In 1692 and 1693 there were a series of trials in Massachusetts for people accused of witchcraft. More than 200 people were accused, and nineteen were found guilty and executed. Another person was tortured to death for refusing to plead guilty or innocent. It was perhaps the most notorious case of mass hysteria in American […]
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear two capital punishment cases during this session. Slowly, inexorably, capital punishment is being eliminated. Most western nations have abandoned the practice, and many American states no longer impose it. Liberal opinion today is definitely against it, and conservatives have mixed opinions. The present situation in the United States […]
It was battered and scarred, and the auctioneer thought it scarcely worth his while to waste much time on the old violin, but he held it up with a smile. “What am I bidden, good folk?” he cried, “Who’ll start the bidding for me? “A dollar – a dollar – then two, only two — […]
We have driven the Brett Kavanaugh controversy into the ground. Thank the Lord that the confirmation fight is over. Over the weekend, however, I received an e-mail from a granddaughter to which she had attached a video presentation by a left-leaning commentator. The fellow made a reasonably rational presentation, so I listened to him. Now, […]
This little piece of trivia is something I read many years ago. I copied it at the time, but I failed to note the original source. Appropriately, the subtitle was “Really Being in a Rut.” The U.S. standard railroad gauge (the distance between the rails) is 4 feet 8.5 inches. That’s an exceedingly odd number. […]
The war between left and right on social issues is fascinating to behold. The debate sometimes descends to ridiculous absurdities as each side attempts to win its point. There are vast areas of disagreement, and the contention is often fierce. The debaters, especially those cloaked in anonymity, do not hesitate to use lies, calumny, and […]
I listened carefully to the testimonies of Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Cavanaugh before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Both of them were powerful witnesses. Each of them has a host of supporters who vouch for their good character, and I had the impression that Ford and Kavanaugh were each telling the absolute truth “as they […]
Whether we realize it or not, we are in a life and death struggle for the minds and souls of our people. All the old cultural anchors that once kept us fast are being ripped from the ocean floor, and we have become a ship adrift. The old definitions of marriage and gender, patriotism and […]
I am thinking about the ongoing brouhaha about Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump’s nominee to succeed Anthony Kennedy on the United States Supreme Court. The real argument is about Kavanaugh’s judicial philosophy and his positions, inferred but never stated, on hot button social issues such as abortion. Having failed to thwart Kavanaugh’s confirmation on the basis […]
Christine Ford has accused Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump’s nominee to serve as Supreme Court Justice, of a sexual assault against her at an unidentified home in Montgomery County, Maryland, sometime in the summer of 1982. Brett was 17 at that time Christine was 15. Kavanaugh insists on his innocence, Ford proclaims his guilt. Friends of […]
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