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Do We Still Believe in the Future?
In 1953 Bernard Baruch, a financier and advisor to Presidents’ Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Harry S. Truman made…
Criminal Justice System Reform
The most valuable lesson that I learned as a result of being lucky enough to have been appointed and elected…
Trump-Speak v. Candidate-Speak
Donald Trump has clearly taken Political Theater to a new level and the mainstream media not to mention social media…
Could Charleston Have Been Prevented ?
President Obama lamented and vented, not necessarily in that order, the senseless and tragic slaughter of nine innocent people in…
Confronting Complexity In an Increasingly Complicated World
Part of the symptoms associated with being a political junkie, which I am, is an interest which borders on addiction…
How Leadership Will Change The Way Washington Works
Late Breaking News! –– Hilary Rodham Clinton wearing dark glasses stops for a working woman’s lunch (a burrito bowl) at…
Third Party Litigation Financing — Access to Justice or Something Else
The forms, forums and financiers of litigation in The United States have changed and are changing. Although many lawyers particularly…
A SINGE SUBJECT RULE FOR THE FEDS (An Idea Whose Time Has Come)
As the executive and legislative branches of our federal government approach yet another “crisis” which they created by setting up…
Judge Steven I. Platt’s (Ret.) 5 Step Grand Jury Reform Plan
Two recent grand jury decisions involving the police killings of unarmed black men have sparked protests and demonstrations across the…
Crime and Punishment in Maryland
As Governor-Elect Hogan and the Lt. Governor-Elect Rutherford ramp up their Transition Team operations with a goal of having “the…