just thinking out loud
By profession, I am a research attorney. I perform legal research and write briefs for other attorneys on a contract basis. A legal brief, if you are not familiar with legal terminology, is a piece of persuasive writing that educates the judge on the relevant law and presents your arguments to the court. When you [...]
Earlier this morning, I posted an article which essentially said that both those condemning the ‘coup’ in Honduras and those praising its new government were wrong. My opinion was that Honduras was right to get rid of Zelaya, but went about it the wrong way. Thanks to a helpful commenter, Viva Honduras Libre (whose very [...]
UPDATE: Please see my new article, “No ‘Coup’ in Honduras,” for a more complete look at the issues raised in this article. My initial thoughts regarding the actions by Honduran leaders were greatly revised upon learning that there is no mechanism for impeachment in the Honduran constitution. Everything else has been moved past the jump.
Secretary Paulson and Congressional leaders have no monopoly on market-damaging panic. Witness today’s article in the UK’s Telegraph, claiming that world financial markets are ‘falling into the abyss.’ The article shares blame around, but places most if it on German chancellor Angela Merkel for opposing the redistribution of wealth among European countries. A sample from [...]
Ug and double ug. The Senate bailout bill has grown to 451-pages of pork-laden [insert profanity here]. Instead of just the bailout (Emergency Economic Stabilization, Division A, pages 1-113), the bill now also contains the Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008 (Division B, pp. 113-261) and the Tax Extenders and Alternative Minimum Tax Relief [...]
My answer is no.
