Runaway General – Rolling Stone’s Interview with McChrystal
If you haven't read it, I urge you to do so, it's here. McChrystal has resigned and Patreaus is in. What does this mean for the future of Afghanistan and the counterinsurgency strategy? What does this mean for the fall offensive in my hometown of...
Black and white and brown all over.
I've been receiving some criticism on this blog as of late. I had a friend with whom I share a long history tell me that she was not too pleased with the incredibly legal-ish tone of it. She reads everything I write, but doesn't feel as if she has the...
A Father’s Day Post in Two Parts
PART ONE I don't think my husband will ever write about what it means for him to become a father. I tend to hog the spotlight when it comes to our conception story since the physical stuff happened over here. But he was there. And I...
Gideon’s Trumpet – Loud and Clear
I wish I could force you all to click this link and read what Gideon has written about prison. I wish I could just reprint it here so that when it gets pushed to facebook and goes beyond the choir, you will already be face to face with it and might give it more...
Maryland’s Wiretapping Statute (come on PEOPLE!)
Over the last couple of weeks I have written a couple of quick posts about the Maryland State's attorney's office prosecuting citizens under the wiretapping statute. To summarize, the statute makes it a crime to audiotape anyone without consent. (The...
You outta be in pictures.
Jamison Koehler wrote a post on watching a client's videotaped statement, which was picked up by Scott Greenfield at Simple Justice. I loved Jamison's post, it showed that he is his father's son with a knack for beautifully manipulating the written word blah...
Examples of Good Parenting
Yesterday (or was it Sunday, all the days blend together) I wrote about being the parents of three-year-old boys. How do we prevent douchebaggary? Or axe murdering (also a noble goal). I appreciate all of the comments - the most ever at Not Guilty! -...
Supreme Court Day!
SCOTUS issues two that I've seen (in quick passing) that affect both immigration and criminal practitioners. The first, Carachuri-Rosendo v. Holder talks about what is and isn't an aggravated felony for cancellation purposes. It's got some good language...
To steal from Jamison Koehler ‘On Parenting’
My husband and I are the parents of almost three - year - old twin boys. People who coined the term terrible twos did so because they could come up with no suitable and non-frightening term for what comes after - horrific three's? Drink yourself to death...
A picture is worth a thousand words.
I have 41 images in my 'lightbox' on istockphoto. The link to it is here. If anyone knows how I can get a poll on here, that would be great. If not, here's what I need:A main picture for the homepage - something that gives a general feel for me and...
The Wannabes
This is part two of Kathy Manley's posts on preemptive prosecutions against Muslims: When it comes to Muslims, the US government has a strategy of preemptive prosecution. It seems to be based on Dick Cheney ‘s theory (Whose Counting: Cheney’s One Percent Doctrine, by...
Self promotion, thinly disguised as link love.
This tooting of my own horn could be a regular series, but let's disguise it as giving blog link love to others who deserve it (until I update my blogroll).This week at Infamy or Praise - A Round Tuit #33. Mr. Samuels writes about Berghius, his love of Glee (I...
