If I ever stop feeling those butterflies when I’m about to go into a jury trial, make an opening statement to a jury, a closing argument, or an argument to an appellate court, I’ll know for sure the time to quit practicing law has come. I mean it. To me, any attorney that can go
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The story of a CJA Voucher
“Frustrated” is not an accurate description for my feelings about the length of time it has taken to have a CJA Voucher processed and paid. Yes, the and paid is a very important step in this process. I filed a CJA Voucher on April 24, 2011. It was near mid-August, and the voucher had…
eMarketing reflections – a new blog from Australia
Jeroen Hoekman, an eMarketing specialist, has started his new blog eMarketing reflections. The content, however, is not only relevant to eMarketers, but to all who use or may be thinking of using social media. After all, when we use social media (facebook, twitter, etc.) to communicate with others, not all of those “others”…
Lou Gehrig's Speech on July 4th, 1939 and my friend Jorge L. Arroyo Alejandro
On July 4, 1939, Lou Gehrig reminded the world that even though he’d had a bad break, he had an awful lot to be thankful for. Watch a tribute to the Iron Horse which reminds us this Independence Day of all we have to be thankful for in our lives.
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Obama and the Dems Better Get their Act Together
I was so glad that the Obama administration decided to take on health care. And I was extremely glad when he pushed for a public option. Truly, I’m all for telling insurance companies to go to hell, and would like to see universal health coverage, but would settle for a single payer system. I’d even…
Barack Obama: There Will Be Bamboozling
Is this what this guy is all about? I have been feeling that he has been the one playing the race card all along, just as his wife has, and I’m more convinced than ever that is the case. There will be buyer’s remorse with Obama.In Puerto Rico he has promised things that he knows…
Nuevo Blog – Puerto Rico
If you can read Spanish and are interested in Puerto Rico’s history, you will find the columns appearing at the new blog – Puerto Rico – authored by Francisco Ortíz Santini, quite interesting. The blog consists mostly of his columns published in El Vocero newspaper. Here, from his introductory post, is an idea of…
Chega de Saudade – Antonio Carlos Jobim & Joao Gilberto Reunited
Two musical giants who have given so much joy to so many for so long.
Yet Another Political Discrimination Case from Puerto Rico Reaches the First
Today’s decision by the First Circuit in Carlos Calderon-Garnier v. Hon. Anabelle Rodríguez, No. 06-2222 (1st Cir., Oct. 22, 2007) involves an interlocutory appeal in yet another Puerto Rico political discrimination case. The appeal is from the denial of qualified immunity. The parties to the appeal are a former Commonwealth prosecutor (now a PRACDL…
Yet Another Political Discrimination Case from Puerto Rico Reaches the First
Today’s decision by the First Circuit in Carlos Calderon-Garnier v. Hon. Anabelle Rodríguez, No. 06-2222 (1st Cir., Oct. 22, 2007) involves an interlocutory appeal in yet another Puerto Rico political discrimination case. The appeal is from the denial of qualified immunity. The parties to the appeal are a former Commonwealth prosecutor (now a PRACDL…