Dr. Holmes at 200 — The Spirit of Skepticism Aug 27, 2009
This week marks the bicentennial of the birth of Oliver Wendell Holmes (August 29, 1809 October 7, 1894), who at various times during the 19th century was America's best-known physician and best-selling author. His essay on the contagiousness of puerperal fever (1843), which prefigured the germ theory by two decades, constitutes his strongest claim to medical immortality. (New England Journal of Medicine)
‘View From the Terrace’ considers works of Charles Hopkinson Aug 23, 2009
In 1919, he traveled to the Versailles Peace Conference with several other artists (Edmund Tarbell and Cecilia Beaux among them) to paint the dignitaries there, and he also painted Calvin Coolidge, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and a parade of Harvard University higher-ups. Then, he painted brash, lilting watercolors shouldering their way into modernism, mostly seascapes made on site at Sharksmouth. (Boston Globe)
New Bedford’s Korolenko leads literary tour in Greenwich Village Aug 23, 2009
Battle tested The 20th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, popularly known as the Harvard Regiment, counted among its members Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. and Paul Revere Jr. It fought in almost every major Civil War battle and had the highest number of casualties among Massachusetts regiments. John Hough Jr., a resident of Martha s Vineyard, has drawn on the infantry s storied role in the Battle of Gettysburg for his novel Seen the Glory (Simon & Schuster). (Boston Globe)
The Wilsonian Delusion Aug 21, 2009
The Supreme Court upheld the Espionage Act, with liberal Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes s opinion asserting that antiwar critics can constitute a clear and present danger. Not even U.S. senators were immune from the savagery. (The American Conservative)
Faithful debate health care reform, access Aug 20, 2009
The mother of the 11-year-old tried for five years to get help for her son, said Janet Mays, a counselor at Oliver Wendell Holmes School, 2463 N. Buffum St., where the boy had attended school. Two days after the child was buried she got a post card in the mail saying help is on the way. (Milwaukee Business Journal, WI)
Will Critical Review Keep Judge From D.C. Circuit Slot? Aug 15, 2009
"You can be an intellectual giant, an Oliver Wendell Holmes, but if you're not getting the work done, it's an issue.". a partner at Wilmer who served as deputy attorney general in the Clinton administration, said the backlog may not keep Ruiz from the federal bench. (Law.com)
The One Thing Aug 12, 2009
But to add insult to injury, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes infamously wrote, "three generations of imbeciles are enough.". Seven years later, Hitler wrote to the president of the American Eugenics Society to ask for a copy of his famous case for sterilization, which called for forced sterilization of some 10 million Americans. (Fox News)
MICHAEL BARONE Aug 10, 2009
Dennis Kucinich, D-OH, yesterday whether the Federal Reserve was "paying banks high interest rates to keep funds... Published: Jul 22, 2009 Thursday is the day things tend to come to a boil on Capitol Hill. Members of Congress have been in town for three or four days, they're planning their exits on Friday to meet other commitments, they've had a chance to talk and meet with each other and sample the mood of their colleagues. This month, Thursdays have been very bad days for the Obama... (The Drudge Report)
4 things to make you smarter Aug 7, 2009
-- Oliver Wendell Holmes ... -- Oliver Wendell Holmes. (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)
The New Euthanasia Aug 4, 2009
In Virginia and other states, sterilization laws were upheld by the Chief Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, who said famously, Three generations of imbeciles are enough. In Weimar Germany, two professors published The Permission to Destroy Life Unworthy of Life, which advocated assisted suicide for the terminally ill and empty shells of human beings. (The American Conservative)
Titcom’s Bookshop in East Sandwich celebrates 40th anniversary Aug 2, 2009
Longfellow s many friends Edgar Allan Poe, Abraham Lincoln, Alfred Lord Tennyson, and Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. were born in 1809. Each, too, had a connection to Cambridge resident Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the most popular poet of their time. (Boston Globe)
It's still best to protect rights of smashmouths Aug 1, 2009
Most Americans would agree with Oliver Wendell Holmes that freedom of speech extends to the farthest fringes, and to those violent and mendacious words which decent people of any ideology rightly find repellent. So, then, it is the wisdom of the Founders that the Limbaughs, Becks, Savage-Wieners, O'Reillys, Malkins, Hannitys, Coulters and all of the lesser smashmouths of this world be left to the judgment of the next. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Health care legislation is dishonest Jul 30, 2009
