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April 26, 2014

Has Our Society Lost Something Essential in the Rearing of Its Youth?

..., operated real machinery, and took very real risks. I guess we could have fallen from the silo (we were 40′ feet up), got tangled in the silage chopper, or run over by truck or tractor. We didn’t, but we did gain a lot of confidence. Jeanie Carter, Ted’s wife, was the recent Mrs. WV, and their farm is still in the family, since the original land patent from Governor Patrick Henry. 9. School, Public and Private (Linsly Military Institute): Ohio Co...

April 18, 2011

2011 Annual Meeting of WV State Bar

...of American Liberties.” It was a reminder that our country has frequently fallen short of our ideals of freedom and liberty, in particular the Patriot Act. 9. Mr. Richards played the obligatory video clips of George W. Bush answering the questions during the Ashcroft controversy and of the internment of the Japanese at Pearl Harbor. My favorite part of his talk was the quotation of Alexander Hamilton from the The Federalist Papers predicting that...

June 13, 2018

Anthony Bourdain, Suicide, and The Meaning of It All

...reason, compassion, empathy, curiosity, and passion. And here’s why. 24. I fall back on Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes III’s essay, “Natural Law“. He talks about our desire for the superlative, our belief, especially our certitude when drunk says, “It is not enough for the knight of romance that you agree that his lady is a very nice girl—if you do not admit that she is the best that God ever made or will make, you must fight.” 25. I...

March 22, 2010

Common Mistakes of Divorcing Parties

...fe”, often defined as a trip to the local karaoke bar. If there was a shortfall while the parties lived under the same roof, it should be obvious that the shortfall will be greater when the parties have separate budgets. That is why I counsel my client, and request the other party, to continue maintaining the family finances as they have been doing. Many times we can avoid child support and alimony payments simply by keeping the bills paid. 5. Hir...

February 6, 2015

What Kind of Giver Are You? Or Are You a Taker?

...onalities, but some very similar reading paths. She once read The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich at my suggestion, and I waited eagerly for her to “hand down” her Harry Potter hardbacks as she finished them. I was touched when she sent me “Give and Take – Why Helping Others Drives Our Success” by Adam Grant. Laura has been working under intense pressure for over three semesters. It takes guts to take a hiatus from a busy career to become a full...

April 6, 2016

Why is it Ok for WV Lawyers to “Live it Up” at the Greenbrier?

...twice to attend. As I heard of rising unemployment and a state budget shortfall, I wondered about the symbolism of “fat-cat lawyers living it up”. 1. Having finished our first overnights’ stay at the Greenbrier, I can unequivocally say I think it was the right thing to do, and here is why. 2. On a personal note, I was thrilled to meet the two winners of our West Virginia Department of Education and State Bar video competition and to see them prope...

May 1, 2014

Why Should a Non-Techy Lawyer Care About This?

...r files are lost, and your ability to practice your craft is interrupted for weeks or months! As Paul Newman, (Butch Cassidy), said to Robert Redford (Sundance Kid); “Hell, the fall will probably kill you!”. Don’t have that fall. Get yourself into the cloud, and mobile computing, and practice redundancy....

June 28, 2015

WV FAMILIES DODGE A METAPHORICAL BULLET

...s’ ability to maintain order. Without the ability to bar bad behavior that falls short of domestic violence, pretty soon every incident of poor behavior would begin to look like domestic violence. to its victims. DV filings would have soared because it is the only tool the Supreme Court gave the Family Courts. This is an instant where the legislature was much wiser and pragmatic than our Court. And, it is an example that sometimes the people “in t...

April 13, 2015

I. The Law of Families in WV – Some Very Preliminary Thoughts

...aw. “Protect” can mean many things. It can mean that abusive behavior that falls below the “domestic violence standard” can be prevented before it becomes domestic violence. It can mean that a person “on the edge” of physical or emotional collapse will not collapse because of incessant calls, e-mails, text, or contact. It can mean that a person can gain enough “space” to begin to gather her/his thoughts and move forward with their lives. It may me...

July 14, 2015

Perspectives on the Iranian Peace Deal and Human Conflict

...ey grow too fast, they destroy the only world we have. We sure aren’t ready to colonize Pluto! Or anywhere outside of our “blue and white marble”. Will be outgrow the world? Will we poison ourselves. Will we destroy ourselves with nuclear weapons. Or will we simply fall apart as a culture, in prejudice, hatred, the diffusion of knowledge to the lowest common denominator (The Internet Age), or some combination? Maybe we will just drown in porn, vid...