Monthly Archives: August 2000

For the Public Good

8/31/2000 – 11:29 am

“Pro Bono Publico” means “for the public good” and in our age the phrase is used to describe work attorneys perform for free. The phrase is Latin, not as an attempt to put on airs, but because the concept of Pro Bono Publico dates to the Roman Republic, when citizens of wealth and standing were […]

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Sooner or Later

8/24/2000 – 11:26 am

The afternoons can still be sultry, but the evenings, nights and mornings are cool. Autumn is approaching, and while these days always bring a touch of bittersweet nostalgia, there’s an upside, too. The onset of cool weather means we in Vermont probably won’t have to deal with West Nile Virus this year; we’ll probably get […]

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Same As the Old Boss

8/17/2000 – 11:23 am

The Democrats are in Los Angeles this week, trying to get their story straight. Bill Clinton sucked up all the oxygen in the early part of the festivities and it was clear Al Gore couldn’t wait for Elvis to leave the building. With all due respect to George Bush, junior, Bill Clinton is the man […]

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More Than One Way to Abuse Authority

8/10/2000 – 11:20 am

It’s nice to be right, but there are downsides. A few weeks ago, I was worrying out loud about the police departments in Philadelphia and Los Angeles, about how they would respond to activists exercising their First Amendment rights outside the Republican and Democratic National Conventions. Although police in Philadelphia generally got high marks from […]

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The Same Mistake Dad Made

8/3/2000 – 11:17 am

The Republicans are convening in Philadelphia this week and I’m doing my best to ignore them, but it’s hard. We have so little chance to have any effect on our national government – beyond paying the bills – that by the time politicians get around to throwing us our quadrennial morsel, I’m awfully hungry. The […]

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