Tuesday, February 7, 2012

   
[1478 - Sir Thomas More, lawyer, Lord Chancellor, statesman, author, born in London, England]

   
[1812 - Charles Dickens, novelist, born in Landport, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England]

[1834 - Dmitri I. Mendeleev, chemist (Periodic Table),
born in Tobolsk, Siberia]

      
[1867 - Laura Ingalls Wilder, writer, born near Lund, Wisconsin]

   
[1883 - Eubie (James Hubert) Blake, Ragtime & Jazz pianist, composer, born in Baltimore, Maryland]

           
[1885 - Sinclair Lewis, first USA Nobel Prize-winning author, born in Sauk Centre, Minnesota]

   
[1908 - Buster (Clarence Linden) Crabbe, Olympic champion swimmer, actor, born in Oakland, California]

   
[1915 - Edward Vincent 'Eddie' Bracken, actor, born in Astoria, New York]

   
[1979 - Dr. Josef Mengele, SS "Angel of Death," drowns in Brazil]

[1993 - Arthur Ashe, tennis star (Wimbledon 1975),
dies of AIDS at age 49]

Activist Judges

An Activist Judge is one who has issued a decision that is contrary to your strongly held views on a subject of great concern to you or to your favorite Talk Radio Host.

William's Whimsical Words:

On the other hand, a Judicial Conservative interprets the Constitution very much as you and your friends do.

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