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Among the greatest political quotes of the 20th Century was Ross Perot’s October 19, 1992 presidential debate retort to Bill Clinton’s constant citation to his success in addressing problems that confronted Arkansas and its governor.  Perot, a Texas billionaire, when...

The liberal world is divided about the efficacy and fairness of standardized testing.  But a valid standardized test with a single question will be on the Maine ballot in November – one that will accurately measure the gullibility of those who answer it.  Will you...

Each of us had a first reaction when hearing Trump sex worker Alan Dershowitz respond to a Ted Cruz question with the answer “If a President does something which he believes will help him get elected in the public interest, that cannot be the kind of quid pro quo that...

HL 90 is in praise of a certain sister and brothers over 70 years of age.  It is really not about whether the quintet of septuagenarians seeking the presidency (Warren, Trump, Biden, Sanders and Bloomberg) are too old for the job nor whether some among them are...

How can we possibly compare Roger to Donald – despite the former being more lovely and temperate?  Let HL count a few ways and with all apologies to W. Shakespeare, E.B. Browning and K. Cobain. Both men to date have been very successful  in pursuit of their apparent...

Most lawyers and teachers of law know and have a responsibility to explain to others that lots of pure hogwash, pretending to be law, is being stated over and over again during the impeachment hearings. Two, stated ad nauseum, and particularly pernicious, because the...