How does a judge decide a case? What law, facts, judicial temperament, political or other factors, tangible and intangible make a difference? There’s often no easy answer, no crystal ball prognostication. Multiply that by 9 in the case of the United States Supreme Court. The labels “conservative” and “liberal” are used as a shortcut ...
162 works by the greats of American art are on exhibit at the Phillips Collection in Washington, DC. See www.phillipscollection.org. The museum is in an 1897 Georgian Revival house in Washington’s DuPont Circle. One of the remarkable things about the collection is its range from realism to impressionism to cubism to abstract ...
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A good golf swing (so I’m told, since I have no firsthand knowledge of same) has a lot to do with balance. In baseball (thinking spring here, still snowing today) we watch each batter before each pitch go through his balance ritual: shifting weight, adjusting grip, aligning shoulders, arms ...
The worlds of math, science and art are not really so separate, even though by education and conventional wisdom many people think they are. Steve Jobs’ intuitions about engineering and art led to some of the most successful and widely used technology ever created. He knew that computing by itself wasn’t enough for the mass appeal he ...
One of my law partners, Mike Hirschfeld, participated in a program entitled “Beyond Civility: Communication for Effective Governance.” Its purpose was to connect people from diverse viewpoints and "elevate public discourse and problem solving" by seeing an opponent's point of view, listening, and avoiding stereotypes.
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In a joint program with the Chicago Bar Association and Art Institute of Chicago, we presented our Continuing Legal Education Program on Brush with the Law...an Artful Eye on Law to a capacity gathering yesterday in Chicago. We looked at four United States Supreme Court decisions in health care, search & seizure, free speech and equal protection ...