Happy Myths and Legends Day, Joseph Campbell!
In addition to writing The Hero With A Thousand Faces, Joseph Campbell taught comparative religion at Sarah Lawrence College. Joseph Campbell’s Wikipedia Page.
I’m A Ram
Bart and I were sitting around an early morning campfire waiting for the day lineup to start when this white kid in dreadlocks and a hangdog look walked out of the Suwanee mist. “Was I here last night? Have you seen my car keys?” He was despondent and couldn’t remember where he’d been the night […]
Monday Quote
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena. Teddy Roosevelt
It’s Banned Book Week and Mike Royko’s Birthday!! Savor the irony.
Show me somebody who is always smiling, always cheerful, always optimistic, and I will show you somebody who hasn’t the faintest idea what the heck is really going on. Mike Royko On a related note, George Orwell’s 1984 is the most banned book in history. I love that To Kill A Mockingbird is high on […]
I’ll Say It Again, Trial Lawyers: Don’t Scream At The Judge.
Trial lawyers don’t win every argument in front of every judge. And, yes. Some of those losses come on significant issues and important cases. But here’s the thing: there are prescribed ways to deal with those disagreements. You can respectfully present that option to the judge and let him or her know that there are […]
First Amendment Rights and “Journalism” versus Defamation Claims
Media silos that push opinion content as fact aren’t getting much love lately. I wrote about Sarah Palin’s recent and failed attempt to hold the New York Times responsible here. They say that bad facts make bad low, but accountability may be a good thing. Hannity, Carlson, Pirro, & Dobbs get to show their homework […]
Conflicts In Medical Studies (Extravascular ICD)
If you go to the credits on the article, you learn a little about how global medical device manufacturers like Medtronic “support” the investigations conducted by health care organizations like Mayo Clinic and the New England Journal of Medicine into the safety of their new products. A link to the NEJM article on the Mayo […]
Ethics in Medicine
Why aren’t medical students trained in ethics the same way law students are? Ethics is required in school and your knowledge of ethics is tested in a stand-alone bar examination before a lawyer can start practicing. Here’s a link to a BMJ article on it. With consent, medical students get to observe most surgical procedures, […]
Pro Tip For Alex Jones: Be As Prepared As Your Lawyer (or get a better lawyer next time)
Law students across the country used to watch video lectures on evidence by the famous Irving Younger (Harvard). I still remember his hearsay lessons – that made the impossible seem within grasp. The best of the Younger tapes was the series on cross-examination. For a kid who never wanted to be anything but a trial […]