Version One I think I see all I see, While comprehends my pup Those come and gone By nose more accurately. Version Two I think I see all I see while My pup knows by his nose Who comes and goes More accurately.
Ordered time They tried to order Time dawn to dusk, Futile spreadsheets of manageable units, Denying its nature to slow, to speed To pause, to fly with thoughts, dreams, Friends met, enemies loathed, With pain and agony and anxiety, With pleasure, gaiety, With visions, prophecies, with Feckless Fraud found out. Ordered like railway ties Clacking […]
In this week’s segment of Cline on the Constitution I’m once again get distracted by the latest shiny object. The interruption of my series on voting rights continues so I can discuss Justice Clarence Thomas surprising call for the Supreme Court to reconsider the famous New York Times v. Sullivan case, a case which gutted slander […]
In this week’s segment of Cline on the Constitution, I decided to pause in my review of voting rights cases to consider the President’s recent actions concerning our Southern Border. The President’s declaration of an emergency and his orders to transfer funds to construct barriers on the Southern Border has generated extensive commentary on the […]
In Abbott v. Perez, The Supreme Court slapped a federal district court with a much-needed douse of cold water in an attempt to wake them up, force them to embrace reality for once and have them return to their lane in the governance scheme set out in the Constitution. Abbott is the second case on voting […]
This Week’s segment of Cline on the Constitution Voting The process of casting a vote is changing. Who, when, and how is an accident of location. It can be vastly different from state to state. The image of an adult citizen showing up at the polls on election day, being handed a ballot, retiring to the voting […]
Is poetry a public or private thing? One’s love of country could be deliciously stirred by the magic of poetry: “This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea, …………. This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England . . .” Historically western poetry concerned itself with […]
At the window he credited Fear, Regretted his temper drive, And looked to gloomy vistas This morning again arrived. Secrets of giggly girls, Potent Innocence fails Divers of missing pearls Bartered from greasy nails. Christmas lights harken End, Heralded toys broken fine, Discarded in the snowy mud Cheered by crows atop a line. Don’t hurry […]
Where Boys Walk Fist clenched, Forearm flexed, Raised above, hovering, Before down the hit. Cringed below, a boy child’s Dread, And fear. And Humiliation. Again. Hands, kind, reach, Stretch, pat on’a back, Rest on’a shoulder, A smile, a nod, he said “good job.” Eyes open, breath released, hope. Courage, And will. And defiance. Indomitable. And between […]
I am back with a new segment of Cline on the Constitution. Took a little hiatus to explore the Mississippi via Paddle Boat. Great trip. I then monitored the resumption of hearings on Justice Kavanaugh. Much has been discussed about Due Process and the Presumption of Innocence. I won’t repeat the various arguments. […]