Republicanism in this country is the aloofness of the Supreme Court from the political departments and its superior respectability compared to the accommodating availability of the President of the Philippines and Congress to the importunate electorate and their dependence on its capricious goodwill.
I had a colleague on the Court who during the more than eight [...]

Spring is here or so the calendar on my desk top informs me. I will believe it more when the 7 foot snow mountain on my deck melts and I can find my Weber which is buried like a Cracker Jack prize somewhere at the bottom of it all. Earth Day reminds me: I know [...]