Author: mtc9393

Yesterday I wrote about the power of five — a five judge majority on the Supreme Court deciding for us what we must do without any restrictions on it .  I explained how the doctrine of stare decisis had pretty much been abandoned when it is accepted it is the philosophy of the Court that will…

The power of the five — that is what we will soon face. With the death of Justice Scalia the United States Supreme Court will never be the same if he is replaced by a Democrat presidential nomination. To get a sense of this read the article by Linda Hirshman entitled: “If Republicans block an…

On Soup Bowl Sunday, February 7, 2016 I sent off the following letter to Federal Judge F. Dennis Saylor, IV, Dear Judge Saylor, I write on behalf of Catherine Greig. Her predicament reminds me of what Mae West once said: “Ladies who play with fire must remember that smoke gets in their eyes.” True though…

I’m told the nuns at St. Elizabeth hospitals with a malicious smile used to tell the young women who came into the maternity section of that hospital “you’ve had your fun – now suffer.” I cannot  vouch for them saying that because I was never in that position or condition. What verified that it may…

We are a society that has abdicated our rights to looks after our children to the state. It happened so quickly that one hardly noticed. Any of you who were around for the recent birth of a child know that parents cannot take their child with them from a hospital until the hospital people decide…

Nothing intrigues the public more than who is on the public payroll. The one big public payroll everyone wonders about is the MBTA which seems to have the capacity for endless growth. The other day the Herald had an article on the MBTA which has become its bête noire.   It was very strange in…