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HL 94 – Jack Weinstein, A Great American Jurist Retires

HL 94 – Jack Weinstein, A Great American Jurist Retires

Jack Weinstein, one of the greatest judges in American history, placed himself on inactive status eight days ago at age 98, after 53 years on the federal bench.  Until that day, February 10, 2020 Judge Weinstein carried a full load of cases – and a lucky load it was –...

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HL 93 – The Limited Relevance of the First Four Blue Contests

HL 93 – The Limited Relevance of the First Four Blue Contests

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...

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HL 90 – Let Us Now Praise Famous Old Men and Woman

HL 90 – Let Us Now Praise Famous Old Men and Woman

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...

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Books

Priceless Cover

Priceless: The Case that Brought Down the Visa/ MasterCard Bank Cartel

Journal of Plague Year cover

Journal of the Plague Year: An Insider’s Chronicle of Eliot Spitzer’s Short and Tragic Reign