It's days like today that I contemplate maybe ditching this whole law thing and becoming a spokespirate. (
http://www.newser.com/story/79632/somali-pirates-will-donate-booty-to-haiti.html) Helpful tips on how to use the word in a sentence at
http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=2088 As you all know, I never discuss politics but I can enjoy the irony here in a non-partisan way since I have personal knowledge of the character of the person in question: Jenna Bush's book banned in Texas prisons. (
http://prisonlaw.wordpress.com/2010/02/01/fyi-dont-send-jenna-bushs-book-to-any-friends-you-may-have-in-a-texas-prison/)
I'd beg to differ based on the case histories of the hundreds of individuals I've seen but studies supposedly show the effectiveness of outpatient commitments for the criminally insane. (
http://www.crimeandconsequences.com/crimblog/2010/02/more-evidence-on-the-effective.html)
Dan Rather at Westpoint: (
http://www.channels.com/episodes/show/4669930/This-week-on-Dan-Rather-Reports-West-Point-at-War)
If you're thinking of going to law school, PLEASE DON'T!!!!!! We don't have jobs for the people already admitted to the bar, let alone those still in school or the droves applying to law school now. Good reading on the subject:
No room at the bench (
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-greenbaum8-2010jan08,0,1467294.story)
Should the ABA regulate law schools more forcefully to solve the problem? (
http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2010/01/08/should-the-aba-regulate-law-schools-more-forcefully/)
The NYTimes on the huge surge in applications. (
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/education/10grad.html?th&emc=th)
Your terrible fate, should you ignore me, becoming another unemployable grad with hundreds of thousands of educational debt. (
http://abovethelaw.com/2009/10/new_villain_in_law_school_debt.php)
And to cheer you up after all my doom and gloom, that old classic, now updated with more MOSs, The Differential Theory of the US Armed Forces, Snake Model: (
http://www.blackfive.net/main/2010/01/the_differentia.html)