Back in the 1960s, Vermont’s economic development officials launched a marketing campaign called “The Beckoning Country.’’ 

What a week for the U.S. Supreme Court, the latest addition to the team returning American society to the 19th century.

On October 20, 1973, NBC anchorman John Chancellor came on TV and said the following:

“The country tonight is in the midst of what could be the most serious constitutional crisis in its history…the president has set himself against his own attorney general and the Department of Justice. Nothing like this has happened before.”

I have never liked Ben Ginsberg. You know his type: really smart, glib, articulate, highly educated and totally informed. And worst of all, he uses these talents on behalf of his clients, usually the Republican Party.