Maine just experienced the nation’s latest try at impeaching the executive head of government. The matter went nowhere, because the move looked too much like politics. Federal and state governments have shown just how hard it is to remove a chief executive. Few governors have been impeached and fewer yet removed from office. The main […]

I used to have this poster in my office reflecting the timeless wisdom of a relief pitcher named Larry Andersen. Today he does radio broadcasts for the Philadelphia Phillies. A friend who’s a calligrapher made it for me . “Hey, you’re only young once, but you can be immature forever.” The poster got lost after […]

Every year, for as long as I can remember, the annual March for Life is about the same: Joyful high-school and college students flood Washington, D.C., in buses. And a few angry counter protesters show up around the Supreme Court. I’m pretty used to the routine. And yet, I wasn’t prepared for this year’s annual […]

In “Fly Like an Eagle,” Steve Miller sang the line, “Time keeps on slippin’, slippin, slippin’ into the future.” I’m not sure if that qualifies as poetry, necessarily, since one “slippin’” would probably have sufficed. But let’s give him a pass, seeing as he was probably loaded with more pharmaceuticals than a Rite Aid. It’s […]