Web Letters: American Dreams

Diary of a Mad Law Professor

By Patricia J. Williams

This article appeared in the December 29, 2008 edition of The Nation.

December 10, 2008

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  • Professor Williams speaks far, far too many truths ever to qualify for a slot in the upcoming or any future US government administration. She is far more akin to a highly rational, deeply chastised European.

    The white SUVs on the altar are so reminiscent of a Pacific Islander cargo cult, so sad, so futile. Such a scam, perpetrated by church con men, peddled--as to those primitive tribes--to the desperate in the US, kept so ignorant by their churches, their school czars, their media, their political representatives.

    Go well, Professor Williams. And please do keep speaking out.

    R.H. Weber

    Brooklyn, NY

    12/16/2008 @ 2:39pm


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