Observe, Orient, Decide, and Act: Notes on Preserving the American Republic

Originally published at: Observe, Orient, Decide, and Act: Notes on Preserving the American Republic - TPM – Talking Points Memo

A short time ago former US Attorney Barb McQuade posted this passage from a Chronicle of Higher Education interview with Lee Bollinger, first amendment scholar, former law school Dean and former President of University of Michigan and Columbia. I note the thumbnail biography because Bollinger, apart from subject qualities, has ascended to the the peaks…