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HL 227 – It’s A Good Thing That The Lawyers Know Too Much
Long before law school I was told what a scumbag profession I was headed for. Most theatrically by Shakespeare when he wrote “The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.”[1] And most poetically in Carl Sandburg’s verse explaining why “a hearse horse snickers...
HL 226 – I Will Watch The Execution of Nidal Hasan and Recommend You Watch As Well
As a staunch and active opponent of the death penalty since 1970, I believe that Pete Hegreth’s plan to telecast the firing squad execution of former U.S. Army Major Nidal Hasan on December 3, 2026, will advance the cause of abolishing government executions in the...
HL 225 – Fraternities and Their Culture Are the Root Cause of All These Atrocities
Cornell, the Tompkins County District Attorney in New York’s “Southern Tier” and the rest of us have begun reinvestigating and unpacking the atrocity committed at Cornell’s Chi Phi fraternity chapter during the evening of October 19, 2024. That atrocity occurred...
HL 224 – AI May Kill All Humans, But Are Neither As Smart As Them Nor Can They Return Ben Shelton’s Serve
Like many boomers I have guardedly, but consistently, sampled and experimented with current limited memory AI systems like Chat GPT, Genie, Claude and in legal practice with Harvey. I started doing this three years back after using primitive AI for document analysis...
HL 223 – On September 11, 2026, A Remembrance Of Things Important Today
The New York Times, often maligned in these pages, has served us well in the run-up to the 25th anniversary of 9/11 and especially with two among a slew of good articles. One, a beautiful photo-essay of the 2001 New York Yankees post-attack post-season run, that more...
HL 222 – Rahm ISRAEL Emanuel: A Prediction
The serious contenders to become the Democratic Party’s 2028 candidate for President, in no particular order, are Pete Buttigieg, Andy Beshear, Mark Kelly, Josh Shapiro, Kamala Harris, JB Pritzker, Gavin Newsom, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rahm Emanuel. With Emanuel...
