Oberon Shakespeare Study Group

Dear Oberon, Justice Stevens of the U.S. Supreme Court was reported in the Wall Street Journal  to have come down on Oxford's side in the authorship controversy. We all knew this but here are two amazing things: It's the WALL STREET JOURNAL reporting it The poll in the article of all the judges adds up to NINE not supporting Stratford Will to THREE supporting him.  There were 3 pro Oxford, 1 specifically against Stratford but not pro anyone, 3 pro Stratford, which makes it 4-3 AGAINST Stratford.  The remaining opinions were "no comment," "no idea," and "no informed views," which according to my math puts the United States Supreme Court overwhelmingly in the Reasonable Doubt column. We have just taken a huge leap forward. Enjoy the day. Tom Hunter

Note: On date below, I understand that although the article was available online on Friday 4/17/09, it wasn't actually published in print until Saturday 4/18/09. LT Yesterday (4/17/09) the Wall Street Journal published an article by Jess Bravin titled: Justice Steven's renders and opinion on who wrote Shakespeare's plays: It Wasn't the Bard of Avon, He Says, Evidence Is beyond a Reasonable Doubt In response, Oberon Chairperson Tom Hunter sent this message -- To the  Editor of the Wall Street Journal: Thank you to reporter Jess Bravin and the Wall Street Journal for the news about the support of U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens for Edward de Vere, the 17 th   Earl of Oxford, as the true author under the pseudonym William Shakespeare of the works which have been attributed for 400 years to William Shaksper of Stratford-Upon-Avon. The report is extremely relevant as hundreds of thousands of devoted Shakespeare fans around the world plan to ce...