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Copyright Copy Wrong

October 21st, 2008 · No Comments · Law, Whatever

I saw something in a tech newsletter the other day that caught my attention. I had no intention of blogging about it but it just keeps gnawing.
Some poor soul is trying to make a buck from the Internet. Isn’t everyone? The problem is that on his web site he had used a photograph of a [...]

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Free Speech - In Remembrance

September 12th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Law, Politics

Sadly, I am old enough to remember the long ago, halcyon days when people were the only ones with the right of free speech. We reigned supreme, or thought we did.
Just how much is your speech worth these days? It used to be one of our most important rights. It was a part of the [...]

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Here We Go Again

September 5th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Health, Law

There is a ‘War on Drugs,’ street drugs, that is. There is another drug war. The later one is against American citizens.
Isn’t it wonderful that we have a war on drugs? While this eminently unsuccessful war against street drugs has embarrassed our country for decades, prescription drugs kill three times as many people.

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Ego or Ignorance?

July 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Law

Time once again to enlarge the number of people angry at me. I know that quite a few in this group already enjoy the pleasure of directing anger my way but it is possible that a straggler or stray remains. I operate under the assumption that, the more, the merrier.
With only a year of law [...]

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Insanity

June 27th, 2008 · No Comments · Law, Mental Illness

Warning! This is a long one. I have been so busy putting this site together and getting ready for a trip, that I cheated. Wanting to put up something worth your time, I took an except from my book. It is 6-7 pages long in that format.

Ask every physician you know to define this common [...]

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Starting the Judge Not Category

June 23rd, 2008 · No Comments · Law

Only one year of law school doesn’t make me the world’s leading authority on the subject. That, along with holding political office, where enacting law was a part of the duties, has provided me with a little more perspective on the subject. Nothing, however, stops me from having or expressing an opinion.
The law should be [...]

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