Attorney, Author and Philanthropist
“They’re coming for you. And they have guns.” That’s the warning coming from some right wing elected officials. Those congresspersons received huge sums from the very rich to deter the government from collecting taxes. Actually, very few IRS agents are armed, and only if they are deemed to be at risk. Usually you’ll get a…
At the end of the May blog, I told you that I wasn’t sleeping well because of my concerns about The Supreme Court. Actually, I was having nightmares. Now I’m reliving Thomas Jefferson’s criticism of Chief Justice John Marshall when he said: “How dexterously he can reconcile law to his personal biases.” No Court…
If you take a course in creative writing the first assignment very often is to write a story about an unforgettable character. Our friend Larry qualifies. Larry put together a complicated multimillion dollar mining deal in Birmingham with the help of four hookers. Larry was born in a trailer park in South Florida, never…
It’s not a commonly used word. Transition – We’re all in transition of one kind or another, changing, going from one stage of life to another, transitioning. Changing the subject matter of a discussion, moving on to a different thought. Transition is the link connecting different thoughts and ideas. My Miami Memoirs podcast story (see…
I wasn’t the first person to beat a hasty retreat out of Brooklyn. Try August 8th, 1776. We were losing the battle of Long Island to the British. American casualties numbered three thousand. British, three hundred and ninety-two. General William Howe had Washington’s troops trapped on Brooklyn Heights. Washington decided, as did I sometime later,…