Beyond Party
My youngest granddaughter (Shai) was born on November 24, 2025, just two weeks before my 80th birthday. Reflecting on w [...]
Chief Justices, Citizens, and the Rule of Law
Chief Justice Edward Coke In 1607, King James I of England decided a land dispute in what came to be called the Case of [...]
How a Truly Conservative Court Could Serve America
Near the end of my last post, I speculated that Supreme Court Justices Thomas and Alito may retire while the Republicans [...]
On Being Judicious
Official portrait of U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts. The struggle between the Trump administration an [...]
Parties and Courts
In 1984, while serving as the Democratic Speaker of the Montana House of Representatives, I filed for the soon-to [...]
What is to be Done?
A little over two weeks after the election, I continue to hear from many of my friends and neighbors a kind of stunned u [...]
Passing the Torch: Generational Politics
It was only when I watched the excellent PBS Frontline documentary on “Biden’s Decision” that I learned how profoundly t [...]
PARTISAN QUICKSAND
From the point in early 2016 when Donald Trump began scoring plurality victories in Republican primaries, I was convince [...]
The University as a Civil(izing) Institution
My younger brother Dave having died unexpectedly on September 30 of this year, I found myself in New England in early Oc [...]
Thinking Beyond 2024
A decade ago, when the very idea of Donald Trump becoming president would have been greeted by most of us as some kind o [...]
