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Scalia and Judicial Originalism

February 20th, 2011

By Tom Carter As I noted earlier, Ruben Bolling’s political cartoon “Tom the Dancing Bug” is often so obscure and convoluted that it’s not funny or even understandable. But once in a while, like the old joke about crossing a donkey with an onion, you get ….* Here’s his view of Justice Antonin Scalia’s beliefs […]

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Tags: Constitution, judicial originalism, Scalia, Thomas, Tom the Dancing Bug
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Correcting Mark Twain

January 19th, 2011

By Tom Carter Ruben Bolling’s “Tom the Dancing Bug” is one of my favorite cartoons — if you can really call it a cartoon. He misses more than he hits, and his work is often barely understandable and distinctly unfunny. But once in a while, he comes up with one that’s timely, funny, and right […]

Articles written by Tom Carter
Tags: Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain, political correctness, Tom the Dancing Bug
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