Normally it is better to attend any event in person, rather than suffering the misimpressions, disconnection (and commercials) dictated by television. I remember for example how much the people who saw on television my favorite fight, Sugar Ray Leonard beating up Marvelous Marvin Hagler under … Continue reading
Stephen Honig
Why does public debate focus on the wrong questions? It is not about whether the pledge of allegiance has educational value or is fascist. It is about whether it violates the establishment clause of the Constitution (as does our form … Continue reading
On Cape Cod, there is an old rail bed that reaches 22 miles from Harwich to Wellfleet, running mostly through scrub pine and an occasional marsh, and a few times jumping the tracks to weave though a town where all traces … Continue reading
Our economy is deeply distressed and won’t get better soon because our problems are systemic and will not respond to any of the policies recommended by either party. The trigger for this blog is last Thursday night’s debate of Republican … Continue reading
I had it when I left New York. Of course that was a long time ago, 48 years ago to be exact (being exact is, by the way, highly overrated). When I moved to Massachusetts I took it off. Actually … Continue reading
I am not into body piercing and tattoos. In fact, when I sat down to write this blog I originally misspelled “tattoo,” that is how alien the whole thing is. As for the “fat” part, as we say in the law … Continue reading
Below is a link to my July article for InHouse, the newspaper for in-house attorneys. It discusses the US Supreme Court view on bringing securities law class actions, with an interesting sidelight on how the SEC proposes to clamp down … Continue reading
This seems a point in history when we are focused on the role of money in politics as never before. The floodgates of corporate money were opened in 2010 when the US Supreme Court in the Citizens United case held that … Continue reading
Congress could not get out of DC fast enough after passing the debt deal, although it is hard to imagine why. I am not sure that anyone would want to go home and answer the questions of constituents. It is … Continue reading
A brief article in the recent press reports that George Soros will convert his $25B hedge fund into a family office to avoid newly enacted SEC regulations affecting hedge fund advisers. There are reports that many other hedge fund managers are considering … Continue reading