Just as a Friend I thought it would be easy,But it wasn’t.All I had to do was ask,But that wasn’t all. What if she wouldn’t say yes?Should I end it all?Or is it unimportant? Does she realize it’s more than a broken date?Or do I realize it’s less than a broken heart? Why does it […]
This evening I resume blogging after a hiatus of several months. I am embarking on a new project, and I plan to share the path I will undertake in that project with you, beginning in a few days. First, however, I want to take advantage of this platform, one which had not even been imagined […]
Through much of my early librarian/I.T. director career I observed a strong tension between law libraries and I.T. at many academic institutions. Part of this could be attributed to the rapid growth of I.T. as we moved through the early personal computer and networks age, and part of it because library science and librarians were […]
Today I had the privilege to testify before the Ohio Senate Government Oversight and Reform Committee at its second hearing on S.B. 139 – adoption of the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act. The Act empowers designated official publishers to public statutes and administrative rules in an authenticated, preferably official, format, and to preserve the digital […]
Today the G.O.P. members of the House of Representatives appear poised to pass the fraudulently titled American Health Care Act, a bill that actually would upend the health insurance options for tens of millions of us. I write this as my wife is undergoing her second crucial repair of a severe hiatal hernia in just […]
I’m choosing to write about something that thrills me to my bones rather than the horrible things happening around us. First, here’s a picture of my son, Micah, looking at his nephew, my grandson, Michael Cross. Micah looks quite content to stare at his nephew, while Michael looks asleep, as many one-month-old children would at […]
There is justifiable concern with GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump’s repeated statements that the election is rigged, his supporters should go out and make sure no one is fraudulently voting, and with his repeated refusal to say he will abide by the election results. Those who describe his actions as “interfering with the transfer of […]
It’s pronounced as an acronym, not an initialism, and the “g” comes from “graphics,” not “giraffe.” Pronounce the word “gift,” but leave off the “t.” I rest my case.
Donald Trump’s personal crusade against U.S. District Court Judge Gonzalo Curiel, the judge presiding over a class action suit against Trump and his so-called “Trump University,” merely confirms what we already knew: Trump is both a racist and a misogynist. What the current brouhaha adds to our knowledge is this: Trump, having received the votes […]
Shortly after the announcement of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s death on February 13th, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced that the Senate would not take any action on any nominee submitted by President Obama. His stated rationale: “The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice. Therefore, this […]