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Like aging rock stars, politicians and judges never say die.
42 years ago, Mick Jagger famously said “I’d rather be dead than signing ‘Satisfaction’ when I’m forty-five.” But as the septuagenarian Mick and his geriatric Rolling Stones celebrate 50 years and...
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“TL;DR”
“I could write shorter sermons,” said Abraham Lincoln, “but when I get started I’m too lazy to stop.” With a bit more nuance, the same difficulty arises with blogging. It’s either a function of...
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Arizona’s asinus aspirations aplenty.
Despite the clamoring of dozens of its citizens, officials recently turned back the equus asinus aspirations of a donkey as candidate for a seat in the Ecuadorean National Assembly. Regrettably, the...
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The purity of sports and Sam Gordon.
A while back, I confessed to having mostly deleted my sports fan gene, especially when it comes to professional sports. Egotistical overindulged pro athletes are generally reason enough to change the...
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Marinating Master Tom Jefferson.
I like to read book reviews the way some people like to read cookbooks. But unlike some of those cookbook readers who are content only to read and not cook, my interest is often piqued enough that I...
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One law school dean is proudly F.O.S. — but another talks sense.
So scambloggers — like the comically crude “Nando” at THIRD TIER REALITY: “Profiles in Vile Academic Self Interest“ — and all the rest with an overheated dog in the fight are jumping on Case Western...
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“Use me up!”— Judge McCree and Bill Withers — but not Clarence Carter.
I’ll concede there’s a time and place for judges who bring up pop culture — if they’re trying too hard to be funny or hip or just relevant — like when 66-year old New York Southern District Court Judge...
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A couple of seasonal thoughts – a sugar plum and the Mayan Apocalypse.
This sugar plum’s been dancing in my head since last month — although it might be an old chestnut for some. Just before the presidential election, the NY Times did their regular Sunday Magazine “Talk”...
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Judge Derek Johnson too simpatico with Congressman Todd Akin.
Congressman Todd Akin What a guy. I would’ve thought the Jesuits at Santa Clara U. would’ve schooled him better or at least the legal beagles at his alma mater, USD Law School, where the university has...
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California Appeals Court gives Danny Reed relief. But in Arizona, Marie...
For someone so young, Californian Danny Reed has seen more than his share of pain and trouble. Sixteen years ago, while asleep in his tent at Nevada’s Burning Man festival, a drunk driver drove through...
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10 things to do before Apocalypse Friday — besides completing last-minute...
Can the Chinese be wrong? Chinese authorities are arresting dozens for spreading Mayan apocalypse rumors. Maybe they’re on to something? Friday is Doomsday. And I’m not just talking about Friday’s...
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You haven’t come a long way, after all, baby.
I was so annoyed about it last week I’d planned to blog about the Iowa dentist who fired his assistant Melissa Nelson for being too hot and “irresistible.” But I counted to 5 and the moment passed....
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A never-ending obituary for handwriting.
It’s the end of the year — when people look forward to the New Year for a new start on old habits. A year ago this month I wrote about finding a long-ago saved but nearly forgotten keepsake, an...
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The middle finger.
It’s Free Speech. And while you can’t shout fire in a crowded theater, it’s apparently still alright to give the middle finger to a cop or to flip off San Diego Charger fans or to give your neighbors...
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About storytellers and one more tale from East Los Angeles.
I like good stories and especially — good story-tellers. On Sunday, Joel Lovell wrote a wonderful piece on George Saunders in The New York Times Magazine and related the short-story writer’s...
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Only a market correction will tame law school abuses.
Last month, a new reader and non-lawyer having read some of my law school criticisms, observed that I must have a thing against law schools. I replied, yes, as a matter of fact, I do. But although I...
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Arizona State Bar –“Lord, make me eco-friendly, but not just yet.”
It’s annual lawyer license renewal time, the time of year when lawyers again render to Caesar his annual bar dues. And increasingly, state bars like Arizona’s and Nevada’s want their members to pay...
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Flawed ‘heroes’ and a lawyer suspended for sexual billing.
We live in a time where scandals are routine — chattered about and even celebrated. Larger-than-life ‘heroes’ so much as devolve into what the belatedly contrite Lance Armstrong calls himself — “that...
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Hoaxers, deer antler spray, and an inconvenient brain infarction.
By now, like Roberto Durán, I’m throwing in the towel. I’m yelling “No Más.“ I’ve had my fill of Manti Te’o, his make-believe not-dead girlfriend and who hoaxed whom. The media needs to give it a rest,...
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High conflict litigants and the dangerous practice of law.
Almost 10 years ago, probate lawyer Gerald Curry was chased around a tree by gunman William Strier who was intent on killing him. At the time, Curry didn’t even know who he was. According to news...
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