Carl Herman

crime : n. a violation of a law in which there is injury to the public or a member of the public and a term in jail or prison, and/or a fine as possible penalties. defamation : n. the act of making untrue statements about another which damages his/her reputation. … Public figures, including officeholders and candidates, have to show that the defamation was made with malicious intent and was not just fair comment.   due process of law : n. a fundamental principle of fairness in all legal matters, both civil and criminal, especially in the courts. All legal procedures set by statute and court practice, including notice of rights, must be followed for each individual so that no prejudicial or unequal treatment will result. While somewhat indefinite, the term can be gauged by its aim to safeguard both private and public rights against unfairness. The universal guarantee of due process is in the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which provides "No person shall…be depr...

“There are some questions we all answer, but few ask.”   ~ Michael Faraday (unsourced) on a UCLA building “There are three scales of intelligence:  one which understands by itself,  a second which understands what is shown it by others,  and a third which understands neither by itself nor on the showing of others.”   ~ Niccolò Machiavelli . The Prince, Chapter XXII, page 172 (London: Oxford University Press, 1913, translated by Ninian Hill Thomson) I started writing in 2004 when all the War on Terror lies exceeded my working memory as a high school teacher of history, government, and economics. It took me 41 pages to document the “official” lies in that White Paper later circulated among interested Members of Congress.  Perhaps 98% of Americans still believe war propaganda because they are unwilling and/or incapable to recognize the single most important truth regarding ongoing US armed attacks: they are illegal Wars of Aggression....