The accident that changed my life forever occurred on Memorial Day Weekend 9 years ago. As each year passes, the events of that weekend and the immediate aftermath become more distant in time. Despite this fact, they remain fresh in […]
I turned 35 years old on Wednesday. It feels pretty much the same as 34 and 33. It has dawned on me- I am probably at the midpoint of my life. That thought is somewhat heavy but does not scare […]
Dear President Obama: Before you lob even one missile [which costs millions of dollars to produce] into Syria, may I respectfully request that you ponder these questions?: -What’s the point?What will a missile strike actually accomplish, besides the emboldening of […]
This week, the Supreme Court ruled on the issue of gay marriage. In one ruling, the Court held that the federal government may not withhold benefits pursuant to the Defense of Marriage Act from same-sex couples. In a different decision, […]
The work week was interesting- filled with ups and downs. On Tuesday, I represented a client at an evidentiary hearing to determine if the after-discovered evidence, which we provided, warrants the court to vacate the client’s sentence and order a […]
Around this time each year, I express feelings of gratitude for my family, friends, and acquaintances because Memorial Day Weekend is the “anniversary” of the accident that changed my life forever. I feel particularly thankful this year. I cannot truly […]
The latest crisis [allegedly] in Washington is called the sequester. I am not interested in assigning blame for the measure. The majority of Democrats and Republicans are less concerned with the good of the country and, instead, focus on sustaining […]
I type this as I give my hands a brief respite from hanging onto my desk for dear life as our nation marches towards the fiscal cliff and all of the problems that accompany it. If this fiasco does not […]
The GOP candidate, Mitt Romney, lost the 2012 election for President of the United States. He failed to win Florida or Ohio. In the end, the popular vote was somewhat close. The count in the electoral college was not. News […]
It has been a long, difficult summer for me in the realm of sport. The baseball team is a freaking joke. I could vent my frustration, filling pages, but I’ll not bore you so. On Thursday, I learned that […]