Author Archives: stephenkmacksd

Stanley Fish on education, law and society.

via videocafe.crooksandliars.com

via mubi.com

via project-syndicate.org

via truthdig.com

Definition: Evidence = information tending to establish fact,visible, conspicuous. What can one think of the assertion of the idea of 'secret evidence' as, perhaps, a misnomer or the political rationalization of the despot or the tyrant. How are The Bush … Continue reading →

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/21/AR2010122104598_2.html?hpid=topnews&sid=ST2010122104609&om_rid=De4wA2&om_mid=_BNEf7IB8WpA2ml The lettre de cachet and the bill of attainder has been rehabilitated by President Obama's legal team in the name of national security, in the name of a constitutional  exceptionalism, of imminent treat to our security, in the name … Continue reading →

Here we have the heart wrenching news of the Zero’s and their lack of bonuses, this year, in the New York Banking business. Nelson D. Schwartz and Susanne Craig in the December 19,2010 New York Times  breathlessly recount the awful … Continue reading →

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-foxnews-20101217,0,6952663.story#

Attaining a permanent settlement with the Palestinians appears to be about as likely as the opening of an Iranian embassy in “united” Jerusalem. Almost no day goes by without some other country recognizing a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders. … Continue reading →