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THE DARK SIDE: Divorced lawyers are a very powerful lobby group
The first thing attorneys learn in law school is not really a legal principle, but rather a historical fact: back in the day, railroads were really important.
THE DARK SIDE: ‘We’ already know the solution to obesity
Wisconsin is going to receive $27.5 million from the federal government to hector the citizenry into losing weight.
THE DARK SIDE: The primates are howling for new legislation
The latest cause de jour is passage of what its proponents call “Caylee’s Law,” which would make it a federal crime for a parent not to report a missing child within 24 hours.
THE DARK SIDE: Lawyers need to be more like carnies
Hanging out with some of the carnies who came to town this year, I was astonished at how, in a mere 10 years, the carnival industry had become so professional. And they did it without even spending mandatory carnie dues on a public image campaign.
THE DARK SIDE: My lungs are full of asbestos and I’m fine
Back in the day, there was a tavern near 29th and Cleveland in Milwaukee called, “The Duke of York.”
THE DARK SIDE: My favorite words in the English language: ‘Not guilty’
The two most beautiful words in the English language are: “Not guilty.”
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: 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 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: Thompson a solid pick for new public defender
Congratulations to Kelli Thompson on being named the state’s new public defender.
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- Wisconsin attorney loses law license, ordered to pay $16K fine
- Former Wisconsin police officer charged with 5 bestiality felony counts
- Judge reject’s Trump’s bid for a new trial in $83.3 million E. Jean Carroll defamation case
- Dozens of deaths reveal risks of injecting sedatives into people restrained by police
- The Latest: Supreme Court arguments conclude in Trump immunity case
- Net neutrality restored as FCC votes to regulate internet providers
- Wisconsin Attorney General asks Congress to expand reproductive health services
- Attorney General Kaul releases update at three-year anniversary of clergy and faith leader abuse initiative
- State Bar leaders remain deeply divided over special purpose trust
- Former Wisconsin college chancellor fired over porn career is fighting to keep his faculty post
- Pecker says he pledged to be Trump campaign’s ‘eyes and ears’ during 2016 race
- A conservative quest to limit diversity programs gains momentum in states
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