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Slack.com slash DHQ. New Year, new me. Nah. I'm fine just the way I am. Doing the things

I love. Like enjoying a latte on the bus with some music or on a walk with a friend. My

only resolution is to enjoy more of what I love. Like switching up my usual with oat,

soy, almond or coconut. All delicious non-dairy alternatives available at Starbucks. For

no extra charge, whilst dots last, subject to availability. In May of 1973, Elliott Richardson

was poised to become Richard Nixon's new attorney general. He didn't know yet that he

would be out of the job in less than six months. During his confirmation hearings, Republican

and Democratic senators alike demanded that Richardson appoint an independent special prosecutor

to investigate the Watergate affair.

Richardson's name will be held until Richardson names a special prosecutor with guidelines guaranteeing

his independence.

Richardson promised that he would. Now, if you were going to appoint a special prosecutor,

someone to dig into a controversial, high stakes in a transically political situation, you'd

probably look for someone with a reputation for being non-partisan. Someone without strong

political ties. Someone it would be difficult to dismiss as biased. Archibald Cox was none

of those things, which makes it really hard to understand why Richardson picked him.

Archibald Cox, a big blunt crew cut Harvard Law School professor, a liberal Democrat.

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