The Perfect Man

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 […]

The Death of Reason

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 […]

Is the Constitution Constitutional?

Contrary to the belief of some of our citizens, the United States is not nor was meant to be a democracy.  The writers of the Constitution had a very realistic view regarding man’s imperfections, and they tried to set up safeguards against the dangers of excessive executive power, unchecked legislative actions, mob rule, and other […]