Author Archives: BigBill

About BigBill

Stats: Married male boomer. Hobbies: Hiking, woodworking, reading, philosophy, good conversation.

Salisbury, the Magna Carta and lawmaking today

Posted on August 29, 2017 by BigBill

A couple of months ago Cathy and I vacationed in Southwestern England. Our in-laws (Cathy’s sister Nancy, her husband Dan and their son Conner) joined us there, largely because Nancy had traced the family ancestry to some small towns there … Continue reading →

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Eclipses, buckets lists and mortality.

Posted on August 24, 2017 by BigBill

The Bucket List is a movie with Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson, with Nicholson playing an extremely wealthy (mostly retired) businessman who’s pretty much a total jerk, and Freeman is a middle-class man who finds himself in the next hospital … Continue reading →

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What is the source of law?

Posted on August 16, 2017 by BigBill

Roy Moore is a former Chief Justice for the Alabama Supreme Court who is currently running for office for the US Senate; specifically for the seat vacated by Jeff Sessions when he was tapped by Trump to be his new … Continue reading →

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Should morality determine legality?

Posted on August 14, 2017 by BigBill

In my last couple of posts I talked about the legalization of marijuana throughout the country as it is already in more than half of the states (I think it would be a good thing). That got me thinking about … Continue reading →

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Drugs, booze and personal choice (part 2)

Posted on August 11, 2017 by BigBill

In my last post I made a case for legalizing marijuana use across the country, as it already is in 26 states including my own. I think we’re being hypocritical as a society in making that particular activity a crime while … Continue reading →

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Booze, drugs and personal choices

Posted on July 31, 2017 by BigBill

One of the greatest blunders in American constitutional law is arguably the 18th Amendment, prohibiting the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages in the United States. It was submitted for ratification exactly 34 years before my birth, and took just … Continue reading →

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The Republicans want to take healthcare from poor people to give a tax break to the wealthiest.

Posted on July 30, 2017 by BigBill

I have to be careful how much political commentary I watch on TV because I find myself getting angry with our entire political situation. No one seems to be able to (or even want to) come to any kind of … Continue reading →

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Trump’s approval rating is in the toilet pretty much all over the globe

Posted on July 29, 2017 by BigBill

I think just about everyone knows how abysmally low the Tweeter-In-Chief’s approval ratings are, and I think for good reason. The guy’s monumental incompetence is evident in almost everything he does. I got back about a month ago from Mexico; … Continue reading →

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Dunning, Kruger and Trump

Posted on June 12, 2017 by BigBill

Years ago I took an anatomy/physiology course in a local community college. To prep for one of the major tests we were to take I buddied up with another student for a couple of evening study sessions and was a … Continue reading →

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Help me understand

Posted on June 11, 2017 by BigBill

I have a fair number of friends who voted for Trump, but when I ask them what prompted their decision I most frequently get “Well, Hillary would have been a disaster.” Setting aside for a moment the state of the … Continue reading →

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