OK, today I am going to get into a “wonky” mode and address an issue that always has bothered me when my mind is jogged. Today the issue is strict scrutiny. What, you may ask, is that? Strict Scrutiny (SS) is a principle applied by Federal courts that first distinguishes between the importance attached to […]
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To Scrutinize or Not to Scrutinize
12 Feb 2016
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A Tale of Two Kinds of Institutions
26 Jan 2016
I must first apologize for the length of this post. It is a bit involved, but because the subject is not so simple as we sometimes would like to believe. As I consider the current state of government and of colleges and universities, and their dysfunction, I can’t help but do so in terms of […]
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President Obama and Executive Power
25 Jan 2016
In 1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Herbert Hoover for the presidency of the United States. In his campaign, he had promised American voters a “New Deal.” Little known to most Americans today, Hoover had prepared the way for Roosevelt’s New Deal with several initiatives like the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and public works like the Boulder […]
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