Reason, Commerce, Justice & Free Beer
Blog URL http://reasoncommercejustice.blogspot.com
Tags Satire, American Life, Law, Power, History, Nietzsche, Essays, Commentary, Cynicism
An alternately satirical and serious collection of farces, essays and reflections on law, modern life and absurdity penned by an unconventional renegade.
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- MUST WE ALWAYS BE LINKED IN? on Nov 24, 2009 in Technology Reflections Peace Human Beings Law Firms Networking Purposes Individuality Essays Telephones Commerce Success American Life Stress Privacy Communication
OESTERHOUDT STRIKES I don't like telephones. If I'm not expecting a call, I can't stand it when the phone rings. Basically, I don't like interruptions. I like focusing on things. I like dedicating my energy fully to a project and getting it done...
- THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HEARTLESS FORTUNATE PRICKS COMMITTED TO SOLVING EVERYONE ELSE'S PROBLEMS WITH CONDESCENDING PLATITUDES AND RUDE QUIPS on Nov 23, 2009 in Money Stability Pain Family Mental Illness Careerism Employment Compassion Adversity Values Get a Job Equality Success Judgment Problems American Life Satire
POLITICAL PARTIES FOR A CHANGING WORLDBy : Mr. J. Curtis Hinckley, Official Party Spokesman; Ph. D., Yale University (Business Communications); Former Chairman, Conrad, Killrath & Wedgeworth, P.C., A Professional Corporation Serving Professional...
- SHAME OR GUILT : WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? on Nov 20, 2009 in Institutions Words Honor Shame Reflections Positive Law Philosophy Ethics Individuality Essays Expectations Obligation Nietzsche Property Guilt Meaning Power Relationships Principle
AN ESSAYI tried to answer this question during a conversation I had with one of my best friends. We often talk about philosophy and power, and we both agreed that "shame" and "guilt" are "kindred spirits." They are both strongly negative words. No...
- YOUR ENTIRE LIFE IS AN EXTERNALITY on Nov 19, 2009 in Words Cynicism Common Law Employment Externalities Emotion Happiness Human Beings Values Rights Property Equality Power Relationships American Life Consumption Animals
AN ESSAYWhen I studied property law, I learned the word "externality." Before law school, I understood the word to mean what it says: "external to something else." But I soon found out that in the law, words do not always mean what they say in plai...
- OFF TODAY on Nov 18, 2009 in Address to Readers
Last night I started sniffling, coughing and sneezing, so I took some cold meds. They knocked me out quite effectively: I was asleep by 9:30. My mind is still not clear, so I think I'll take a day off from writing to rest. I tried to sit down and...
- AMERICAN TROOPS DON'T NEED MODERN WEAPONS TO BEAT INSURGENTS AND TERRORISTS on Nov 17, 2009 in Technology Honor Iraq War Terrorism Winning Afghanistan American Life Satire Fairness Military
A WORD FROM THE FRONTBy : Colonel Harold F. Ehrenkranz, United States Army, 443rd Infantry Regiment, Kabul, AfghanistanWe are winning the war. We easily defeated Saddam Hussein in 2003 and we drove Osama bin Laden like a rat from his cave. No matte...
- TERROR TRIALS IN NEW YORK : DO WE REALLY CARE ABOUT FAIRNESS? on Nov 16, 2009 in Barack Obama Intuition Emotion Evidence Fairness Juries New York City Essays Trials Terro News Bias Constitutional Law Prejudice Terrorism International Law Supreme Court
AN ESSAYOn Friday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that it would try several key al-Qaeda suspects for their alleged role in the 9/11 attacks. That was big news; under President Bush's direction, the Justice Department deferred exclusively...
