109-word post, or “The Gavels of Nawk”
If there was something Alabama Chief Justice Arglo Nawk could not abide, it was a quiet gavel. In 40 years since becoming a circuit judge in Alabama, he’d used beech (useless), elm (meh) and mahogany. (feh). Try as he might, he’d never discovered just the right material that could convey the proper gravitas and volume … Read more