Mitchell's Ramblings

A few years ago, I read Eric Lomax’s memoir, Railway Man. Mr. Lomax had been an officer in the Royal Army during WWII who had the extraordi...

As someone who takes the study of history quite seriously, it seriously ticks me off when I hear revisionist historians blaming FDR and Tru...

I have upon occasion had the experience of seeing daughters of friends of mine—who I first met when they were just rambunctious little munc...

For anyone of my generation, one of the greatest comedies Mel Brooks every made was the 1974 film Blazing Saddles . Cleavon Little and Gene...

I recently learned from an English correspondent that Leo Durocher’s most famous quote, “Nice guys finish last,” has made it across the Atl...

I first met Steven Foster while he was serving a stretch in an Ohio prison. He’d been there before and he’s been there since. He is one of...

This past Wednesday, I was on the sixth floor having a case heard before Judge Yarborough. This was a custody matter that has gotten extrem...