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 Saturday, September 07, 2019 Betsy DeVos, Redux They're back—the folks in the Education Department. Remember Betsy DeVos? Trump made her Secretary of Education. She had no experience in education but was a big fan and supporter of charter schools in Michigan. Those schools were, by most measures, less successful than their public school... Read more |
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Views Saturday, August 31, 2019 Health Risks to Immigrants in Trump Administration's Custody Prompt Comparisons to Nazi Camps That the comparison can be made is odious—so are the conditions. So is the one imposing them. Read more |
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Views Saturday, August 24, 2019 Endangered Species Self -interest speaks all sorts of tongues, and plays all sorts of roles, even that of disinterestedness. — Francois, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Reflections He hit a double. It all happened the week of August 11, 2019. That was the week the trump took steps to reduce protections for two endangered... Read more |
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Views Saturday, August 17, 2019 A Dangerous and Filthy Place The Stealthy School of Criticism. — Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Letter to the Athenaeum (1871) It is a side of the trump we have never seen nor, indeed believed he had. It was remarkable not only for its subtlety but for the person at whom it was directed. It goes to show that wonders in this... Read more |
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Views Sunday, August 11, 2019 The Perfect Trumpian Friendship A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair. — Samuel Johnson, Letter to Lord Chesterfield 1754 This space is not often used to offer succor to the Trump. Nonetheless, it seems timely to do so now, given to what all but the Trump view as deteriorating relations between him and Kim... Read more |
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Views Saturday, June 29, 2019 Trump and Hitler: A Juxtaposition What one Christian does is his own responsibility. What one Jew [Muslim] does is thrown back at all Jews [Muslims]. — Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl (1944) Being a person of neither creative nor mental ability, he mindlessly finds himself inspired by the actions of a man who, many years ago... Read more |
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Views Saturday, June 01, 2019 The Muslim and the Trump In these tumultuous times it is easy to lose sight of the many things that Donald Trump has in common with those who, at times, are our adversaries, as well as those who have a different approach to human rights from what many of us believe we, in the United States, have traditionally embraced. The... Read more |
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Views Saturday, May 25, 2019 The Muslim and The Trump Happily the Government of the United States, which gives to bigotry no sanction. . . requires only that they who live under its protection should demean themselves as good citizens. . . . — George Washington, 1790 Letter to the Newport Jewish Congregation In these tumultuous times it is easy to... Read more |
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Views Sunday, May 19, 2019 Why Mike Pompeo Smirked When Asked If North Korea Executed Negotiators No wonder Mr. Pompeo awkwardly laughed or, as it was described by some observers, “smirked,” when asked about the reports of the execution of four of the people with whom Mr. Trump and Mr. Pompeo had been negotiating a few shorts months ago. Their roles might have been reversed. Read more |
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Views Sunday, May 05, 2019 A Story About Presidential Clowns Oh had our simple Eve Seen through the make-believe! Had she but known the Pretender he was! — Ralph Hodgson, Time, You Old Gypsy Man Who’d have thought it would come from Ukraine? That is a country that has been in various stages of turmoil for many years. It is hard to believe it would provide... Read more |