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Unwritten Rules of Sentencing: How One Helped Paul Manafort

I have mixed feelings about Paul Manafort’s 47-month sentence by federal district judge T.S. Ellis III.

Mar 10, 2019

Unwritten Rules of Sentencing: How One Helped Paul Manafort

Mar 10, 2019

Bob Mabry

I Have a Dream, Which Doesn’t Turn Out So Well as Dr. King’s Does

In 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, 2019

I Have a Dream, Which Doesn’t Turn Out So Well as Dr. King’s Does

Feb 7, 2019

Bob Mabry

How 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, 2018

How Do You Solve a Problem Like Donald John?

Dec 10, 2018

Bob Mabry

There 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, 2018

There were three main reasons why the United States of America was founded.

Dec 8, 2018

Bob Mabry

Of Extraordinary and Ordinary Goodness

“Life levels all men [sic]. Death reveals the eminent.” — George Bernard Shaw

Dec 4, 2018

Of Extraordinary and Ordinary Goodness

Dec 4, 2018

Bob Mabry

After the Mid-’60s, Mainstream White Supremacy Reappears

Evan McMullin, the guy who ran as an independent presidential candidate as a bona fide conservative after the Republicans nominated the…

Oct 1, 2018

After the Mid-’60s, Mainstream White Supremacy Reappears

Oct 1, 2018

Bob Mabry

Debate Notes for Beto O’Rourke

I’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, 2018

Debate Notes for Beto O’Rourke

Sep 21, 2018

Bob Mabry

When Choirs of White People Are Inappropriate in Recordings and the Rare Times that They Are

Two things have happened lately to make me think about this.

Sep 15, 2018

When Choirs of White People Are Inappropriate in Recordings and the Rare Times that They Are

Sep 15, 2018

Bob Mabry

This Planet Cannot Remain Our Home Forever

Rocks 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, 2018

This Planet Cannot Remain Our Home Forever

Aug 23, 2018

Bob Mabry

How 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, 2018

How Did We Get This Political Culture?

Jul 21, 2018

Bob Mabry

Bob Mabry

B.A. philosophy, appellate & criminal lawyer, writing teacher & student, east Texan, species survivalist, languages amateur, seeking truth and beauty.

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