Almost a year ago I posted a link to several music videos, with the idea of giving you something to sit back and dream of how citizens might exercise frontier justice on the enemies of the People. “Music to March…
Category: 2016 Election
Failure to State a Claim Upon Which Relief Can be Granted
“Failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted is a defense to a legal claim.” It means that the claimant has failed to present sufficient facts which, if taken as true, would indicate that a violation of…
Shameless Cravens and a Plea for History
This is only an opinion. There is not enough hard evidence available for me to say without equivocation that Lindsey Graham is a craven, much less a shameless one. But there is enough circumstantial evidence to cause one to pause and…
The Hero in Nature, a 21st Century Pespective
In 1840 Thomas Carlyle gave a series of lectures in London about “Heroes and Hero-Worship”. I’m trying to condense some of them into modern easy-to-read English, for they touch on several subjects important to America today, but as seen from a period in…
Juries
Every citizen charged with a crime is entitled to a jury of his/her peers to determine guilt. Innocence is presumed. Every military member charged with a crime is entitled to a jury, only not of his peers. Certain other rules peculiar…