June 29, 2012
The CBC and the Holder Vote
There is no evidence that Darrell Issa has a racist bone in his body. You can question the judgment of the Chairman of the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee. You can disagree with his philosophy. You can delve into...
June 28, 2012
Threading the Needle: A perfect decision
In many ways, it was a perfect decision. John Roberts probably didn’t want to face the heat for destroying President Obama’s top legislative achievement. And the country probably couldn’t survive a Constitutional crisis that pitted the President vs. the Supreme...
June 28, 2012
The Handshake
It was the handshake heard around the world. Martin McGuinness, the former commander of the IRA, and Queen Elizabeth II, the current Monarch of Great Britain – which at the moment includes Northern Ireland, shook hands in Belfast....
June 27, 2012
Live Fearlessly
Two kinds of people live fearlessly. Those who have everything and those who have nothing. Fitzgerald was right. Rich people are different. They see possibilities that we can’t see because they have the resources to make things happen. They don’t...
June 25, 2012
Judicial Review
Unlike Thomas Jefferson and John Marshall, Barack Obama and John Roberts are not cousins. But like the famous cousins, the current president and chief justice don’t seem to like each other much, and their rivalry has already had a profound...