The news recently carried the story of an unusual lawsuit. George Washington University Law Professor John Banzhaf has announced his intention to sue Catholic University of America. The university is returning to a former policy of gender-segregated dorms. Professor Banzhaf claims this is discriminatory.

In the 1920’s, at the peak of his professional life, Clarence Darrow was the most famous trial lawyer in the United States. He championed the underdog and stridently spoke out against capital punishment. With one single exception, in more than a hundred murder cases, he was always able to win mercy for his client. Such was the power of his words before the court.

During the industrial revolution in America, Paterson attracted worldwide attention and fame. Here the first cotton duck cloth for sails and the first continuous sheet paper were manufactured. Here Samuel Colt produced his first firearms and John Holland, the first practical submarines.