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Author: Paul Luvera

Plaintiff trial lawyer for 50 years. Past President of the Inner Circle of Advocates & Washington State Trial Lawyers Association. Member American Board of Trial Advocates, American College of Trial Lawyers, International Academy, International Society of Barristers, the American Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame & speaker at Spence Trial College
SO, WHAT WERE AMERICANS THINKING??

SO, WHAT WERE AMERICANS THINKING??

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Any time I write about politics it is inevitable that I will annoy and anger somebody. Nevertheless I need to express my concern about this last election. In fact, a syndicated columnist, Ann McFeatters has already expressed my views in an column she titled Voters have no clue how to solve the nation's problems. I know the following photo is an unfair protest photo, but it matches my mood as I write this. She begins by saying: "after the world's most expensive…

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IF YOU ARE FROM ARIZONA DON’T READ THIS

IF YOU ARE FROM ARIZONA DON’T READ THIS

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Lita and I are at our home in Scottsdale this week. We arrived during the Arizona political campaigns. When I turned on the TV I thought I had landed on another planet. It is as if aliens have taken over the television channels because the TV advertising is totally and completely dominated by back-to-back repetitive political attack ads. Apparently, in Arizona, campaigns for political office have no connection with the qualifications of the person running for office or relevant issues. You can't find an…

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12th MAN & THE HISTORICAL TACKLE

12th MAN & THE HISTORICAL TACKLE

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The New York Times reports that Tommy Lewis has died in Huntsville Alabama. He was 83 years old. Who was he that the NY Times would carry his obituary? He was infamous for one sudden, spontaneous decision he made when he was playing football for Alabama many years ago. Thomas Lewis was a senior and the captain of the University of Alabama's South Eastern conference championship team at the time of the the 1954 Cotton Bowl Classic. The Alabama Crimson…

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NEEDLESS WORRY – THE MODERN CROSS WE BEAR

NEEDLESS WORRY – THE MODERN CROSS WE BEAR

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Unless we get rid of our TV's and radios plus stopping reading newspapers we will continue to be  subjected to an infinite number of things to worry about. The  most recent is Ebola, but we have terrorist attacks, unpaid bills, political incompetence and multiple other things both personal, national and international to occupy our worrying. So, here are some thoughts about the subject. Let's start with Scripture. Matthew Chapt 6 says: "I tell you, therefore, do not worry about your life, about…

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YOM KIPPUR & THE SIX DAY WAR

YOM KIPPUR & THE SIX DAY WAR

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Friday, October 3rd and Saturday, October 4, 2014, are Yom Kippur. The name means "day of atonement." It is a day set aside to atone for the sins of the past year. On Yom Kippur, the judgment entered in the "books" is sealed and it is a chance to change the judgment by demonstrating repentance and resolve to make amends. It is a complete Sabbath for prayer and fasting. Most of the holiday is intended to be spent in prayer…

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THE CONFLICT OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSION

THE CONFLICT OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSION

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Two years ago Tara Parker–Pope wrote an article in the New York Times "Over-treatment is Taking a Harmful Toll. " In it she describes the research which reveals what she calls "an epidemic of over-treatment – too many scans, too many blood tests, too many procedures" which costs the nation's healthcare system some $210 billion a year according to the Institute of Medicine. It also takes a human toll in pain, emotional suffering, severe complications and death. I am reading…

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OUR SALMON FISHING TRIP TO SONORA ISLAND

OUR SALMON FISHING TRIP TO SONORA ISLAND

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We just returned from a short salmon fishing trip to Sonora Island in British Columbia. We were at the Sonora Resort which is about 230 miles by air from Seattle.  On Tuesday we flew  on Kenmore at Lake Union in a float plane for less than three hours and landed on a bright, beautiful day at the resort. Sonora Island is within the Discovery Islands at the mouth of Bute Inlet, which is one of the deepest Inlets in North…

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INSPIRATIONAL THOUGHTS

INSPIRATIONAL THOUGHTS

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Here are a collection of inspirational thoughts from a file i kept on motivation which I repeat here without any particular order. Maybe something here will touch your spirit. I hope so. "I shall not pass this way but once; any good therefore, that I can do or any kindness that I can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer nor neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again." (Unknown) Winston…

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ANACORTES WASHINGTON IN 1918 & OTHER OBSERVATIONS

ANACORTES WASHINGTON IN 1918 & OTHER OBSERVATIONS

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My two sisters and I were born in the town of Anacortes, Washington. My father and his parents had emigrated from Italy through Canada to Anacortes. My mother's family immigrated from what is now Croatia and the small island of Brac to Anacortes. Mother and dad met in  Anacortes and married.  In 1989 the local paper, the Anacortes American, printed an article by my dad, Paul luvera Senior,  about the early days of Anacortes. In it he said that his…

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YES, THAT’S MY OPINION

YES, THAT’S MY OPINION

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Each time I allow myself to go on a rant it inevitably offends someone. But, it's time for me to do it again. I will leave out my views about those who maintain huge dams, nuclear plants and huge, ugly wind towers are a good idea for power sources.  Here are a couple of things that trouble me. Yes, I know, there are a lot  of people  who probably don't  agree, but this is America and we all are  entitled…

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