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The ethics of book reviewing

The results of a National Book Critics Circle survey in which I participated are in. And evidently I am largely in step with contemporaries when it comes to issues in the “ethics” of book reviewing.

You can look at the full survey results but here’s a few highlights:

More than three-quarters of those surveyed (76.5%) […]

Friday evening marginalia

As continuing work on one of the most significant S.D. Supreme Court briefs I’ve done in years (or ever) has kept my attention all week, here’s a few recent odds and ends as I settle in to watch UM-UND hockey on the tube:

Among the things falling victim to work was an intended post on […]

Single internet ad not enough for South Dakota jurisdiction

Best way to take a break from a South Dakota Supreme Court brief that’s consuming most of your time? Perhaps a new decision by the Court that has absolutely nothing to do with your case but interests Internet denizens.

In the decision, handed down Wednesday, the Court applies case law every lawyer recalls from the […]

Google helps defeat the server gremlins

I was just more than a bit shocked today when I went to add something to a forthcoming post and discovered any post from Nov. 27 through Dec. 1 had vanished from the site. Even restoring my weekly backup did not solve the problem. Something plainly hiccuped over the weekend, apparently on my web site […]

Snowy Saturday marginalia

As I sit listening to and watching the snow/sleet, I keep thinking how nice a retirement condo in Kona would be. Still, there is something to be said about a snowy day, a real wood fireplace and some magazines and a book sitting next to your coffee cup. Those distractions lead to a threefer:

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