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Right-Wing Judicial Activism Runs Amok

The conservative activists on the Supreme Court decreed in a series of 5-4 decisions:

* Individuals, who believe their tax dollars are being unconstitutionally misused by the White House to promote religious beliefs, aren’t allowed to enter a courthouse to make their case.

* The Environmental Protection Agency can avoid its responsibilities under the Endangered Species Act, even though it’s a law reflecting the public will as passed by the democratically-elected Congress.

* Corporations can once again use their checkbooks to flood the public airwaves with political ads during election season, again overruling Congress.

I’m a little uncomfortable with how the last decision has been portrayed. The way the legislation was written it did, in my non-lawyer’s view seem to squelch free speech. While it is true that corporations can now flood the airwaves with false and misleading advocacy ads just before an election so can more progressive groups. Those progressive groups will be at a disadvantage for money, but that might be where our legislators need to get back to work and design some kind of public campaign financing. It’s difficult to legislate ethics - Dear Mr. Special Interests would you please not run ads that are out right lies or distortions. Adults that run these special interests aren’t much different then petulant children, they just have more power and money.

Color Inspiration from the Masters of Painting 

Why are the master works of art considered master works? Form, composition, spatial tension, texture? While I have my own ideas, one thing they each have in common is a thoughtful  combination of color. Color+Design has extracted the color palette from some of my favorite paintings including Les Amants by Magritte and The Scream by Munch. Click over and you might get inspired.