A Personal Note

Most people don’t sit around thinking about how they came to be the people that they are or why they think the way they do. I do think about these things, which is probably an indication that I have far too much time on my hands. Recent events have brought this topic to mind once [...]

Of the People, By the People, For the People

Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address is generally recognized as one of the greatest speeches ever given by an American President, or any American for that matter. No other speaker has ever so succinctly and so elegantly defined the great ideal upon which our nation was founded. No other speech has been so memorized by school children [...]

Psalm 23 — Revisited

Yea, though I walk through the valley of  the shadow of death, I fear no evil. But Tim Geithner scares the hell out of me.

Justice Denied

Prosecuting attorneys at all levels of government advance their careers by securing convictions. It is not surprising, therefore, that some prosecutors might bend the rules of justice in order to obtain convictions. The inevitable results of this condition are the occasional convictions of innocent people and an erosion of public trust in our justice system. [...]

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