Bob MabryUnwritten Rules of Sentencing: How One Helped Paul ManafortI have mixed feelings about Paul Manafort’s 47-month sentence by federal district judge T.S. Ellis III.Mar 10, 2019Mar 10, 2019
Bob MabryI Have a Dream, Which Doesn’t Turn Out So Well as Dr. King’s DoesIn the first part of the dream, I have to band together with strangers who in the dream as supposed to be family members of mine, like…Feb 7, 2019Feb 7, 2019
Bob MabryHow Do You Solve a Problem Like Donald John?Early in The Sound of Music, the nuns sing “How Do You Solve a Problem like Maria?”, and, later, (spoiler alert) in a scene that becomes…Dec 10, 2018Dec 10, 2018
Bob MabryThere were three main reasons why the United States of America was founded.The second was to create a sovereignty to treat of the First Nations or make war on them to open up land for white settlers.Dec 8, 2018Dec 8, 2018
Bob MabryOf Extraordinary and Ordinary Goodness“Life levels all men [sic]. Death reveals the eminent.” — George Bernard ShawDec 4, 2018Dec 4, 2018
Bob MabryAfter the Mid-’60s, Mainstream White Supremacy ReappearsEvan McMullin, the guy who ran as an independent presidential candidate as a bona fide conservative after the Republicans nominated the…Oct 1, 2018Oct 1, 2018
Bob MabryDebate Notes for Beto O’RourkeI’ve taught debate, and I’ve been an advisor to people running for city council and whatlike. I remember the last presidential debates…Sep 21, 2018Sep 21, 2018
Bob MabryWhen Choirs of White People Are Inappropriate in Recordings and the Rare Times that They AreTwo things have happened lately to make me think about this.Sep 15, 2018Sep 15, 2018
Bob MabryThis Planet Cannot Remain Our Home ForeverRocks keep falling on it. In the past, it has gotten too cold to make a comfortable home for our species. Radiation from a nova, a…Aug 23, 2018Aug 23, 2018
Bob MabryHow Did We Get This Political Culture?I read my first speech textbook in 1972. It began with Aristotle’s theory of persuasion. Three things are most important: logos, pathos…Jul 21, 2018Jul 21, 2018