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John Kennedy Toole would have loved to have sat in the B.C law school audience at the recent gathering of the so-called experts’ panel consisting of those who were supposed to know about what Dave Boeri, one of the panelists, called the Whitey saga. He would have marveled at how these men knew so little…

The words corrupt and corruption cover a multitude of actions or happenings. To understand what they mean perhaps we should bring it down to concrete situations. Is the cop who flashes his badge and is let into a sports arena or not charged on a commuter train corrupt? Is a cop who stops a speeder…

Seriously folks, it is time we moved into the 20th Century never mind the 21st. The grand jury has been around since before our nation was founded having its roots in England going back to 12th Century England. It’s original function to protect the people from the king has changed over the years to where it…

The mobs are back on the street demanding justice. Most of them peacefully protesting. The right of peaceful assembly is guaranteed by our Constitution. However if peacefully means doing so in such a way that no one is inconvenienced then the chance of having their grievances addressed is almost non-existent. We’ve seen how the Governments at…

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…