The Case for Nurse Terese (for Executive Council).

Sometimes, I choose a title, and that’s how it’s published. Sometimes, management alters it at its discretion. Sometimes, I submit a piece and call it “untitled,” thus letting the editor finish the job for me. There are a variety of reasons and one of them has to do with the enjoyment of pretending I’m Howie Carr or Ed Mosca, but today’s literary inspiration is Victor Davis Hanson.

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Frank Edelblut

“Executive Councilor Could Benefit from Some Counseling”

In January 1938 Franklin Roosevelt nominated Stanley Forman Reed to fill an opening on the Supreme Court.  Three weeks later, having generated no real dispute in the Senate, Reed’s nomination was uneventfully confirmed.  Among the legacy Justice Reed accrued during nearly two decades on the bench, was his mentoring of legal protégé, and future Chief … Read more

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