Author: mtc9393

When we talk about loose words because our educational system is so different now than it was when our Great Founding Documents were written it brings to mind Alan Dershowitz. He is often referred to as professor torture for his advocacy of torture. The description is one that you’d expect to find of one in…

Educated people in the early days of our country spoke the same language because they had a common course of study. They learned from the ancient Greeks and the Roman writers reading them in their own languages of Greek and Latin. These provided the foundation for understanding. Along with them the great Western philosophers and writers…

Nothing like it has ever been seen as far as I can tell. For days I’ve been asking one question and no one is able to answer it straight out. I know I promised that this week I would set out my opinion of the presentation by the five men at BC Law School panel…

The problem is not that white cops kill unarmed black men and are not charged; it’s that cops can kill anyone and not be charged, black, white or any other color. Kudos to Jack Sullivan in CommonWealth Magazine for his article giving the statistics that show that the 73 killings by police officers in Massachusetts…

Is it corruption if one achieves a disirable ends by ignoble means. Examples: Background: William who comments here on occasion was one of the lawyers representing a South Boston Veterans group that organized and ran the St. Patrick’s Day parade each year. He is the co-author of a book on this. One year gays wanted…

The Congressional Committee Investigation into the murder of Teddy Deegan and into the relationship between Whitey Bulger and his handler John Connolly issued a report on February 3, 2004. In its Executive Summary, on page 3 of that report, it wrote: “Compelling evidence indicates that Jimmy Flemmi did participate in the murder of Teddy Deegan….