New Orleans A subtext of the horror that Judge Brett Kavanagh wears like a cloak has been the elite school tattoos he has branded on every smirk and twist of his mouth and roar of his entitlement and privilege. Georgetown Prep and Yale both have some explaining to do, but of course they aren’t alone, …
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The Ugly Face of Entitlement and Hyper-Partisanship
Little Rock I don’t read the crime reports. I have to stop my family from telling me about horrors inflicted on women and children as they read the paper with shock. I have trouble watching gratuitous violence on television. Sometimes I feel like an Octavia Butler character suffering from acute and painful empathy. I know …
Courts and Presidents Matter Everywhere
Asuncion Reading the headlines on-line as the Organizers’ Forum convened in Asuncion, Paraguay, it was hard to miss the chaos and clamor of the hearings in Congress on the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanagh for the US Supreme Court. President Trump, never happy if the lead headlines don’t mention him, managed to insert himself into …