Author: Roger

Premonition

Premonition

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Was that a miracle, an intervention from on high, or just an incredibly fortunate piece of luck? I don’t know and I suppose I never will know. What’s important was that my faith in people was strengthened immeasurably and has never been shaken since. The dark shadow of the premonition that had been following me around that morning burst apart and evaporated in a shower of a million pieces and suddenly I was aware of the day being filled with radiant sunshine. I knew then I would make it through my last day in fine shape.

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Five Democratic Principles for Savages

Five Democratic Principles for Savages

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In a day and age when we may be heading for an environmental catastrophe of the first order– whose exact magnitude of devastation cannot yet be made out but may dwarf all previous mass extinctions beyond our wildest fears–we would do well to listen to our Native American brethren . . . for it may be our last chance.

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The Bill of Rights and Privacy (Justice Scalia Notwithstanding)

The Bill of Rights and Privacy (Justice Scalia Notwithstanding)

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It is not yet clear to me whether the average American should be amused or horrified by the recent statement made by a leading jurist that privacy is not guaranteed in the Constitution, implying that Americans should not assume that they have such a right.

It is prudent to recognize how each amendment anticipates and amplifies the rights found in adjoining amendments and how they in turn reinforce the rights already recognized.

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