From my years of studying philosophy, which always involves consideration of human nature and the question of governing these 'nasty ,brutish...' beings, I've studied 'government'.
The framers of the US Constitution were scholars with classical educations.
They borrowed from…

Graham crackers no longer split where the perforated lines are located.

In 2020 the legendary Kronos Quartet released their tribute to Pete Seeger, Long Time Passing.
Just added to Steve Martin's Unreal Bluegrass Podcast, Season 1,Episode 11 in which David Harrington of Kronos shares his insight into Pete Seeger. We discuss this new album which is…

youtu.be/nTwp1sgUJrM?si…
My music for this evening is Miles Davis.
Need some soul healing.

Please take this as a completely serious warning.
If the Supreme Court of the United States gives Trump the immunity he is seeking,
America has ended.
Even when Trump loses in November, the executive office will be distorted beyond recognition.
De facto ,actually de jure,…

The Supreme Court hearing on the absolute immunity of the President makes my point below.
The majority of the justices ,for whatever reason,are devoted to the Trumpian authoritarian concept.
Voting Blue in historically high numbers is imperative.
There can be no doubt left.
Of…

Supreme Court oral argument on presidential absolute immunity.
This will be a very very close according to how I hear questions from the justices.
Barrett might be the swing vote.
If she is put in the position of going against the justices favoring Trump she won't oppose them.…

Women's rights in America are being taken away under the 'eye' of the Republican party.
Rights fought for by women over decades,over a century.
Their rights are being taken not incrementally like they were earned.
The current GOP is stealing rights from women in great chunks with…

If you can ,listen to Supreme Court oral arguments today at 10am, Eastern.
Easily accessible through many sources.
Blanket immunity in criminal matters for the President is the issue.

Women's rights in America are being taken away under the 'eye' of the Republican party.
Rights fought for by women over decades,over a century.
Their rights are being taken not incrementally like they were earned.
The current GOP is stealing rights from women in great chunks with…

Re Jury Trials in general, Trump trial in particular:
'Common sense is not to be a stranger in a court of law'.
At some point in closing argument counsel for the state needs to remind the jury of this truism.
Not objectionable and gives the jury some comfort in understanding…

Joyce if you receive this message, I can tell you what happened to Steve's X account.
His account was hacked . May have been last calendar year,not sure. Looked just like his account, off by a number...
Told me he hoped Musk would restore his account.
He did not . Steve closed…

Re SCOTUS:
Stating the obvious but for the GOP the long con was always to get a perversely right wing Supreme Court.
They needed help from a complicit Republican Senate led by Mitch McConnell who just shirked any moral duty he had to the country, and laughed about it.
Stopping…

I listened to the arguments and agree with this assessment from Hillary Clinton.

I do not engage in Twitter / X battles,regardless of whoever the antagonist might be.
I have no interest in such conduct.
Please feel free to continue by yourself if it pleases your general demeanor.
I choose to Pick Peace.

My music of the day, The Infamous Stringdusters.
If you don't know of them please check out their music.
Excellent by any measure.
The Stringdusters

When Trump is finally gone we can get back to using irony in our speech again.

Re Trump Trial:
Reminder that the prosecution needs a unanimous verdict of gulit.
One juror can hang the jury resulting in a mistrial.
Trump's counsel will try this case to one juror,unidentified.
Not a unique strategy.
After a mistrial as a result of a hung jury the state has a…