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Re: Reactionary Federal Appellate Judges
Tuesday, 10 April 2007, 11:41 am | Lawrence R. Velvel
In this poem I shall objections combine / To doctrines that those who imitate swine -- / Who too often the federal bench populate -- / Choose upon the American people to perpetrate, / And objections to the ones who choose to act swinish, / And who ... More >>
Presidency Has Become A Great Business Opportunity
Friday, 30 March 2007, 10:56 am | Lawrence R. Velvel
There are those who question to a considerable extent / Why anyone would want to be President. / Questioners do not seem to understand / Fierce ambition to be first in the land; / They seem not to grasp / Why a pol seeks out what they think an asp. ... More >>
Law Dean Calls For ABA To Lose DOE Recognition
Friday, 30 March 2007, 10:28 am | Lawrence R. Velvel
Law School Dean Calls For ABA To Lose DOE Recognition As An Accreditor, And Says DOE Staff Is Incompetent More >>
Lawrence R. Velvel: Birmingham 1963, Baghdad 2007
Wednesday, 28 March 2007, 12:17 am | Lawrence R. Velvel
I shall once again quote a long passage from The Race Beat , by Gene Roberts and Hank Klibanoff. This time the quote is of a quote that they quoted. It is a column written by Gene Patterson, then the Editor of the Atlanta Constitution , after four ... More >>
If You Want To Know Why We Keep Fighting Wars
Friday, 23 March 2007, 4:13 pm | Lawrence R. Velvel
One who often reads American history can hardly avoid being constantly reminded why the historical South deserves contempt, if not sheer anger. Southerners of today dislike hearing this. More >>
Why No Indictment On Plamegate Underlying Crime?
Saturday, 17 March 2007, 1:15 pm | Lawrence R. Velvel
To many, the vict’ry of Fitzgerald / Will almost surely one day herald / Fordian fruit of Nixonian tree. / A pardon: I. Lewis will scoot scot free. / Happy will be his destiny / For lying in service of evil. More >>
Dean Lawrence R. Velvel: Small Is All
Wednesday, 14 March 2007, 12:51 am | Lawrence R. Velvel
A few days ago in this place, / Walter Reed was called but one in a line / Of long running, serial crime / That men who fought forever face; / Was explained as part of the human condition / That makes Bushes and Cheneys (bums) great, / While their ... More >>
Re: Attached Article by A Lieutenant Colonel
Tuesday, 13 March 2007, 1:01 pm | Lawrence R. Velvel
By Lt. Col.(P) Craig T.Trebilcock U.S. Army Reserve - Over the past several months, the Bush administration has sought answers to why the greatest military force in history is unable to impose a politically acceptable finale to the Iraq War. More >>
Lawrence R. Velvel: The Long Line
Friday, 9 March 2007, 9:58 am | Lawrence R. Velvel
Walter Reed / Is a huge misdeed, / Yet not momentous / Nor portentous. / For it’s only the latest in the line / Of serial crime / That has victimized men / When they’re home again / From the wars. More >>
Lawrence R. Velvel: Let Us Now Praise Honest Men
Wednesday, 7 March 2007, 9:28 am | Lawrence R. Velvel
It is often said that truth is dead / When “the guns begin to shoot.” / Truth is mute, maybe moot, / When the important point / Is to anoint / Those who face mortuary or reliquary; More >>
The Preternaturally Prolific Posner on Plagiarism
Monday, 12 February 2007, 8:42 am | Lawrence R. Velvel
Richard Posner has written another book. The total mounts. In the arithmetic of his output, his newest book must be some number in the mid or high 30s of the books he has authored. More >>
Velvel: Lessons From Philippines Insurrection (2)
Tuesday, 23 January 2007, 11:04 am | Lawrence R. Velvel
On July 11 and July 31, 2006, this writer posted essays based on a 2006 book by Stephen Kinzer called Overthrow: America’s Century Of Regime Change From Hawaii To Iraq. One essay involved the Philippines Insurrection around the turn of the 20th ... More >>
Velvel: Lessons From The Philippines Insurrection
Friday, 19 January 2007, 11:16 am | Lawrence R. Velvel
On July 11 and July 31, 2006, this writer posted essays based on a 2006 book by Stephen Kinzer called Overthrow: America’s Century Of Regime Change From Hawaii To Iraq. One essay involved the Philippines Insurrection around the turn of the 20th ... More >>
Urgent Need For Info On Outcomes Of Medical Care
Friday, 19 January 2007, 10:11 am | Lawrence R. Velvel
Dear Colleagues: Much in the news now is the question of medical care, including the issue of a single payer system, i.e., government run health insurance for all, as it is usually considered. Whether or not a single payer system is, after balancing ... More >>
Cutting Off Funds For Iraq & Presidency Of Harvard
Wednesday, 17 January 2007, 10:11 am | Lawrence R. Velvel
Re: Two Disparate Examples of The Ever-Operative Principle That You Can Depend Upon Most People To Do The Wrong Thing Most Of The Time: Cutting Off Funds For Iraq And The Presidency Of Harvard. More >>
What The Media Have Not Said Upon Ford’s Passing
Wednesday, 10 January 2007, 12:08 am | Lawrence R. Velvel
The death of Richard Nixon led to an outpouring of praise for him. You would have thought a saint had died. It was not until awhile later that people began to publicly remember that Nixon had been an evil man, had been, in his own famous description ... More >>
We May Need A Huge March On Washington
Tuesday, 9 January 2007, 10:37 am | Lawrence R. Velvel
When it recently began to look as if George Bush would send more troops to Iraq despite the verdict of November 7th, it was suggested here, only half facetiously, that opponents of the war should begin to plan a two to five million person march on Washington ... More >>
Re: The DeFacto Closing Of The Flagships
Friday, 22 December 2006, 10:17 am | Lawrence R. Velvel
For reasons relating to the closure of our law school’s office over the holidays, as explained in yesterday’s post (Wednesday, December 20th), I am writing this blog despite not having all the information one would like. The fundamental impetus ... More >>
Dean Lawrence R. Velvel: 1898 Redux
Thursday, 21 December 2006, 12:57 am | Lawrence R. Velvel
This post is being written on Wednesday, December 20th. It will be typed today and will be posted today or tomorrow. For three reasons, it is being written though information on the subject it covers is less complete than one would like. More >>
Sanity, Competence, & The Latest Crock About Iraq
Tuesday, 12 December 2006, 2:43 pm | Lawrence R. Velvel
To my surprise, the recent post raising the issue of George Bush's sanity received a reasonable amount of response. The posting questioned his sanity on the ground that he is in denial about Iraq -- that he is living in an Iraqian dreamworld that ... More >>
