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It is now 2019. The story is far from over. It also is far from where and when it began, in upstate New York, back in 2003. It started with a man, an idea and an ad on Craigslist. It ...
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Not gonna Grinch it up this Year
Gentle Reader: It has been pointed out (many times, in fact) that I don’t look forward to the holidays. I don’t hate the holidays, and it isn’t even that I don’t enjoy them, necessarily. Holidays, like vacations, mean not going ...
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Read More »Peaceful Thanksgiving Meditations (Maybe)
I love every week, but Thanksgiving week is my favorite. In the first place, it contains only three work days. And even those days are usually filled with anticipation of the holiday season, resulting in a more relaxed atmosphere than ...
Read More »The Secret Manhunt and a Question of Truth
The year was 2012. The jurisdiction: Kingston, Ontario. The place: Princess Street, the principal thoroughfare of the town. It was three days before Christmas, the day of the Kingston Santa Claus parade. The parade began as scheduled (pronounced “shed-yuled”) and ...
Read More »Sandusky: The football continues to bounce in hard-to-predict directions
It has been a while now since the shocking sexual-abuse scandal involving Penn State Assistant Coach Jerry Sandusky rocked the legal, sports and general communities. The world, sadly, has provided us with many more disturbing, violent and disruptive headlines since ...
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Read More »Quarreling with government structure
[This letter is in response to the “Don’t Call Him ‘Justice’” commentary that appeared in the Oct. 29 issue of Missouri Lawyers Weekly.] I read with great interest law Professor Gregory Magarian’s commentary “Don’t Call Him ‘Justice,’” published in your ...
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Read More »Legal lessons from abroad
Lawyer Frederike Winslow was born in Buesum, a small seaside town in northern Germany. When Frederike, along with her American lawyer husband and their little girl Claire, visited her family in Buesum last summer, they boarded a tourist boat to ...
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Read More »Four quarrels, one source of happiness
[This letter is in response to the “Don’t Call Him ‘Justice’” commentary that appeared in the Oct. 29 issue of Missouri Lawyers Weekly.] To the Editor: Professor Gregory Magarian — and please note that I use his honorific “Professor” even ...
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Read More »Let’s Keep Our Good Judges
To The Editor: Missouri’s judiciary is well-recognized nationally as a leader. One of the many reasons is that our state’s judges are selected under the Missouri Nonpartisan Court Plan. The plan is the least political way of providing our courts ...
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Read More »Don’t Call Him “Justice”
We fought. We argued. We made calls, wrote emails, and signed letters. But we’ve lost this battle. Brett Kavanaugh sits on the Supreme Court. What can we do now? Here’s one thought: Let’s not place the word “Justice” in front ...
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Read More »All the leaves are brown, and so are the mashed potatoes.
It is officially autumn in these parts. In the Midwest, it is more properly called Fake Fall, the season f/k/a Indian Summer. It is a dangerous time of year for lawyers. If we set out a suit to wear at ...
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