"Sure it is. To quote that well known conservative jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes, "taxes are the price we pay for civilization ... To quote that well known conservative jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes, "taxes are the price we pay for civilization.". (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Abortion and the echo of eugenics Jul 26, 2009
Here, for instance, is Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, writing for the majority in the 1927 Supreme Court case of , which upheld the right of state governments to forcibly sterilize feebleminded citizens. It is better for all the world, if instead of waiting to execute degenerate offspring for crime, or to let them starve for their imbecility, society can prevent those who are manifestly unfit from continuing their kind. (Boston Globe)
Business People Jul 20, 2009
Cauthen is a member of the American Inns of Court, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Chapter, where she served as program chairwoman in 2006 and 2007; the San Diego County Bar Association, and the California Bar Association. She is also a member of the Bar Association of Northern San Diego County, where she serves as co-chairperson of the Probate Section and co-chair of the Continuing Legal Education Committee, and is a member of the Local Rules of Court Advisory Committee. (North County Times)
The Virtues of Supreme Silence Jul 19, 2009
Justices from John Jay to Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. were confirmed without having to argue on their own behalf. Not until 1925 did a Supreme Court nominee agree to appear before the Judiciary Committee. (Townhall.com)
In the words of a wise white man Jul 17, 2009
Her critics ignore history and tradition best expressed more than a century ago by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., one of the most respected justices ever to sit on the Supreme Court: The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience. The felt necessities of the time, the prevalent moral and political theories, intuitions of public policy, avowed or unconscious, even the prejudices which judges share with their fellow men, have had a good deal more to do than the syllogism in determining... (Boston Globe -- Editorial)
Grave offenses Jul 16, 2009
Site Presented By Thursday, Jul 16, 2009. A criminal investigation and allegations of misplaced bodies and shoddy care have roiled the famous burial ground. (Salon)
Chambers and Trilling: Parallel Lives Jul 16, 2009
Hiss had been among the elite of the New Deal, a protg of Felix Frankfurter, clerk to Chief Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, and State Department official. Chambers told the story in a founding document of conservative anti-communism. (The American Conservative)
- From the Right: Ginsburg and a question of eugenics (1) Jul 16, 2009
Oliver Wendell Holmes was a passionate believer in such things. In 1915, Holmes wrote in the Illinois Law Review that the starting point for an ideal for the law should be the coordinated human effort. (El Centro Imperial Valley Press, CA)
She's Come Redone Jul 14, 2009
Democrats want their judges to be the stuff of legends; hence all the references today to Thurgood Marshall and Oliver Wendell Holmes. Sonia Sotomayor's task is to stake out a space for herself somewhere in between. (Slate)
SUPREMELY SPLIT Jul 13, 2009
Even justices now remembered as "Great Dissenters" -- such as Louis Brandeis and Oliver Wendell Holmes -- were critical of dissent in the Supreme Court and would doubtless be astounded to see how frequently and casually their successors now engage in the practice. Moreover, a rule of unanimity for courts of last resort is the norm in many foreign countries, where the practice is to issue a single unsigned decision, and where -- as once was true here -- dissents are not only all but unknown, but... (New York Post -- Opinions)
Newsweek: Meet the two Sotomayors Jul 12, 2009
While they are supposed to respect the slow evolution of the law, they have more discretion than lower-court judges to express personal views, to vote their consciences, to make the law fit what Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. called "the felt necessities of the time.". At her confirmation hearings, Sotomayor is not likely to tip her hand. (MSNBC -- Race)
Literary Boston neighborhoods Jul 5, 2009
Old Ironsides by Oliver Wendell Holmes (1830). Ay, tear her tattered ensign down. (Boston Globe)
President Bill Clinton on FDR Jul 4, 2009
Oliver Wendell Holmes famously said Roosevelt had a second-class intellect but a first-class temperament. That temperament allowed him to inspire those around him to give their best. (Time.com)
Teacher Gives Sex Tape to 5th Graders Jul 3, 2009
We've updated CBSNews. Home Movie Accidentally Included in DVD of School Year Memories Seen by at Least One Student. (CBS News)
The Ricci riddle and the law's limits Jul 2, 2009
But as Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote, "The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience." There is a case to be made that the two choices are equivalent, but few people would accept it. Instead, most find one much worse than the other. (Yahoo News)
