Little Pleasures
May, 1986
Whenever Foolishness, folly, stupidity and hypocrisy are in the ascendancy, I gain some measure of reassurance by thinking of John King.In a life of moderate span, King--now the late Judge King--managed two noteworthy accomplishments. For one, he issued a subpoena for the king of Spain. He wanted his Spanish majesty brought into the judge's Broward County courtroom to answer for some consular-type miscreant who had flouted laws of the sovereign state of Florida. The Spanish hireling had run a st...
