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A judiciary independent of the Nation … can turn its guns on those it was meant to defend. —THOMAS JEFFERSON THERE IS A SCHEME AFOOT. If that sounds dramatic, it should. Because it involves a decades-long effort by a handful of corporate oligarchs to subvert American democracy by capturing the Supreme Court and making it […]

When people tell you their stories about Tina Bennett, super agent, believe them. It’s all true. This book—and indeed much of my career—has been the result of Tina’s infinite patience, delicate cajoling, and occasional hammer-dropping. Words cannot express my gratitude. Ann Godoff at Penguin Press is another publishing legend, and it turns out that is […]

How do educational leaders respond to the legal challenges facing their organizations in a highly litigious society? How do they ensure that their organizations are achieving their mission without unduly restricting the constitutional rights and personal freedoms of their students and staff? How do leaders know when they are operating within the law? How can […]

The purpose for this book is to present the evolution of past government policies which has resulted in today’s legislation affecting U.S. agriculture and the consumers of U.S. agricultural commodities. As background, the processes by which agricultural policies are developed by Congress are presented. In each of the chapters economic principles are used to analyze […]

The tip about the dean of the University of Southern California’s medical school hinted at something so salacious, so depraved, so outrageous, that it seemed too good to be true. Or too awful, if you weren’t a journalist. It came to the Los Angeles Times through a staff photographer, Ricardo DeAratanha. He got the tip […]

My mother died unexpectedly a few years ago. She had fallen and broken her leg. We knew, of course, that no one dies from a broken leg. But her mending was slow and difficult—a difficulty that, blessedly, foreshadowed her death. One blessing was that I knew I needed to spend more time with her, to […]

So, you’re thinking about writing a will—good for you! Many of us know it’s something we should do, but we just never get around to it. After all, we’re all busy and have lots of chores just waiting to be tackled. Happily, if you’ve decided that now’s the right time to finally buckle down, you […]

“I have heard that there are some people on the Democratic side who would like to increase the number of judges. I think that was a bad idea when President Franklin Delano Roosevelt tried to pack the court.” —JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG WHEN THE LATE JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG made that comment in an interview […]

The feeling of having no power over people and events is generally un-bearable to us«—-when we feel helpless we feel miserable. No one wants less power; everyone wants more. In the world today, however, it is dangerous to seem too power hungry, to be overt with your power moves. We have to seem fair and […]

WE CALLED 911 for almost everything—except snitching. Nosebleeds, gunshot wounds, asthma attacks, allergic reactions. Police accompanied the paramedics. Our neighborhood was making us sick. From 1990 until 2006, my family moved among four apartments in a modest complex called Hickory Square. It was located at the edge of the Gate District between Jefferson and Ohio […]

This book will help you get organized for  your own benefit and, eventually, for the  benefit of your loved ones. You’ll use it to complete a planner that contains everything  your caretakers or survivors need to know,  including critical personal, legal, and financial  information. Your planner will be a thorough and easy-tofollow guide for your […]

Throughout the brief period that humankind has populated planet Earth, the species has faced challenges to its survival. Human ingenuity and science have been remarkably effective in meeting these. Diseases that once virtually wiped out entire populations have been conquered. Modern agriculture has enabled the support of a global population several times larger than would […]