Keith Burgess-Jackson, J.D., Ph.D.

We as a nation stand for justice, equality for all and freedom from tyranny. We are currently in the most important fight for these values we’ve seen in decades. We see our freedom of speech attacked day after day; the free press is violated time after time; and justice is something few Americans truly understand. We must get back to our core values. We must stand up for right.

At this time, there is an investigation into whether the Trump campaign violated these core values. We are watching as member after member of this campaign is charged and agrees to cooperate with the special counsel. These are not the actions of innocent people. This campaign is hiding something, and we have a right to see it through to the end. Donald Trump must not be allowed to fire Robert Mueller!

We cannot stand by and show that certain citizens operate under different rules than the rest of us. Lying, cheating, stealing and who knows what else. . . . These things have consequences and we all face them; these people shouldn’t get away with it simply because they are rich or powerful. That goes against everything we believe in.

Mr. Mueller must finish his investigation, and then we will all see the truth.

JENYNE CARTER

Mount Oliver

Democrats are obstructing good (hopefully great) people wanting to give up a big portion of their life to work for our Government, hence, the American People. They are “slow walking” all of my nominations – hundreds of people. At this rate it would take 9 years for all approvals!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 19, 2018

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Led Zeppelin IV (1971). What a joy it must have been for Jimmy Page to play with John Bonham and John Paul Jones! Thunder!

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The juxtaposition of Annie Linskey’s front-page Sunday Globe article on Donald Trump’s difficulty in finding legal help (“Top defense attorneys took a pass on Trump”) and Renée Graham’s column in the same edition on the boost UN Ambassador Nikki Haley received politically from publicly contradicting her boss (“A long game, no matter the cost,” Ideas), along with the apparent success of James Comey’s book release, suggests yet another new twist on this already surreal chapter of American history: It seems that many are concluding it is now far more damaging to one’s business or career to be hired by this president of the United States than to be fired by him.

Geoffrey Patton

Ashland

Our two great republics are linked together by the timeless bonds of history, culture, and destiny. We are people who cherish our values, protect our civilization, and recognize the image of God in every human soul. pic.twitter.com/01c8iSGDB3

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 24, 2018

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It must be considered that the campaign was an Indian hunt, and Custer rightly thought that the best plan was to strike the Indians in their village and break them up. . . . I think his only mistake, considering the knowledge he had of the Indians, was in planning to attack the village in detail instead of in one body with all available men besides those necessary to take care of the pack train. The question as to whether Custer was to attack or not, the order was left to Custer's judgment. Custer used his judgment. How then did he disobey? At the most he could have been charged with nothing more than bad judgment—never with disobedience.

Of course Terry could not give Custer full swing and still take the responsibility, so he worded his order to correspond to that idea. To me the order seems to convey the following instructions: Custer, go ahead, use your best judgment. I think you had better do so and so, but if you think best, you may do differently, and, of course, you take the responsibility.

(Walter Camp, "Terry's Order," in Custer in '76: Walter Camp's Notes on the Custer Fight, ed. Kenneth Hammer [Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1990], 259-63, at 262 [ellipsis in original])

Note from KBJ: One of the things philosophers do is interpret texts. Camp is interpreting General Alfred Terry's written order to Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.

Sweet Sound (1983). I love this song. The bass and drums are exquisite. Simon, by the way, is Pete's brother.