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A long time ago I heard a couple of attorneys referring to someone as being a “schvartze.” I had never heard the term before so I was curious as to its meaning. I’d come to find out over time that it was a Yiddish word denigrating blacks like the ‘N’ word. I never heard it more…

Rachel Dolezal finds herself more comfortable being identified as a member of the black race. She has convinced herself that even though her biological parents are white and they seem descendants of white Europeans that perhaps she is still black. That has raised a furor in the country with both blacks and whites piling on…

Happy Father’s Day to all you dads out there who understand that being a father involves a lot more than fathering a baby. It involves a life time commitment; a taking on a responsibility that will never go away. It involves sharing the joys and sorrows of another in a way that you would never…

They won’t give it up on their own. Some say it is because their great grand pappy fought for it; others say it represents what used to be that fine old culture;  and others have other reasons. All are good if there were not another side to it. I do not suppose that type of…

The First Amendment: “Congress shall make no law . . . abridging the freedom of speech.”  Congress has passed a law 18 USC s. 1001 that reads: “whoever . . . knowingly and willfully . . . makes any materially false . . . statement or representation”  in any matter within the jurisdiction of the…

When I first started practicing law I represented a Teamsters Local. It had a dispute with some Cambridge City folk. I went across the Charles River in an attempt to mediate the dispute which I learned could not be done because my client preferred a good fight to a good settlement. That is when I…