The media is rife with reports about how Orange Julius is contemplating numerous Pardons in his final days. No one knows when, or even if, this will really happen.  I assume it will. In fact, I can see it happening like this. December 18, 2020 – Making good on the speculation that President Trump would issue many … Continue reading I Beg Your Pardon →

While some are still confused about it, most people now understand that both the election and the Iron Age are now history. Reflecting on the mess of last few weeks, one lesson is that we need look no further than the mirror to identify its causes. As the wise philosopher, Pogo, once said, “we have … Continue reading We Have Met The Enemy →

Like the show, “The Man Who Came To Dinner”, “The Man Who Came To Govern” will not leave. While his mouth is no stranger to the outlandish and the irrational, he is outdoing himself lately. The Pharaoh of Frauds is claiming that it was the election that was the fraud. This would be ironic in … Continue reading If This Trend Continues →

As I write this, today is the day that, according to the experts, the people of this country have given Donald Trump, undoubtedly the worst President this country has ever had to suffer through, the heave-ho. This is the day that I, along with so many others, have devoutly wished for.  I should be overjoyed.  I’m not. … Continue reading Election Emotions →

With apologies to Rudyard Kipling “If” you have never read Rudyard Kipling’s classic poem of that name, you should. Here’s a link to it. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46473/if--- So, After suffering through four years of Trumpism and  watching four billion hours of election coverage, I have my own version of Kipling’s magnificent work.  Here it is: If the mail-ins break … Continue reading With Apologies To Rudyard Kipling →

I just sent you a blog about secession. Unfortunately, the system decided that the map I intended to include should, itself, secede from the post. Maybe this was a Halloween precursor of the evil censorship that will be imposed in a second Trump/Barr/McConnell term. Maybe it's just my incompetence. My money is on the latter. … Continue reading APOLOGIES →

My wife is a very smart person. Her judgments are invariably perceptive.  Well, except one. She married me. But, that was 45 years ago. She’s entitled to one mistake every half century or so. She’s got this idea that may be one of her best. It is her suggestion for what to do in case of … Continue reading The Secession Obsession →

As Election Day nears, courts have been inundated with election law challenges. When Election Day passes, that won’t stop them. The challenges will continue. Our American obsession with litigation is no longer limited to adjudication of slip and fall cases and contract disputes and dog bites and has now become the method by which we … Continue reading May It Please The Court →

I’ve watched as much of the Amy Barrett hearings as I could stand. The insincerity on all sides was un-stomachable.  The Republicans say that all they are interested in is a Justice who will objectively call ‘em as she sees ‘em. Sure. And Charley Sheen is only interested in frigid Amish spinsters. The Democrats say … Continue reading A Sincere Hearing →