God…To Be Or Not To Be As John Lennon once sang… “Imagine…” Imagine there were no Holy Books. Imagine, no Bibles. Imagine, no Old Testament. Imagine, no New Testament, no Talmud, no Torah, no Koran and no other books that man claims God wrote through the inspired penmanship of man. What then??? Is there a […]
Walking The Honduran Caravan Tin soldiers and Nixon coming… four dead in Ohio I awoke at 5: A.M. in the middle of a fitful, full blown nightmare. I sat up on my five star, tempur-pedic mattress, threw off my cushy down comforter, turned the heat up a notch on my furnace and put my little […]
2nd Amendment Cage Fight HARD-ASS NRA HARD-WIRED DNA SECOND AMENDMENT… STATE OF THE LAW Today’s Second Amendment jurisprudence says the government is forbidden from banning handguns. See Heller One, 554 U.S. 570 (2008– a 5 to 4 decision written by Justice Scalia who, with an eye toward the future, indicated that, even the “inherent” right […]
Disregarding Teachers I truly don’t know how our teachers of today (2022) survive the parents and politicians of today. Both the parents and the politicians of today think they should control the classroom because they know more than teachers. Why is the ignorance of parents and the arrogance of politicians… 1. Allowed to dictate what […]
Christianity Blocking Access To… Justice For All Onward Christian Soldiers Leading as to war. Would Jesus even recognize What you’re fighting for ??? Forty-five years a Trial Lawyer has taught me that the word “Justice” embraces two different concepts… Substantive Justice— the final “result”declared by a Judicial Tribunal, and Procedural Justice— the “process” by […]
Counterpoint on Religious Liberties Disclaimers. Being part Irish, I acknowledge a certain contrarian streak in my DNA. But, I am not an atheist. In fact, I have written a chapter in my upcoming Book IV presenting the arguments for the existence of a God. I acknowledge my status as a “back-row” Catholic. My views on […]
The Other Side of Civility I recently read a piece on “civility” by our new State Bar President, Dennis Barnes. Although I agree with President Barnes, please allow me to present a necessary counterpoint. “Civility” (aka social etiquette) has its plusses and minuses. Civility is a two sided coin. On the plus side, civility is […]
A Cruel and Unusual Christmas The Republican’s Bait and Switch, “dump of humanity” version of Christianity continues… with busloads of migrants and their children being dumped onto the cold, concrete streets of the District of Columbia by Texas Governor, Greg Abbot. The good news. The migrants were dumped just in time to celebrate the birth […]
WOKE, CRITICAL RACE THEORY and INTELLECTUAL HONESTY Ah, “intellectual honesty.” Nothing better than to admit what needs to be admitted… whether you like it or not. Although a liberal, I recently joined my Republican acquaintances in their criticism of “excessive” woke (“woke” defined as… one who is “alert to injustice in society, especially racism”). The […]
The Greatest Generation… A Gift that Keeps on Giving The success stories set forth in the newly minted, Catholic Central 1961 “Biographies*Memories*Remembrances” booklet shows the incredible journeys of financial and emotional success of our 1961 C.C. classmates. The booklet and the detailed journeys set forth bring to mind the lives of our Greatest Generation parents […]
