Monthly Archives: February 2009

Welcome to Fresno

So a police officer alleges that he was punched once in the arm, that his badge was pulled off, and that an arrestee tried to jab him in the arm with a pen, and that means the officer gets to … Continue reading

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Mock Trial is Cool

Mary and I volunteered to be attorney scorers for two rounds of the Fresno County mock trial competition this year—one round two weeks ago, and one round tonight. Both of us had a great time and will probably volunteer again … Continue reading

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Same-Sex Adoption

Over at WorldNetDaily, people are wringing their hands about the State of California spending money on an “elaborate statewide campaign to promote statewide adoption.” But the report they refer to in their own article tells a different story: The Human … Continue reading

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The Paranoia, It Burns

My girlfriend has a new job as a deputy district attorney at one of the counties here in central California. She’ll get lots of great experience, but apparently the county where she works doesn’t trust its employees to be productive … Continue reading

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The Parties Therefore Agree as Follows

If you doubted my nerdliness, then let me slay those doubts: I think my new favorite blog might be Ken Adams’, which is a gold mine of tips for drafting contracts. (Yes, you read that correctly. It does not say “rafting … Continue reading

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Scalia: "Oh no you di'n't!"

Justice Scalia sure has a strange sense of what constitutes a “nasty, impolite question.” Here’s how the South Florida Sun-Sentinal tells the story: In a room filled with some of Palm Beach County’s most powerful people, it took a 20-year-old political … Continue reading

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A Cultural Defense?

The Februrary edition of the California Bar Journal includes an article about University of Southern California professor Alison Dundes Renteln‘s call for “formal acceptance in the legal community of a cultural defense in which legal systems acknowledge ‘the influence of … Continue reading

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Lessons from the Letters Page

Like my brother, I often find the letters page of the Fresno Bee to be an embarrassing display of foolishness. Some people have views that diverge from—or even oppose—mine, and that’s fine. They might even be right. But when they … Continue reading

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