I graduated from law school in May of 2009, and took the July 2009 Illinois bar exam. I passed, and thought I would share my study approach in case that information is of use to other bar exam takers: [Read the rest of this entry...]
I ended up driving nearly 500 miles yesterday to go find a new house that is closer to my new job. Much of that driving was on interstate highways, and I sadly encountered quite a few drivers who couldn’t manage to yield the left lane to faster moving traffic, making the drive longer and less enjoyable than it needed to be for everyone involved. [Read the rest of this entry...]
My thoughts on the state of the law surrounding illegal drugs are below: [Read the rest of this entry...]
When I first read the story about Blackbird, a web browser for African Americans, I thought it was a joke. Sadly, some people seriously believe that African Americans need a special web browser. As an African American, I must say that that I find this to be bad (and offensive) idea: [Read the rest of this entry...]
Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), joined by other politicians, has asked President George Bush to commute the sentence of former IL Governor George Ryan. My thoughts: [Read the rest of this entry...]
This article addresses my thoughts on the issue of gay rights, from the perspective of a heterosexual male who is engaged to the woman he has dated for nearly 5 years. [Read the rest of this entry...]
I recently had the displeasure of experiencing some racism in my personal life. A racist white person felt it was proper, while drinking a beer near me (I’m an African American), to use the word “nig*er” to disparage the language skills of a 3rd party. The person who made the racist remarks was a drunk whose opinion is of no consequence to me. What I did find to be disturbing was the way that several other people attempted to justify his racist remarks. Each of the rather poor justifications that were given, and my responses, are below: [Read the rest of this entry...]
Spam email is not fun for anyone, however I’ve seen some people go about combating spam in the wrong way: [Read the rest of this entry...]
Tom Dart, the Sheriff of Cook County, IL (which includes Chicago and many of its suburbs) has stated that he will stop serving eviction notices upon those people who are in default on their mortgage. Dart says that it is not his job to “carry out work on behalf of the multi-billion-dollar banks and mortgage industries.” My thoughts on this decision are below: [Read the rest of this entry...]
Copyright law is intended to promote the advancements of the arts and sciences by allowing the creator of a work to benefit financially. This incentive, it is reasoned, will encourage people to create art, music, books, movies, etc. However sometimes copyright is abused, and used to suppress political discussion, as occurred here: [Read the rest of this entry...]
