"God pity them both! and pity us all, Who vainly the dreams of youth recall. For of all the sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these: ‘It might have been.’ Maud Miller by John Greenleaf Whittier "Out of the night that covers me, Black as the Pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be for my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced or cried aloud. Under the bludgeoning…
Around the corner I have a friend, In this great city that has no end; Yet days go by, and weeks rush on, And before I know it, a year is gone, And I never see my old friend’s face, For Life is a swift and terrible race. He knows I like him just as well as in the days when I rang his bell And he rang mine. We were younger then, And now we are busy, tired men:…
It is reported that Americans spend $220 Billion on pharmacedutical drugs each year. But under FDA procedures it relies upon on the pharmaceutical industry to conduct research on the risks and benefits of new drugs. The law assumes the drug companies will conduct objective studies regarding the risks and problems of their products with the expectation the drug companies to promptly and accurately report back to the FDA the results. In spite of the fact the industry is a multi…
A friend gave me a book "What Every American Should Know About the Rest of the World." by M.L. Rossi which is informative and which explains complicated world issues in an understandable manner. Before reading this book, I didn’t know that the Republic of Indonesia has more then three hundred ethnic groups and is 88% Muslim. Nor did I realize it has a population of 228 million people in a republic with some seventeen thousand islands! The inhabitants range from…
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce was organized in 1912 as honorable organization to help American business interests. Today, however, it has become a front organization to influence the election of judges and to engage in a national covert campaign to influence the outcome of judicial and other elections but at the same time, keeping the real source of the money it uses, secret. It’s purpose is to cripple the American civil justice system in favor of big business. It has…
WA has had a record rainfall which has caused widespread flooding and damage. Mount Rainier National Park was closed for the first time in memory when the Nisqually River destroyed a popular picnic and camping area at Sunshine Point and took 65′ of road into the park at the same time. See a report of damage to the park. Our vacation log cabin is threatened by the damaged dike that protects the property in the area. Some 17.9 inches of…
Democrats sweep U.S. elections, Rumsfeld resigns
In 1791 the 5th Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified. It provided that “In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed…and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the…
Elliott Wilcox publishes a newsletter, Trial tips Newsletter which has helpful advice and information for trial lawyers. I came across it while searching for some information on an article I was writing about trial. It’s worth looking at in my opinion. For plaintiff trial lawyers interested in improving their skills, Gerry Spence’s Spence Trial College is as good as it gets. The regional three day seminars are excellent as well. I’m very proud to have been invited to teach at…
Over 140 years ago Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth, but there was another strange connection between the Lincoln family and the Booth family described best by Historynet.com, a history magazine publisher. Robert Todd Lincoln was the eldest of four sons and a student at Harvard. Edwin Booth was the second of three sons. Edward was seen as one the 19th’s century’s great Shakespearean actors. During the civil war Robert was traveling to Washington D.C. during a school…
