Yesterday, a nine-member jury (six men and three women) in Manhattan, New York, decided in favor of E. Jean Carroll in her two lawsuits alleging former U.S. President Donald Trump raped her in the mid-1990s and later defamed her. The jury did not go so far as to decide Mr. Trump raped Ms. Carroll, but that he “sexually abused” her. The jury concluded that Trump had to pay Carroll a series of damages totaling $5 million. The jury had been... Read more
My favorite study for the past few decades has been what scholars called “Son of Man study.” It is mostly because, according to the four gospels of the New Testament, this is the title Jesus used by far the most to identify himself. Scholars agree that during the time that Jesus lived, and throughout much of history, this title Son of Man in Jewish literature was rather ambiguous, and that seems to be partly why Jesus used it. Son of... Read more
I was born and raised in Seattle, Washington. What a beautiful state, which is shaped somewhat rectangularly from east to west! Its mountainous Olympic Peninsula in the northwest is quite a treasure. The voluminous Columbia River is much of the state’s southern border with Oregon. And Washington has multiple mountain peaks that can be snow-covered year round. In sort of the middle of the state the Cascade mountain range runs north and south. It serves as a divider that makes... Read more
In my last post, I related former U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent praise of the Bible, admitting it was a better seller than his new book, He said of the Bible, “That blows this book away,” referring to his book, Letters to Trump, “I have to be honest with you.” Yes, please do, especially when it comes to the Bible. Then I concluded that post saying, “Mr. Trump, I have to be honest with you too. . . . It’s... Read more
Of all the mounting legal problems that former U.S. President Donald Trump has gotten himself into, most legal experts seem to agree that the federal investigation of Trump’s unauthorized removal of government classified documents from the White House and taking them to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Pam Beach, Florida, could be both the most egregious and easy-to-prove in court as being a crime that could result in Mr. Trump doing time in prison. But how does this have anything to... Read more
Ever since the Saudi-backed LIV Golf launched last year to challenge the PGA Tour’s hegemony in professional golf the world over, which has resulted in lawsuits between them, I blogged often that it was all about whether the PGA Tour’s “conflicting events” clause would hold up in a court-of-law in the U.S. And I stated that I believed it would. Why? The PGA Tour is a voluntary trade organization that has a legal right to set its own rules for... Read more
Journalist Tucker Carlson–the prime-time host of politically Republican, right-wing Fox News, by far the largest cable network on television–was fired yesterday with no reason given. His program, Tucker Carlson Tonight, had existed at the 8 PM ET prime time slot for the past seven years. Speculation has been swirling about why his firing. HuffPost reported yesterday that Carlson’s firing was connected to 92-year old Rupert Murdoch, the founder of Fox News and board chairman of its parent organization–Fox Corp. It... Read more
How so? It’s all about that obscure, 1973 memorandum drafted by the Office of Legal Counsel in the U.S. Department of Justice that occurred in response to the Watergate affair, in which President Richard Nixon resigned his office. Special counsel Robert Mueller had cited this memo in his report investigating alleged Russian interference in our 2016 presidential election in which Russian operatives supposedly tried to prevent former Secretary of State and First Lady Hilary Clinton from defeating Donald Trump. Mueller... Read more
The National Rifle Association began its annual meeting today with former President Donald Trump and his former Vice President Mike Pence as speakers who denied the need for more restrictive gun laws. Meeting in Indiana–Pence’s home state where he was governor in 2013-2017 before becoming Trump’s vice-presidential running mate–the former governor received a mix of applause and boos from these NRA members, most of whom have surely been Trump supporters. The boos were because Pence had refused to succumb to... Read more
Spaniard Jon Rahm won the rain-slogged Masters today by starting the day in second place, four strokes behind four-time major winner Brooks Koepka, and ending the day four strokes ahead of Koepka. Fifty-two year old Phil Mickelson, a three-time Masters champion himself, shot a blistering 65 today to tie Koepka for runnerup. This victory by Rahm was his second major win, and it moved him back into first place in world rankings. This Masters Tournament was chaotic due to such... Read more
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