Tag: rights
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Un-Conscientious Objections
Continue Reading →The wisdom of President Biden’s push to encourage/demand vaccinations for Americans will be debated in the media for weeks, but they likely will miss the point. Instead of confronting the real threat to the health and well-being of the nation,…
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Saving America
Continue Reading →We need to put the choice of a Supreme Court Justice to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg in perspective. It is not about constitutional concerns, presidential obligations or prerogatives, or precedent. The truth behind the push is infinitely simpler, and more…
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R.O.A.R.: Simple Rules for American Lives
Continue Reading →If the evidence is to be believed, something that should be, well, self-evident, the US is performing like an amateur boxer facing Muhammed Ali when it comes to managing the pandemic. At just over 4.4% of the world’s population, we…
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Ennui will Destroy America
Continue Reading →I checked the calendar today, twice, to make sure it really was the year 2020. Turns out, it is. No matter how hard that is to believe. This is the most modern age in America so far. But despite all…
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Rights, Responsibilities, and Obligations
Continue Reading →There is much talk about the rights of people to go about their daily lives free from government directives and restrictions. No one who understands the Constitution disagrees with such a position. But discussing rights without including the responsibilities and…
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Miranda Warnings: Why do we name monumental USSC decisions after the perpetrators, rather than the victims?
Continue Reading →On March 13, 1963, Ernesto Miranda was arrested. The arrest was primarily based on circumstantial evidence linking him to the kidnapping and rape of a 17-year-old woman 10 days earlier. After a prolonged interrogation he confessed. The conviction was reversed…