Integrity, Leadership, Decision Making, and Moral Reasoning

The Future is Now

  A Prediction for the Future: Reason will be replaced by Revelation… Knowledge will degenerate into a riot of subjective visions… Idealism will be replaced by materialism… Diverted from its normal outlet in patriotism or civic and family pride,...
Integrity, Leadership, Decision Making, and Moral Reasoning

Peace and War

The Iroquois Nation presumably understood the transformative power of war when they developed parallel systems of government that protected civilian from warriors and vice versa. Peacetime leaders, called sachems, were often chosen by women and had complete authority...
Integrity, Leadership, Decision Making, and Moral Reasoning

A Push For Unequal Justice

On prime-time television, lawyers are everywhere.  In real life, lawyers are a luxury many people who need them can’t afford. It is deeply disappointing to see members of the House of Representatives willing to slash to budget of the Legal Services Corporation....
Integrity, Leadership, Decision Making, and Moral Reasoning

The Responsibility of Trust

Justice must not only be done, it must appear to be done. The authority of the federal judiciary rests upon the trust of the public and the bar.*  Courts that articulate no reasons for their decisions undermine that trust by creating the appearance of arbitrariness....