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I was graduated from Yale University in 1963 with a B.A. in economics and from the University of Virginia School of law, where I was the notes editor of the Virginia Law Review, in 1966. Following four years of active duty with the Army JAG Corps, with two tours in Korea, I entered private practice in Washington, D.C. specializing in communications law. I retired in 1996 to sail with my wife, Jeanie, on our sailboat Namaste to and in the Caribbean. In 2002, we settled in the Republic of Panama and live in a very rural area up in the mountains.
I now contribute to China Daily Mail and Opinion Forum. I have contributed to Pajamas Media and Pajamas Tatler.
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Category Archives: Principles
Does Modern Academia Encourage Unthinking Acceptance of Authority?
This post is based in large part on an article titled Why Anti-Authoritarians are Diagnosed as Mentally Ill Is there a current tendency to consider those who cherish and seek to preserve our rights, including those under the First and Second … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Obama's America, Arthur Okun, Brand Blanshard, Conservatives, Constitution, Democracy, Dep't of Information, Economics, Education, Franklin Roosevelt, Freedom, Government reliance, History, Ideology, Integrity, John Blum, Liberals, Libruls, Media, Obama, Olden Days, Political class, Political Correctness, Politics, Principles, Propaganda, Reason, T. Roosevelt, the Basics, United States, Yale University, Zero tolerance
Tagged Brand Blanshard, John Morton Blum, Mental disorder, politics, United States
4 Comments
The Libruls are Winning. How Can We Win Instead?
Offer free reverse-lobotomies? Probably not. This is a rant. So sue me. A Hell of a Lot! The problems An article at American Thinker is titled Three Reasons Conservatives are Losing the Battle for America. Although it struck me as … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Obama's America, Abuse of Power, Allen West, Benjamin Carlson, Bill Whittle, Birthers, Blacks, Cain, Cancer, Conservatives, Constitution, Culture, Declaration of Independence, Democracy, Democrats, Dep't of Information, Education, Elections, Federal budget, Free Press, free speech, Freedom, Freedom of religion, Government reliance, Hispanic, Honor, Ideology, Kiking the can down the road, Law and Order, Libruls, Media, Obama, ObamaCare, Palin, PJ Media, Political Correctness, Power Line, Principles, Racism, Scots, States' Rights, the Basics, United States
Tagged politics, society
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Major Hasan gets to keep his beard. That’s Good.
Getting a clean conviction of Major Hasan is more important than whether he has a clean face. The court martial of Army Major Nidal Hasan, who murdered thirteen people at Fort Hood, Texas in 2009 and wounded thirty-two others while … Continue reading
Posted in Appeasement, Constitution, Courts, Fort Hood, Islamist rage, JAG, Judges, Justice, Law and Order, Lawyers, Legal Ethics, Major Hasan, Military, Military justice, Murder, Political Correctness, Politics, Principles, Religion, U.S. Military, United States
Tagged politics
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Bill Whittle on Republican Rejection of its own Philosophy
The video takes only fifteen minutes to watch but has many hours worth of excellent ideas. Here is a link to a recent presentation by Bill Whittle. Unfortunately, I haven’t found a way to embed it so if you want … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Obama's America, Appeasement, Belief, Bill Whittle, Conservatives, Constitution, Cultural differences, Democrats, Economics, Government reliance, Governor Romney, health care, Iran, Media, Negative ads, Obama, ObamaCare, Political class, Politics, Principles, Republicans, Socialism, United States
Tagged politics
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Is the Republican Party Dead or Dying? Part I
Should we put it on life support and hope that it survives or attempt to displace it gradually with something better? Yesterday, I received a gracious e-mail from the Obama-Biden campaign thanking me personally for all that I had done: … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse of Power, Congress, Conservatives, Constitution, Corruption, Cultural differences, Democracy, Democrats, Elections, Freedom, Good stuff for everone free, Government and individual choices, Government reliance, Herman Cain, Hispanic, History, Ideology, Illegal immigration, Islamist rage, la Raza, Law and Order, Limitation on Authority, Obama, Opinion, Political class, Politics, Principles, Republicans, Right wing extremists, Socialism, Society, States' Rights, the Basics, United States, Voting
Tagged obama, politics
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Please watch this YouTube video.
It’s excellent. Big Bird may not like it, but I do. If you are for the birds and like to listen to stories devoid of truth and substance, Vote Obama.
Posted in 2016 Obama's America, Big Bird, Conservatives, Constitution, Corruption, Debt limit, Elections, Free Press, free speech, Freedom, Government reliance, Governor Romney, History, Julia, Law and Order, Lies, Media, Military, President Obama, Principles, States' Rights, Story telling, the Basics, United States
Tagged big bird
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Civil War, the U.S. Constitution and History
We should do our best to avoid another Civil War and the best way to do that is to insist upon faithful adherence to the U.S. Constitution. An article entitled The U.S. Constitution and Civil War, posted at my blog … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Obama's America, Administrative Agencies, Benghazi, Civil War, Congress, Conservatives, Constitution, Corruption, Courts, Cultural differences, Culture, Debt limit, Democracy, Democrats, Dep't of Information, Deportation, Economics, Elections, England, Executive Order, Federal Agencies, Formerly Great Britain, Free Press, free speech, Freedom, Government and individual choices, Government reliance, Headlines, Health Control, History, Ideology, Illegal immigration, Impeachment, Islamist rage, Law, Law and Order, Libya, Limitation on Authority, Media, Media-morphing, Muslim Brotherhood, Obama, Obama Dream Order, ObamaCare, Opinion, Political Correctness, Politics, Principles, Reporting, Socialism, States' Rights, Taxing powers, the Basics, United States, Venezuela, Voting, voting rights
Tagged government, human-rights
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Business Should be cautious about taking the Obama Administration’s advice on the WARN act.
Want to violate the law? Yes! Enjoy paying for advice from your attorney? NO! Then Follow the Administration’s advice and just say Yes! It’s no Big F***** Big deal and Somebody Else will pay. Maybe. A legal blog that I … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse of Power, Belief, Betting, Campaign contributions, Congress, Conservatives, Constitution, Corruption, Courts, Democrats, Disputes, Elections, Gambling, Good stuff for everone free, Idiocy, Justice, Law, Law and Order, Lawyers, Legal Ethics, Money, Nonsense, Obama, Opinion, Politics, presidential, Principles, United States, Voting, WARN Act
Tagged defense procurement, employment guidance, guidance letter, mass layoff, politics, procurement contracts
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If we are to Lead, doing so from the Front with Strength, Competence and Conviction is not Optional.
A Stratfor article, From Gadhafi to Benghazi, appears below in its entirety following my comments. It would be great — and so would be our nation — were our leaders to learn from and be guided by it. The United States … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Appeasement, Brutality, Conservatives, Corruption, Cultural differences, Culture, Democracy, Dignity, Dove of peace, Egypt, Elections, England, Food aid, Formerly Great Britain, Free Press, free speech, Freedom, History, Ideology, Indigenous people, Iran, Iranian Election, Islamist rage, Israel, Kipling, Korans, Law and Order, Libya, Malnutrition, Meddling, Military, Money, Murder, Muslims, Obama, Opinion, Osama bin Laden, Palestine, Peace, Politics, presidential, Principles, Protests, Racism, Regime change, Religion, Riots, Saudi Arabia, Society, Stratfor, the Basics, Torture, Tough love, United States
Tagged free citizens, freedom and democracy, freedom of religion, mob rule
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