Heartwarming? Appalling? On Whose Part? Whatever It Is, It's Strange Indeed
Whatever It Is, It's Strange Indeed Eugene Volokh | 7.28.2026 8:34 AM 'Tis strange,—but true; for truth is always strange; Stranger than fiction; if it could be told, How much would novels gain by the exchange! The new world would be nothing to the old, If some Columbus of the moral seas Would show mankind their souls' antipodes. — Byron, Don Juan From Stewart v. Pemiscot County, decided yesterday by Judge Stephen Clark (E.D.
- ▪Whatever It Is, It's Strange Indeed Eugene Volokh | 7.28.2026 8:34 AM 'Tis strange,—but true; for truth is always strange; Stranger than fiction; if it could be told, How much would novels gain by the exchange!
- ▪The new world would be nothing to the old, If some Columbus of the moral seas Would show mankind their souls' antipodes. — Byron, Don Juan From Stewart v.
- ▪Pemiscot County, decided yesterday by Judge Stephen Clark (E.D.
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Politics Heartwarming? Appalling? On Whose Part? Whatever It Is, It's Strange Indeed Eugene Volokh | 7.28.2026 8:34 AM 'Tis strange,—but true; for truth is always strange; Stranger than fiction; if it could be told, How much would novels gain by the exchange! How differently the world would men behold! How oft would vice and virtue places change! The new world would be nothing to the old, If some Columbus of the moral seas Would show mankind their souls' antipodes. — Byron, Don Juan From Stewart v. Pemiscot County, decided yesterday by Judge Stephen Clark (E.D. Mo.): This case proves the wisdom of Lord Byron, who is credited with the maxim truth is stranger than fiction. Stewart pleaded guilty to statutory rape.
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