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July 28, 2007
Got Jury Wonks?
Jury selection: part science, part art form, always difficult. But nervous fun for those with true grit. Do see Anne Reed's fine Deliberations, launched in February and focusing on "Law, news, and thoughts on juries and jury trials".
Posted by JD Hull at 11:41 PM | Comments (0)
July 26, 2007
Most of U.S. media misses another award to 1970 Nobel Peace Prize winner.
Americans shallow? C'mon. Lindsay Lohan got trashed again, the shopping malls are all open, Wales is probably in Europe somewhere, and a college degree will still get you a job at an insurance company or the local utility for the next 35 years. What the hell else do we need to know? Well, maybe this: see an article by Newsweek's Jonathan
Alter on the 1970 Nobel Peace Prize winner who helped expand the world's food supply, "He Only Saved a Billion People". President Bush and Congress just held the ceremony to award American agronomist Norman Borlaug, 93, the Congressional Gold Medal. That award itself was announced 8 months ago. The WSJ noticed--but no one but Alter did this justice:
Only five people in history have ever won the Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal: Martin Luther King Jr., Mother Teresa, Nelson Mandela, Elie Wiesel ... and Norman Borlaug.
Posted by JD Hull at 11:45 PM | Comments (0)
July 25, 2007
Chris Abraham: "Blogosphere is a marathon, not a sprint."
From time to time we at Hull McGuire and WAC?--having no real agenda except to do interesting legal work for the best clients all over the world and get real rich doing it--have asked: "Is blogging really important?" And: "Does blogging 'work'?"
Importantly, we also have wondered: "Why is Keith Richards still alive?" and "Why does the Moon follow us when we drive?". Ever thought about that?
Anyway, getting back to blogging and blawging, DC-based blogging
pioneer Chris Abraham is WAC?'s friend, mentor, uber-advisor, and a serious Renaissance man. He and a wise telecom lawyer named Del Bianco got us to start WAC? two years ago. So we read Chris's blog more often than he may realize.
Chris is also not a lawyer, and therefore frequently makes sense. At his site Because the Medium is the Message, a recent post asks "Is Blogging Starting to Fade?". See his answer. Blawging pioneer-proponent and trial lawyer Kevin O'Keefe, who we also admire, should like this one.
Posted by Holden Oliver (Kitzbühel Desk) at 01:08 PM | Comments (0)
July 23, 2007
Blawg Review #118
Barry Barnett at Blawgletter (business trial law with a sense of humor) has this week's Blawg Review (a.k.a. the "Funny Blawg Review"). Make sure you check out this edition of BR, which is, according to our notes, the second in a row by a Texan. You won't be disappointed.
Posted by Tom Welshonce at 06:01 AM | Comments (0)