06/15/23
Last week Special Counsel Jack Smith, representing the U.S. Department of Justice, indicted former President Donald Trump in federal district court in Florida. Let’s be clear: The indictment was not [...]
Read More →
Posted June 15, 2023in Morain
Posted June 08, 2023in Morain
A TALE OF THREE JUDGES
Three federal judges have made the national news recently. One of them is not like the others. See if you can tell which one. Federal District Court Judge Mark E. [...]
Read More →
Posted June 01, 2023in Morain
06/01/23
This is a season for remembrance. On May 8, 1945, Germany surrendered unconditionally to the Allies, finally ending World War Two in Europe. The beginning of the end took place [...]
Read More →
Posted May 25, 2023in Morain
05/25/23
This column may be a relic by the time you read it. It’s about the federal debt ceiling dispute, and, by today, the factions may have reached a compromise settlement. [...]
Read More →
Posted May 18, 2023in Morain
05/18/23
Federal government whistleblowers have a champion in the U.S. Senate: Republican Chuck Grassley of Iowa. We can measure a politician’s sincerity about a specific issue or policy by how consistently [...]
Read More →
Posted May 11, 2023in Morain
05/11/23
“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”—Lord Acton, 1887 We usually hear this statement when someone wants to make a point about someone else, someone in power. I’m [...]
Read More →
Posted May 02, 2023in Morain
05/04/23
The mental health of young people depends to a great extent on how they interact with their peers. At COVID’s height, isolation bred anxiety and its accompanying downsides, like cyberbullying, [...]
Read More →
Posted April 27, 2023in Morain
04/27/23
“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, OR to the people.” —Tenth Amendment [...]
Read More →
Posted April 13, 2023in Morain
04/13/23
How important is it to maintain decorum in a legislative body? And how serious must a disruption of decorum by members be to justify their expulsion from that body? Pundits [...]
Read More →
Posted April 06, 2023in Morain
04/06/23
I need to apologize to the Iowa Hawkeye women’s basketball team for jinxing them in the NCAA tournament final game last Sunday. I didn’t wear my Hawkeye sweatshirt. I know, [...]
Read More →
