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Broderick: The last bus

Oct 2, 2024 | yahoo.com | John Broderick

John T. Broderick, Jr.October 2, 2024 at 5:01 AM·2 min readIt’s hard for me to get my head around the critical choice that I and millions of us will need to make on November 5th. I have voted in every presidential election since the moon landing but I have never lived through an election season like this one. It has left me emotionally drained and existentially concerned.
Broderick: The last bus

Oct 2, 2024 | seacoastonline.com | John Broderick

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Opinion: The debate nobody heard

Jul 6, 2024 | concordmonitor.com | John Broderick

E-Edition Advertise Newsletters Subscribe Home News Opinion Sports Politics Arts & Life Obituaries Classifieds Calendar Puzzles John T. Broderick, Jr is the former Dean of UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law and the founder of the Warren B. Rudman Center for Justice, Leadership and Public Policy and lives in North Andover, Mass. Isolationism has an appeal. It always has. It seems a safe place.
(Opinion) Supreme Court is losing its moral authority

Jun 7, 2024 | nhbr.com | John Broderick

BY JOHN T. BRODERICK JRIt’s painful to think and even harder to say, but it’s no less true. The Supreme Court of the United States doesn’t seem as “supreme” as it once did. Ideology, questionable ethics, the intrusion of politics, tortured rationales, hypocrisy and miscues have taken their toll. The signs are hard to miss or explain away. They’re everywhere.
Broderick: Supreme Court of the United States is quickly losing its moral authority

May 31, 2024 | yahoo.com | John Broderick

John BroderickMay 31, 2024 at 5:02 AM·4 min readIt’s painful to think and even harder to say but it’s no less true. The Supreme Court of the United States doesn’t seem as “supreme” as it once did. Ideology, questionable ethics, the intrusion of politics, tortured rationales, hypocrisy and miscues have taken their toll. The signs are hard to miss or explain away. They’re everywhere.
Should colleges keep graduation speakers?

Apr 25, 2024 | courant.com | John Broderick

Has the time has come to question why educational institutions place so much emphasis on graduation speakers? After all, the day is about celebrating students in their bright, shining moment as they walk across the stage to receive a well-earned diploma, not words from a guest. These commencement questions came to me after reviewing the criticism the University of Southern California received for canceling a valedictorian’s speech for its May 10 ceremony.
(Opinion) Sexual orientation, like the color of our eyes, is not a choice

Feb 12, 2024 | nhbr.com | John Broderick

BY JOHN BRODERICKYears ago, Air Force Lt. Jeffrey Meinholtz, who had been kicked out of the service solely because he was gay, appeared one morning on the “Today” show. Host Katie Couric asked him point blank, “Lieutenant, when did you realize you were gay?” Smiling, he replied, “When did you realize you were heterosexual?” I have never forgotten that moment. Sexual preference and orientation, he was telling us, are not a choice. They just are. He was not only right but brave enough to be honest.
Climate change: navigating a clear route for UK shipping

Jan 8, 2024 | blog.policy.manchester.ac.uk | Alice Larkin |James Mason |John Broderick

After a year of devastating climate disasters, nations at COP 28 in Dubai in December signalled the need for the “end of the fossil fuel era”. To meet that ambition, 2024 will need to see a major acceleration in global action to address climate change.