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(2003)
Stephen Markham, a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, speaks clearly and intelligent about judges and the rule of law. Among other themes, he takes up the question whether judges are to be activist legislators or restrained interpreters of law. Markham says a judge's job not to do justice, but to do justice under law, a very different concept.
(2005)
George Will explains the doctrine of preemption in current (i.e. Iraq) and historical context. Along the way, he offers a particularly good discussion of the power of ideas. He says: "A long life in journalism and around Washington, D.C., has taught me not just that ideas have consequences, but that only ideas have large and lasting consequences. We are in a war of terror being waged by people who take ideas with lethal seriousness, and we had better take our own ideas seriously as well."
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2008 GROUNDHOG DAY
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Ten Most Recent Comments
Karen Schaack on The Utah Election and an American Fork Vote (6/26/08)
David Rodeback on The Utah Election and an American Fork Vote (6/25/08)
Sherry Kramer on The Utah Election and an American Fork Vote (6/25/08)
David Rodeback on I Can Vote on Only One Race Tomorrow (6/24/08)
Jared M. Hansen on I Can Vote on Only One Race Tomorrow (6/24/08)
Heidi Rodeback on Mr. Spock, My Childhood Hero (6/13/08)
David Rodeback on It Wasn't Supposed to Be This Way (4/2/08)
Mark Steele on I Came, I Saw, I Caucused (3/31/08)
Tiffany Scherbel on I Came, I Saw, I Caucused (3/26/08)
Thomas W. Clayton on I Came, I Saw, I Caucused (3/26/08)
David's Blog
June 25, 2008
The Utah Election and an American Fork Vote
It's Ellis, Chaffetz, and a big NO to rezoning the Carson property in American Fork. [more]
June 24, 2008
Assorted Thoughts: Voter Turnout, A Vote on 900 West, and the Nextel Ad Jason Chaffetz Seems To Be Channeling
Come to think of it, the real firefighters I know are polite enough to remove their helmets indoors, unless they're working a fire. [more]
June 23, 2008
I Can Vote on Only One Race Tomorrow
I actually considered not voting tomorrow, because my mind was so open, where the State Treasurer race between Richard Ellis and Mark Walker is concerned. Now that I have read the candidates' web sites, I find I have a preference, after all. [more]
June 19, 2008
Jason Chaffetz and I Share a Common Geography
He's running in Utah's Third Congressional District, but he lives in the Second, as do I. [more]
June 13, 2008
A Short List of Recent Readings
. . . Mostly on themes mentioned in my recent comments on the election. [more]
June 10, 2008
Mr. Spock, My Childhood Hero
Yes, that Spock. My mother thought he looked like Satan. [more]
June 9, 2008
A Conservative's Guide to the Current Campaign
Here are some brief thoughts on working toward November, what needs to happen in November, and what to do after that. [more]
June 7, 2008
Real Men Don't Smell Like Strawberries
A case study in the free market's shampoo aisles. [more]
June 7, 2008
City and Surpha Sign Sale Agreement
Surpha now owns a municipal broadband system; American Fork City doesn't. (Does this mean it's not municipal any more?) [more]
May 30, 2008
Playing Politics with Economics -- as in Food Prices
This happens, and food gets more expensive. That happens, and food gets more expensive. The other things happens, and everything gets more expensive. It's all quite predictable, if you understand the difference between politics and economics. [more]
Guest Blog
November 6, 2006
E-Interviews with School Board Candidates
by Keith Swain and Tim Osborn
The only contested race for a seat on the Board of the Alpine School District is between incumbent Keith Swain and challenger Tim Osborn, in the district which includes American Fork. LocalCommentary.com sent the two candidates the same questions, with an offer to publish their answers. Here they are. [more]
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