She entered my office tentatively, which told me immediately that she was not in a good place emotionally.  She was one of my first-year students, and I had sensed all semester that she may not have been adapting to the rigors of law school all that well. I bade her to have a seat across […]

With the Republicans about to be fully in control of Congress as a result of the party’s massive victory earlier this month, we can expect a plethora of reheated prescriptions to be trotted out in the form of budget proposals and tax initiatives.  And since the current version of the GOP hates any government spending […]

Two films in current release caught our attention recently.  One is a traditional attempt to mix a murder mystery with family dramatics; the other is anything but traditional in every respect.  And while both merit attention and each has its share of flaws, the non-traditional one stands out as the far superior effort. “The Judge” […]

Last week’s election results were even more devastating for the Democrats (and more affirming for the Republicans) than most pundits had predicted.  As final counts were still pending in several races, the GOP was guaranteed a margin in the Senate of at least 52-48, with the strong likelihood it could be as large as 55-45 […]