The Two Marks of “Repugnancy” – Trump and Dobbs.

Mike Magee This week’s very public indictment of former President Donald Trump was a substantial moment in American history, as much for what it wasn’t (a bloody spectacle as Trump had predicted) as for what it was (an opportunity for the likes of Senator Lindsey Graham to tearfully beg FOX viewers for donations, not for […]

AMA/PhRMA v. Federalist Society – Let The Witch Trials Begin!

Mike Magee The law is a funny thing. When British settlers first arrived on our eastern shores in 1607, their clergy-led bosses struggled to establish the rules while “clinging precariously” to life itself. Where did the rules come from in the decades that followed? Some were derived from folk law. Others were indigenous (unique to […]

The Danger of Stroking a Tiger – Learning From Churchill and FDR

Mike Magee On the evening of December 29, 1940, with election to his 3rd term as President secured, FDR delivered these words as part of his sixteenth “Fireside Chat”: “There can be no appeasement with ruthlessness…No man can tame a tiger into a kitten by stroking it.” Millions of Americans, and millions of Britains were […]

First, Extirpate Trump. Then Begin the Nation Anew With Health.

Mike Magee “The Right to Health Care and the U.S. Constitution.” On the surface, it sounds like a straight forward topic – a simple presentation. But a gentle scratch at the surface reveals a controversy that literally dates back 250 years and more. Is it a “right”, a “privilege”, or simply a “necessity?” I’m not a […]

“Wright” and Wrong According to Justice Alito.

Mike Magee Justice Samuel Alito surfaced this past week once again around issues of judicial independence and his network of friends. Late last week, Rev. Rob Schenck, who for years led a shadowy anti-abortion movement in Washington, DC, “Faith and Action,” had a serious change of heart. He reported that the leakage of this year’s […]

June 9, 1954 – The Day America Slayed The Dragon.

VIEW HERE Mike Magee If you plan on tuning in to the 4th session of the January 6 Congressional hearings at 1 PM EST today, do yourself an enormous favor. Commit five minutes this morning to view a 5 minute online video of a Congressional hearing which is a Master class in “How to slay […]

Ethical Leadership – Is There Such a Thing As An Evil Genius?

“’Chance made the situation; genius profited from it,’ says history. But what is chance? What is genius?” Leo Tolstoy from “War and Peace”, 1867. If there ever was such a thing as […]

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