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Code of Conscience
In a time when too many are willing to trade truth for tribalism and principle for power, it’s easy to lose sight of what we stand for—not politically, but personally. Long before politics, before the noise and division, there is character. And character is built on conscience. What follows is not a list of rules, but a set of beliefs...
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March 28, 2025
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Who Will Stand Up for Truth?
“As long as the world shall last there will be wrongs, and if no man objected and no man rebelled, those wrongs would last forever.” – Clarence Darrow This is a case about truth and lies; right and wrong. At the conclusion of the White House defense team’s arguments on behalf of President Trump, the revelations by former National Security...
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January 29, 2020
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What the Framers Understood About Power and What the Supreme Court Gets Wrong
This week, the Supreme Court will consider President Trump’s attempt to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook. Separately, the Justice Department has issued subpoenas in...
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Year One
Not long ago, I stopped watching the national news. I told myself I was stepping away from the noise and the churn for some peace...
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Removed
First an update: Not long ago, 60 Minutes, the CBS news program, pulled a segment a few hours before it was set to air. The...
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Clarence Darrow’s Warning to a Tired Democracy
I first read Clarence Darrow for an American Jurisprudence class in college and have returned to his work several times since. He is widely regarded...
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Accountability, Optional
On October 7, 2025, Pam Bondi, the nation’s chief law enforcement officer, appeared before a Senate oversight committee and refused to answer question after question,...
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My Dinner with Jefferson, Hamilton and Madison
In June 1790, I attended an extraordinary dinner. Through a tear in the fabric of time, I found myself seated at a small table with...
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