“Beware the ides of March!” After a palace coup demolished the reign of King Tarquin of Rome in 509 B.C., a republican government flourished, providing every person an opportunity to participate in political life in the name of liberty. As Holland, a novelist and adapter of Herodotus’ Histories for British radio, points out in this […]
Review | The Lost Gate by Orson Scott Card
2011-03-15 · by ·
Danny North knew from early childhood that his family was different, and that he was different from them. While his cousins were learning how to create the things that commoners called fairies, ghosts, golems, trolls, werewolves, and other such miracles that were the heritage of the North family, Danny worried that he would never show […]
Review | The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
2011-01-21 · by ·
I long for the days before the Last Desolation. The age before the Heralds abandoned us and the Knights Radiant turned against us. A time when there was still magic in the world and honor in the hearts of men. The world became ours, and we lost it. Nothing, it appears, is more challenging to […]
Review | The Curmudgeon’s Guide to Practicing Law by Mark Herrmann
2010-12-29 · by ·
Whether you’re a newly minted lawyer or a third year associate, a solo practitioner or one of hundreds in a national firm, you should regularly review of the basics of practicing law. Research, writing, presentation, argument, and knowledge of the law are just tools of our trade, and keeping them sharp is as important to our practice […]
Review | The Blueprint: How the Democrats won Colorado by Rob Witwer and Adam Schrager
2010-11-29 · by ·
If you walk away with nothing from this book, it should be this: by using data, organization, and money, political operatives are manipulating how voters think about their candidates with less than accurate information, and it is driving good candidates away from public service. Without a doubt, “The Blueprint: How the Democrats Won Colorado” is […]
Review | Miles Away, Worlds Apart by Alan Sakowitz
2010-10-25 · by ·
It’s guys like Scott Rothstein that give attorneys a bad name. And it’s guys like Alan Sakowitz that prove that humanity is, at its heart, good. I recently finished “Miles Away, Worlds Apart” by Alan Sakowitz, an attorney and real estate investor whose path crossed with Scott Rothstein, an attorney and one time Ponzi scheme artist. Billed by some as a “criminal thriller,” […]