Reflections on Faith: Stop listening to the wrong people Jul 1, 2009
Oliver Wendell Holmes said, The human race is divided into two classes -- those who go ahead and do something and those who sit still and inquire why it wasn t done another way. Some who are continually criticizing others do so to turn attention away from their own faults. (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)
U.S. eugenics legacy: Ruling on Buck sterilization still stands Jun 24, 2009
"Three generations of imbeciles are enough," Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. wrote in the 1927 ruling. Lombardo says: "This woman got railroaded. And one of the giants of the Supreme Court was driving the train.". (USA Today -- News)
'The Whole Five Feet,' by Christopher R. Beha Jun 5, 2009
His task may seem indistinguishable from those above: He spends a year reading the "Five-Foot Shelf," 51 volumes chosen by Harvard President Charles Eliot a century ago "to provide the literary materials from which a careful and persistent reader might gain a fair view of the progress of man observing, recording, inventing, and imagining from the earliest historical times." The shelf captures an almost-obsolete literary tradition: unrepentantly white and male, mostly European, rife with books it... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
"Out of Context" Jun 3, 2009
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes said that he "loathed" many of the people in whose favor he voted on the Supreme Court. Obviously, he had feelings. (Human Events Online)
Grady L. Cornish: Poor strategy on Sotomayor Jun 3, 2009
The famous jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes offers context for this matter. Holmes once noted "the life of the law has been experience, not logic.". (Athens Banner-Herald)
JUDGE FOR YOURSELF: Read Sotomayor's speech in its entirety Jun 3, 2009
Let us not forget that wise men like Oliver Wendell Holmes and Justice Cardozo voted on cases which upheld both sex and race discrimination in our society. Until 1972, no Supreme Court case ever upheld the claim of a woman in a gender discrimination case. (USA Today)
O'Reilly's campaign against murdered doctor (160) Jun 1, 2009
As Oliver Wendell Holmes put it, nobody has the right to show movies in a crowded firehouse (or something like that) :-). -- barryaus [] Sunday, May 31, 2009 04:50 PM. (Salon)
Commentary: Judge Sotomayor is not a... May 30, 2009
In the next sentence immediately following the passage above, Judge Sotomayor says, "Let us not forget that wise men like Oliver Wendell Holmes and Justice [Benjamin] Cardozo voted on cases which upheld both sex and race discrimination in our society.". Could she have been referring to Buck v. Bell, the 1927 case in which Justice Holmes -- widely regarded as perhaps the most brilliant justice in the history -- upheld the state's plan to sterilize Carrie Buck, an 18-year-old white woman, who was... (CNN -- Law)
Letters to the Editor May 30, 2009
I find nothing wrong with this damping influence, but to suggest that Oliver Wendell Holmes should not have appreciated what it was like to be shot at as a young man being pursued by a railroad security guard and bring that experience to his judicial outlook ignores reality and ignores the fact that judicial review is not imprisoned in crystal. Andrew W. Bilinski White Plains, N.Y.. (Christian Science Monitor)
Right calls Sotomayor racist over line in talk May 29, 2009
"Let us not forget that wise men like Oliver Wendell Holmes and Justice Cardozo voted on cases which upheld both sex and race discrimination in our society. Until 1972, no Supreme Court case ever upheld the claim of a woman in a gender discrimination case. I, like Professor Carter, believe that we should not be so myopic as to believe that others of different experiences or backgrounds are incapable of understanding the values and needs of people from a different group. Many are so capable. As... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
'Freedom is not free' May 29, 2009
Scarcely a generation after the Civil War, on Memorial Day 1884, a memorable address was given by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. In his talk Justice Holmes, himself a veteran of the war, recalled the mighty hearts that had been stilled in battle. Then he reflected in these words on the meaning of Memorial Day. (Hingham Journal, MA)
Editorial: Senators should grill court pick May 28, 2009
But Obama has made it clear that he wants someone who "understands that justice isn't about some abstract legal theory or footnote in a casebook." Life experience matters in giving justices perspective on "how our laws affect the daily realities of people's lives." In this, Obama is echoing Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. in a famous 1880 lecture: "The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience.". Does a woman bring a different experience of life to the court than a man. (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
Full text of remarks by Obama, Sotomayor May 27, 2009
