The Impartial Judge

 The judge donated money - a tiny amount, $35, but in plain violation of a rule prohibiting New York judges from making political donations of any kind - to a pro-Biden, anti-Trump political operation, including funds that the judge earmarked for 'resisting the Republican Party and Donald Trump's radical right-wing legacy.' Would folks have been just fine with the judge staying on the case if he had donated a couple bucks to 'Re-elect Donald Trump, MAGA forever!'? Absolutely not.

- Elie Honig, "Prosecutors Got Trump - But They Distorted the Law" in New York magazine 

We Were Warned

 

The Trump Verdict

 

A range of comments from:

• Trump is Convicted: What Comes Next? – JONATHAN TURLEY
• Althouse: The Trump verdict is in.
• Trump Trial was Rigged | National Review 
• A Manhattan Canned Hunt: The Trump Jury is Out But is the Case in the Bag? – JONATHAN TURLEY
• The Trump verdict is politics by other means - UnHerd
• The Trump Verdict Is a Travesty of Justice | City Journal (city-journal.org)
•  Why Trump’s Historic Conviction Is So Unsatisfying | The New Republic
• The Greatest Liar of All Time Gets a Criminal Conviction | The Nation 
• Trump trial travesty - Washington Examiner

Very Disturbing

 Google’s Woke AI Wasn’t a Mistake. We Know. We Were There. | The Free Press (thefp.com)

"We Are All Jews"

 From 2016: An account of heroism in World War II.

I Wonder If He's Still Studied in Schools

 Show me the man and I'll show you the crime.

- Lavrentiy Beria

Back By Popular Demand

 

Poetry Break

 

• The Cap and Bells by William Butler Yeats | Poetry Foundation
• Rosa Parks by Nikki Giovanni | Poetry Foundation
• Miniver Cheevy by Edwin Arlington Robinson | Poetry Foundation
• The General by Siegfried Sassoon | Poetry Foundation

Scattered But Focused

One friend practicing law from the forests of New Mexico. One practicing law in Arizona via Hawaii. Another friend retired in New Orleans. Still another running a bed-and-breakfast in Michigan. One with a DC think tank. Another is a retired professor. The retired cattleman is in touch with the retired judge. Several are still in business, consulting, government or practicing law. 

Even the retired ones keep busy with volunteer projects. Some split their time between Arizona and Mexico.

Never retire.

Personalities