Q: Why are you pushing for better transparency in the federal judiciary? A: Justice Louis Brandeis hit the nail on the head more than a century ago. The future associate justice of the Supreme Court wrote that “Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants.” Through my experience ...
A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin. It was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes - during that time, since it was rush hour, it was calculated that at least a thousand or so people went through the station, most of them ...
With the oddball spring that we experienced, I thought that maybe I wouldn’t be fighting toads in my backyard pond this year. Well, I was wrong. There were a few toads that showed up early to the pond and then were gone. However, they are back with a fury now. I looked back at past ...
Mr. Rogers made the most of his neighborhood. I try to do the same - by walking the different streets in the name of “exercise.” As a bonus, along the way I make interesting and not-so-interesting observations. You can learn a lot by walking the neighborhood, which is completely different ...
As I write this, the first official day of summer is still almost three weeks away on June 21. That’s the longest day of the year called the summer solstice. However, I have already logged many days of breaking sweat. Not just very warm days but true 90 degree, dripping sweat days. The flies ...
Q: How serious is the nation’s opioid crisis? A: The impact of this expanding, pervasive addiction spans the social-economic spectrum in American society, tearing apart families and creating a consequential public health crisis in its wake. For the first time ever, drug overdoses are the ...
A little old lady answered a knock on the door one day, only to be confronted by a well-dressed young man carrying a vacuum cleaner. “Good morning,” said the young man. “If I could take a couple minutes of your time, I would like to demonstrate the very latest in high-powered vacuum ...
It’s a wrap. Another school year complete - in the books. TGIF: Thank Goodness It’s Finished. Because I am tired. It happens every year. Let’s face it, being a parent can be taxing. Being a parent with kids in school can be exhausting. We start out strong in September - am I right? ...
So a moth goes into a podiatrist’s office. “Come in,” says the podiatrist, “What’s the problem?” The moth drops down into the nearest chair and says “What’s the problem? I don’t even know where to start. First of all, my boss is a vicious tyrant who gets off on the petty ...
What is the Christian approach to war and casualties, especially in the US? First it is one of gratitude. People have given up their lives for me. We didn’t know each other, I didn’t ask them to die for me, but they did nonetheless. Gratitude! When someone makes the ultimate sacrifice ...