THE DARK SIDE: Put your money where your mouth is
So, who wants to head down to Body Ritual with me and get a new tattoo?
THE DARK SIDE: Softball, women’s lib and smoking in the ’70s
“You’ve come a long way, Baby.”
THE DARK SIDE: Tavern talk: Death of a Lawyer
My team and I were sitting at the tavern after softball recently, and our first and second basemen were talking about seeing Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman” at the Rep, and how good it was.
THE DARK SIDE: It is time to confirm Nourse to the 7th Circuit
It has come to my attention that the nomination of University of Wisconsin law professor Victoria Nourse to the 7th Circuit is unlikely to be approved by the U.S. Senate.
THE DARK SIDE: What makes an environmental defense lawyer?
I was having a nice conversation with another attorney the other day when we began talking about environmental law. We were both in agreement that the work environmental defense lawyers do is very important. But in the middle of the conversation, we discovered that we hav[...]
THE DARK SIDE: The good, the bad and the ugly of the war on drugs
A remarkable thing happened at the Republican debate in South Carolina earlier this month. One of the candidates proposed legalizing controlled substances, and asked whether anyone would begin using heroin just because it was legal.
THE DARK SIDE: What’s a library without a copy of Atlas Shrugged?
I don’t normally write moving picture reviews here on The Dark Side. And with good reason: as of a month ago, I hadn’t been to the movies since 1998.
THE DARK SIDE: You’ve got to tell it like it is
There is one type of lawyer the profession has no room for -- the molly-coddler.
THE DARK SIDE: Celebrating Human Achievement Day instead of Earth Day
Friday is what the progressives call “Earth Day.” I prefer to celebrate my own holiday, “Human Achievement Day.”
THE DARK SIDE: I really do love an acquittal
My friend Nicole got called for jury duty a little while back.
THE DARK SIDE: I send personal emails on my work computer
I’d like to propose an experiment. We all have friends who are judges, prosecutors, public defenders, city attorneys or lawyers with state agencies. I suggest that you send to one of your friends an email at their work account that is totally unrelated to work. Maybe something along the lines of: “That David Ziemer is […]
THE DARK SIDE: Public campaign financing in an unjust society
In Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letter from Birmingham Jail, he famously wrote, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
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