It is with interest that I read of the “scandal” that now seems to involve the Massachusetts State Police. As best I can tell some lawyer represents one, two or more troopers and he seems intent on suing one, two or upwards of dozens of people in federal court because of what happened. But for…
Author: mtc9393
The Blue Whale in the Room No One Wants to See
I wrote the other day how the President of the United States in blaming the Texas Church Massacre on a deranged person does not want to see the Blue Whale in the room. That is that even if the person was deranged or mentally ill, of which there is no history, the massacre could not…
Who is Deranged? The Supreme Court? The President? Or us?
I don’t think there is anyone that believes the Supreme Court of the United States has been right in its decisions as to what the law is over the years. Those eminent nine justices sitting around in conference over a nine month period from October through June with their smart clerks have always been able…
The NFL and Me: the NFL and Murders; Guns and God:
Full disclosure: I have watched less than an hour of NFL football this season. So take what I have to say with that in mind. I don’t have any idea what happened yesterday in the NFL. I don’t suppose they played the games in light of the shooting in Texas earlier that morning that left…
Darkness and Wonder in the City of Lights: Paris
Just spent ten days in Paris. It’s a wonderful city and my favorite destination even though flying internationally is hardly a joy. Most poignant memory of it is the last night I was there. I was coming back around 10 p.m. from sitting outside at the La Rotonde brasserie on Rue du Montparnasse and turned…
“I Like to Be in America” Trump and the Puerto Rico Crisis
How many know that when we took over Puerto Rico we changed the name of the place to Porto Rico? We put it under the command of the Army whose leaders found the new name easier to spell. That was during the Spanish-American War when we liberated Cuba and gave it to the Cubans to…