Ciceronianus; causidicus

 I'm not yet retired, and so can't yet attribute my inclination to avoid, for a time at least, the great events of our time to a sen...

Let's indulge in what, in the law, used to be called "a frolic and a detour" from the onerous and distasteful duties imposed o...

  By now, all know through the magic of modern media the opinion of the Arizona Supreme Court in the case of  Planned Parenthood Arizona, et...

It wasn't just any eclipse, was it?  I've never witnessed a total eclipse of the Sun, I admit.  So, however enthralling that experie...

John Greenleaf Whittier, in addition to writing the words appearing above, was a poet, abolitionist and Quaker of some note in 19th century ...