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Much of the area liberal blogosphere is fascinated with John Thune and the bankruptcy of Dan Nelson Automotive. Stories have also appeared in both the print and broadcast media. Some have asked why it isn’t being discussed here. Simple. My law firm is involved in the bankruptcy proceedings. Although I have no personal involvement in […]

Plamegate and reporter’s privilege

I worked as a print journalist in one capacity or another for a decade. As such, I covered politics and “cops and courts” and was a member of Investigative Reporters and Editors. As a lawyer, I established the case law in my state that recognizes a qualified privilege protecting journalists from forced disclosure of confidential […]

Book Review: My Friend Leonard (2005)

It takes a bit to get used to James Frey’s memoirs, both typographically and stylistically. None of the paragraphs are indented and quotation marks are not used to delineate speech or conversation. Stylistically, Frey would probably flunk most basic composition classes. Many of his sentences are basically run-on streams of consciousness. But they all add […]

Book Review: Perfect Soldiers (2005)

Some journalism doesn’t fit the inherent constraints of newspapers or magazines. The scope of the subject is too wide and the work takes more than what these formats tend to demand in immediacy. Perfect Soldiers is an example of this.

The book is LA Times national correspondent Terry McDermott’s look at the 9/11 hijackers. Subtitled, […]

Book Review: God vs. the Gavel (2005)

Strictly by coincidence, the conflict between the state Department of Revenue and various churches over the state’s use tax hit the news as I was reading God vs. the Gavel: Religion and the Rule of Law. Written by Marci Hamilton, a professor at the Benjamin Cardozo School of Law, the book focuses on a somewhat […]