One of the primary tenets of the American legal system is the importance of precedent; the common law doctrine of "stare decisis" means "to stand by things decided." The purpose of law in such a system is to provide stability and predictability, so that people can conform their conduct to the ...
Summer is over, the kids are back in school and will be in class nearly every Monday through Friday except for a few days at Thanksgiving until their Holiday break over Christmas and New Years, totaling about 75 days until 2027. Meanwhile, the House of Representatives in Washington took off ...
In the satirical 1964 anti-war film "Dr. Strangelove," fears of a "Doomsday machine," an automated, unstoppable device programmed to trigger global nuclear annihilation if the Soviet Union is attacked, gripped U.S. leaders and the Soviet ambassador in the American "war room." Predictions of ...
The freedom of speech and of the press is not a gift bestowed by a president, Congress or a federal agency. It is a natural right of all persons. The First Amendment does not create that right; it prohibits the government from infringing upon it. The ability to think, speak, write, criticize, ...
There is nothing like a good cookout. The smell of the grill and the food getting perfectly yummy is incomparable. Then it comes time to serve the food. All the condiments are carefully laid out beside the delectable side dishes. Can you see the steaming corn on the cob, creamy potato salad, ...
I’ve traveled quite a bit. Both in-country and overseas. I can’t tell you how many times people commented to me about how expensive it must be to travel so much, saying something along the lines of “it must be nice” to have so much free time and money to travel. Anytime I hear ...
