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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 –...
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...
HL 92 – Susan Collins Says Trump Has Learned His Lesson – Have Maine Voters Learned Theirs?
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...
HL 91 – What Was Your First Reaction to What Alan Dershowitz Said? Remember in November
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 – 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...
HL 88 – Federer’s Trump-like Attempt to Destroy the Davis Cup
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...
