REMEMBER VETS BY ACTUALLY CARING FOR THEM! by John P. Flannery At the Vietnam wall of remembrance We have had another Veterans’ Day and remembered the sacrifice of the men and women who served this nation. But we really should be doing a lot more than simply — “remembering them.” …

BY John P. Flannery, II In the various places I write and speak, I usually turn to the vagaries of law and politics in the public arena — especially these days. When I thought to venture into political waters myself, many years ago, and shared this with others, a NY…

by John P. Flannery On August 28, 1963, the Reverend Martin Luther King said: “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. …

BY JOHN P. FLANNERY Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito’s issued a decision, from the highest court, overruling what all the Justices had said was “settled law” in the case of Roe v. Wade. Alito and 5 other Justices set upon to unsettle the decision they’d sworn was “settled” about…

by John P. Flannery, II Charlie Waddell, 90, always had a touch of Georgia, of Braselton, on his mind and, given his deep country voice, seemed a moment away from sharing songs he loved to sing at political gatherings. When young, Charlie lived on a cotton farm and worshiped at…

BY JOHN P. FLANNERY A nation without laws that are enforced or a constitution that is not embraced by the body politic is a nation at risk. As a young prosecutor, I was drawn to prosecute corruption cases, the betrayal of a public trust, persons in low and high office…

Dr. Ibsen prepared a sworn affidavit , on the eve of the Supreme Court argument on March 1, 2022, to consider the nation’s failure to treat pain, preferring to punish what our nation seemingly does not understand. AFFIDAVIT OF MARK S. IBSEN, MD State of Montana, County of Lewis and…

The Hon. Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelensky -19 February 2022 Ukraine wants peace. Europe wants peace. The world says it doesn’t want to fight, and Russia says it doesn’t want to attack. Someone is lying. This is not an axiom, but it is no longer a hypothesis. Ladies and Gentlemen! Two days…

by John P. Flannery Can a person who swore to preserve and protect the Republic plan a coup and still hold public office? The 14th Amendment to the Constitution says no. Let’s consider how we may invoke the 14th Amendment after the insurrection of January 6, 2021 and in what venues to have the…