law & social issues

Derechas Y Defensas

Rick Horowitz

April 01, 2011 05:44

Este entrada de blog está — en parte — es una celebración del nacimiento y de la vida de César Estrada Chávez. Mi Español no está perfecto. Pero quiero decir, «¡Feliz celebración!» Perdone si mi Español no está correcto. Está bastante por hablando con ustedes. (¡Espero!) Si necesitan un...

Reasonable Doubt & The Lack of Political Will

Rick Horowitz

March 27, 2011 17:46

I spend a lot of time trying to figure out certain things. Two that I seem to spend an immense amount of time on lately are these: Is the world really becoming a more insane, or at least idiotic, place? If so, why? I could add a third: If not, why does it seem so? [...]I spend a lot of time trying...

Whatever the Market Will Bear

Rick Horowitz

March 12, 2011 01:22

The phrase “whatever the market will bear” is typically used in economic discussions. Primarily, when discussing how fees for various products or services are set you’ll hear the phrase offered as some explanation for what is really exploitation of the market. It only works well...

Naïveté

Rick Horowitz

February 27, 2011 21:39

A fellow blogger — or, as he prefers, “blawger” (I’ve always been ambivalent about this bastardized version of the original word) — suggested today that he has a hard time, at times, believing that I’m actually a lawyer. He may have been joking, but, even if he...

Waste Not, Want Not…Have Not

Rick Horowitz

February 14, 2011 00:50

I mentioned recently, in a private email to someone I think of as a friend, although I’ve never met him in person and possibly never will, that I’m still a CDL [criminal defense lawyer] even though I live in a town that considers us slime and openly treats the few who fight as such. I...