Everyone knows our system of justice is based on the adversary system, in which two opposing advocates plead their case before an impartial judge. The advocates pull all the stops, within established ethical boundaries, to win their case. Out of…
Author: Brad Shorr
I admire people who would rather do good than feel good. Some such people become saints. Saint Teresa of Calcutta was an activist par excellence. She felt compassion for the poorest of the poor and weakest of the weak —…
For me, the last straw came in 1996, when Baltimore Oriole star Roberto Alomar spat in the face of the home plate umpire after a called third strike. Rumors of drug abuse, the infamous player strike of 1994, and the…
There is a big difference between license and freedom, although many people use these words interchangeably and have only a hazy idea of what they mean by either one. Freedom empowers an individual to do the right things. License is doing…
G.K. Chesterton and the Book of Job G.K. Chesterton’s introduction to The Book of Job, worthy itself of an introduction, contains several profound ideas inspired by this profoundest of Old Testament books. Here is one that got me thinking: “If…