DEEP AUTUMN FLOWERS: PROGRAM

Ghosts of Tom Paine: Decadal Review of Bush v. Gore (2000) [Post of Dec. 12, 2010]
INITIAL POSTS (June 2010):
Immoral Maxims of An Unjust Judge: Rhetorical Repartees and Constitutional Arguments Discrediting and Refuting Both the Quips and Substance of Antonin Scalia's Legal Opinions. Several Components: Maxims & Repartees; Appendices; References
ADDITIONAL POSTS
Spiritual Intersections: Nietzsche's Aphorisms and Jesus Words (August 2010)
Henry Clay (Oct 2010)
PLANNED POSTS:
Essays on Distinctions and Tensions between literal, parablefull, metaphorical and mythological religious language



OCCASIONAL POSTS"
Book Reviews (Supreme Court; Friedrich Nietzsche…)




Saturday, July 19, 2014

The Gifts and Flaws of Antonin Scalia


The Gifts and Flaws of Antonin Scalia

RE: Justice Antonin Gregory Scalia (Born, 11 March 1936)
How a gift can become a curse.

There was a man who was given many gifts. I will mention only three. He could turn his thoughts into words which were as sharp as swords, his wit could make even fools and enemies laugh, and he could -sometimes - see the hypocrisy and contradictions of his opponents. But he had one terrible flaw. He believed that his gifts belonged only to himself and his ilk — himself, his family, his party, his church, and his nation. And, as a judge, he articulated the principle that the spirit which animated his nation's birth could be definitively codified in a few thousand words written down by some brilliant and ambitious wealthy men who hammered out a compromise over two centuries ago.

To be continued…