For as Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes once said, "The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience." Experience being tested by obstacles and barriers, by hardship and misfortune; experience insisting, persisting, and ultimately overcoming those barriers. It is experience that can give a person a common touch and a sense of compassion; an understanding of how the world works and how ordinary people live. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Scot Lehigh: She's an easy target May 27, 2009
Quoting Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.'s observation that "the life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience," the president said a justice needed to know "how the world works and how ordinary people live.". That puts the matter in a more comfortable and accustomed frame. (Boston Globe)
Death count: Dying for one's country May 24, 2009
Oliver Wendell Holmes, a Supreme Court justice at the turn of the 20th century, called Memorial Day "our most sacred holiday," and urged "we not ponder with sad thoughts the passing of our heroes, but rather ponder their legacy - the life they made possible for us by their commitment and pain." ... Oliver Wendell Holmes, a Supreme Court justice at the. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Supreme Reforms May 24, 2009
In his last years, Oliver Wendell Holmes sometimes fell asleep on the bench; after a stroke in 1974, William O. Douglas addressed people by the wrong names and cast votes inconsistent with his previous views. Another issue is the irregularity of appointments: Nixon made four, while Carter made none. (Boston Globe)
Empathy Versus Law May 22, 2009
Also, as Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes said, "Men should know the rules by which the game is played. Doubt as to the value of some of those rules is no sufficient reason why they should not be followed by the courts." The legislative branch makes the rules, not judges. Interventionists often make their case for bending the rules based on the unfairness of outcomes such as differences in income, education and wealth. (Human Events Online)
- Ledon: Jurors to get case Friday 0 May 21, 2009
Baker drove home his point by reading a portion of the book The Common Law, authored by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.. Baker was alluding to the legal notion that the law allows the charge of murder to be reduced to manslaughter if it is done under a moment of intense passion. (El Centro Imperial Valley Press, CA)
Memorial Day in Maynard May 19, 2009
Oliver Wendell Holmes called this our most sacred holiday and he urged that we not ponder with sad thoughts our passing of our heroes, but rather ponder their legacy the life they made possible for us by their commitment and pain. In Maynard, the Veterans Council chooses to annually express our gratitude, reflect on their sacrifices, and never forget those who honorably served our nation, with a parade. (Beacon Villager, MA)
Another View: The best nominee? Surprise us May 9, 2009
To admire that is to acknowledge the continuing relevance of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes' great declaration of judicial realism: "The life of the law is experience.". Ideologues, however, hate surprises, which is why those on both sides of the Washington aisle took a lesson from the Souter nomination. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Fill Souter's shoes with a genial persuader May 5, 2009
Oliver Wendell Holmes, who coined the phrase "clear and present danger," is a good example of this sort of influence; so too is Robert Jackson, who warned "We can afford no liberties with liberty itself." Both were very smart; both are frequently quoted. On the current court, one of the smartest justices, and probably the best stylist, is Antonin Scalia, who turns a phrase with a pleasingly wicked point. (Christian Science Monitor)
Holmes Jr., Linden School To Close Over H1N1 May 2, 2009
-- Oliver Wendell Holmes Junior High in Davis and Linden Elementary School in San Joaquin County will be closed next week because of the H1N1 virus. David BienickOliver Wendell Holmes Junior High in Davis. (KCRA 3, CA)
Justice Cincinnatus May 2, 2009
He can keep a suit for decades, and he gently mocked me and my fellow clerks for wearing overcoats in the winter, claiming that his view was shared by that other great Yankee justice, Oliver Wendell Holmes. Souter is also deeply unpretentious. (Slate)
Editorial: Public's right of access to the courts May 1, 2009
Famed Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes once said, "It is desirable that the trial of causes should take place under the public eye not because the controversies of one citizen with another are of public concern, but because it is of the highest moment that those who administer justice should always act under the sense of public responsibility, and that every citizen should be able to satisfy himself with his own eyes as to the mode in which a public duty is performed.". Look to California Chief... (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
Supreme Court's bench has never been less diverse Apr 19, 2009
As Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, who served from 1902 until 1932, observed of the court, "We are very quiet there, but it is the quiet of the storm center." Because the nine largely anonymous justices sit at the center of the storm and are the final arbiters of power, the value of a wide spectrum of perspectives can hardly be overstated. Related Searches. (Yahoo News)
Remember who caused current financial mess Apr 17, 2009
I remember years ago during the Great Depression when Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes said that taxes are the price we pay for civilization. He reminded us that without taxes we would have great problems with those among us who would prey on the rest. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Descent from Puritan John Lothrop Apr 17, 2009
Famous John Lothrop descendants include both Bush presidents, as well as presidents Ulysses S. Grant and Franklin D. Roosevelt, such recent candidates as Mitt Romney and Sarah Palin, the poet Longfellow, cotton gin inventor Eli Whitney, physician and author Benjamin Spock, author and doctor Oliver Wendell Holmes and his son of the same name, who was a U.S. Supreme Court Justice. The following line of descent was given to this author in 1991 by Ruth Stanton (Gildart) Lewis of San Diego, CA. Also... (Suite101.com)
The distracting ever-present Dickens Apr 17, 2009
Instead he repaired to the Parker House to hobnob with "Prof. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Prof. Longfellow, and other literary celebrities.". That was actually Dickens's second triumphal tour of the United States. (Boston Globe)
Honoring Gloucester's history - and grief Apr 16, 2009
Even Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes shed tears when he saw the memorial, and its inscription inspired by the 107th Psalm, "They that go down to the sea in ships.". Massachusetts residents also feel the memorial has deep meaning. (Boston Globe)
Administration lawyer delays Supreme Court debut Apr 16, 2009
Oliver Wendell Holmes, who retired at age 90 in 1932, was the other ... Oliver Wendell Holmes. (Yahoo News -- Politics)
A-G Famous American Literature Mar 27, 2009
The fireside poets are thought to comprise the nineteenth century work of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, William Cullen Bryant, John Greenleaf Whittier, James Russell Lowell, and Oliver Wendell Holmes. G Ira Gershwin. (Suite101.com)
Rick Holmes: A new agenda to fix Massachusetts politics Mar 14, 2009
In 1858, Oliver Wendell Holmes called the State House in Boston the "hub of the solar system." Today it's seen as the center of arrogance, patronage and cluelessness. That reputation has been earned over many years and persists despite the best efforts of many good public servants. (Watertown TAB & Press, MA)
Justice Stevens Holds On to Key Role at High Court Mar 10, 2009
In early 2011, Stevens would also surpass Oliver Wendell Holmes as the oldest sitting justice in history. "Justice Stevens is sharper than he has ever been, and he has always been sharp," says partner Clifford Sloan, a former clerk who shared the stage with Stevens on Feb. 26 when Stevens made the comment about oath-taking at the Court. (Law.com)
Lesson Plans For March Mar 9, 2009
Other March birthdays include Michelangelo, Alexander Graham Bell, Andrew Jackson, Mikhail Gorbachev, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., and Cesar Chavez. A study and discussion of Cesar Chavez can include his commitments to migrant workers in order to achieve higher wages and ethical treatment. (Suite101.com)
Today in History - March 6 Mar 7, 2009
In 1935, retired Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., died in Washington. In 1944, U.S. heavy bombers staged the first full-scale American raid on Berlin during World War II.. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
• COLUMN: Why it's wrong to scare people about the economy Mar 4, 2009
In 1919, Chief Justice of the United States Oliver Wendell Holmes famously wrote that the First Amendment of the Constitution does not extend to the right to falsely shout "fire" in a crowded theater. The Constitution doesn't guarantee anyone the right to encourage other people to actions that would harm others, Holmes said. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
HENSHAW / Date that will live in infamy Mar 3, 2009
We see no reason why the fact that a business is unlawful should exempt it from paying the taxes that if lawful it would have to pay, wrote Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. Dropping the word lawful eventually made it possible to the feds to jail Al Capone. (Cohasset Mariner, MA)
Law School Auction Funds Public Interest Work Feb 28, 2009
Law School students who participated in this years Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Mustache Contest began their mustache odyssey with clean-shaven faces, followed by weeks of facial hair growth, until the final shave down to just a mustache ... The more they grew, the better their chances were of winning the Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Mustache Contest. (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)
