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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
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A dedicated scholar of medieval literature, Michael Herzog taught the works of Geoffrey Chaucer for nearly 30 of his 45 years at Gonzaga University. Today, he continues to dedicate himself to Chaucer’s work in pursuits both scholarly and fictional. ... To aspiring authors, Herzog had the following advice: “Writing is such an individualized process. I do think a writing schedule is crucial. I think it’s very difficult to write anything meaningful, especially fiction, if you don’t have a writing schedule that you can stick to. “And then of course … write. No matter what, write. And if you feel like you can’t write about what you want to write about, write about what you think is preventing you from writing. But, write.”
Originalism, the judicial philosophy of Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, and her mentor, the late Justice Antonin Scalia, is once again the subject of intense interest and public debate. Originalists believe that judges are bound by the constitutional text and that its words should be read as the public would have understood them at the time each provision was written. ... Two hundred and forty years ago John Adams wrote of the importance of “a government of laws and not of men.” This ideal is not some musty platitude whose time has passed. If the events of recent years show anything, it is that we should fear the arbitrary rule of individuals, who do what they want and not what the law requires. The core of originalism is the rule of law. And that is not something we should fear.
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