Lovells, as well as Paul and Patricia Saunders Professor of National Security Law at Georgetown University Law Center. Katyal served as Acting Solicitor General of the …
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Solar Concept Misses the Point
A reader submits the pic here and adds: “Roof mounted solar panels and solar water thermal mirror panels for a commercial building.” (Larger version below.) This concept misses the central point of solar, i.e., aiming panels directly at the sun, …
End To American Rule of Law
What’s happening in the U.S. Senate is viewed by people around the world as the end of rule of law we had treasured since the dawn of the republic. For most of us, at least here at home, this is …
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The Borowitz Report: Trump’s attorneys claimed that the Constitution contains “no provision for removing a person from office when that person was installed there by a foreign power.”
It’s said that at the center of every good joke there is a core truth. Here, as we see the Trump legal team struggling with one pathetic defense tactic after another, it appears that their answer lies in more excuses, …
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Director of the U.S. National Park Service Provides Insight into Trump
I had the good fortune to sit next to Jonathan Jarvis (pictured at left), 18th Director of the U.S. National Park Service under Barack Obama, on a four-hour-long flight last night. It was a lengthy time period sufficient to hear …
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Questioning Fox News Anchor’s Loyalties
A reader, apparently a Trump supporter, sent me the meme here, and wrote, “I’m beginning to question his (Fox News anchor Chris Wallace’s) loyalties,” spawning the following conversation:
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Trump Impeachment Trial: Shields Family Reactions
Regarding the meme here: My mother will be gratified to see that I’m quoting the (conservative) Wall Street Journal.
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With Trump, We Got What (Most of Us) Expected
Shorty after Trump was elected in 2016, I told my wife: You know, there is a non-zero chance that one of two things is going to happen:
Senate Impeachment “Trial” Tests Conscience of a Nation
To Dan Rather’s point here: Sadly, at this point it appears that it doesn’t matter where the “conscience of the nation” falls. We know that 72% of Americans want a trial with evidence and witnesses, and it’s not like McConnell …
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Hey, U.S., the World Is Watching
This piece on Canada’s viewpoint on the U.S. ends with, “The world is watching.” I’d like to believe that. At this point it’s probably more correct to say that the world was watching, but has long since given up, out …
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