Christopher Brauchli
Christopher Brauchli is a columnist and lawyer known nationally for his work. He is a graduate of Harvard University and the University of Colorado School of Law where he served on the Board of Editors of the Rocky Mountain Law Review. He can be emailed at brauchli.56@post.harvard.edu. For political commentary see his web page at http://humanraceandothersports.com
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Views Sunday, May 02, 2021 The Triplets Against stupidity the very gods Themselves contend in vain. Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, The Maid of Orleans The women set a high bar but their colleague Jim Jordan can meet it. At first blush it would seem that Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert have an insurmountable lead if... Read more |
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Views Saturday, April 17, 2021 Voter Fraud Revisited Alas, regardless of their doom, The little victims play! No sense have they of ills to come, Nor care beyond today. —William Whitehead, On a Distant Prospect of Eton College (1742) From time to time it is good to be reminded that the consequences of trump's verbal attack on the election could have... Read more |
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Views Monday, March 29, 2021 Little Ditty, 'Bout Mitch & Elaine Birds of a feather will flock together. —Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy The marvelous thing about Mitch McConnell is that he's unaffected by juxtaposition. Of course it was just a coincidence-his comments about the Biden stimulus package that, he said, uses taxpayer dollars that encourage... Read more |
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Views Sunday, March 28, 2021 Mitch and Elaine Aren't Bothered By Their Own Hypocrisy Birds of a feather will flock together. — Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy The marvelous thing about Mitch McConnell is that he’s unaffected by juxtaposition. Of course it was just a coincidence—his comments about the Biden stimulus package that, he said, uses taxpayer dollars that... Read more |
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Views Saturday, March 13, 2021 The Golden Trump We shouldn’t maltreat our idols: the gilt comes off on our hands. — Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary It was such a huge hit at CPAC in Miami that it’s hard to know where to begin describing it. I refer, of course, to the six-foot-tall golden sculpture of the trump that was on display at the... Read more |
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Views Saturday, March 06, 2021 Prince Redux: The Family's Imprint Is Still Being Felt It was déjà vue all over again. —Attributed to Yogi Berra They’re still with us—the Prince family that is. It’s hard not to marvel at their staying power. Those with long memories will recall the great trump friend and cabinet member of the trump administration Betsy Dee Prince. By the time we got... Read more |
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Views Monday, February 22, 2021 Profiles of "Courage" During the Trump Impeachment Trial They believed liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty. -Louis Dembitz Brandeis, Whitney vs. California (1927) For profiles in courage, two of the 43 Republican senators who opposed impeachment stood out-Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy. One other Senator... Read more |
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Views Saturday, February 06, 2021 Suu Kyi and Trump Have a Lot in Common—Offices They Held and Their Treatment of People "If wishes were horses, Beggars might ride." —John Ray, English Proverbs They have a lot in common—the offices they once held, and their treatment of people. There is only one thing they do not have in common and it's what he wanted more than almost anything in the world. Here is what they have in... Read more |
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Views Saturday, January 16, 2021 Ted Cruzifictions Although the Senate is much given to admiring in its members a superiority less obvious or quite invisible to outsiders, one Senator seldom proclaims his own inferiority to another, and still more seldom likes to be told of it. — Henry Brooks Adams, The Education of Henry Adams One of the joys in... Read more |
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Views Saturday, January 02, 2021 The Trump and Jesus Thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness. —The Holy Bible, The Book of Nehemiah It was a great week for forgiveness. It was the week that the Christian world was celebrating the birth of Christ. Christ was a friend to sinners during his brief life... Read more |