A useful prop for bad legal reform From time to time, we hear about a frivolous lawsuit, one that has no merit and is so absurd as to have little chance of prevailing. Such lawsuits are often filed...

Signing away your protection. Many of the contracts we sign nowadays have a mandatory arbitration clause, and that includes those used for employment, insurance, home-building, car loans and leases...

An ancient tribal art is today’s form of self-expression When we Boomers were kids, if you had a tattoo it meant you were a tough guy, a sailor or a side show freak. Today every blonde teenage...

That’s a burning legal question. Let me begin by saying I am for the legalization of Marijuana. I am for both the legalization of medical and recreational marijuana. I find it simply...

The ancient Zen question. Of course, as with many questions there are often more than one answer.  All of these multiple answers give way to the science  of Philosophy.   To avoid boring myself...

It’s just a matter of attitude It’s not that I hate the flying, it’s everything else that goes into it. Why must I take off my hat and vest, and not my shoes. Why must I sweat out the...

Which pairings work best? We’re all familiar with the tale of a man and a woman from two different worlds falling in love — one’s usually a Pollyanna or a goody two shoes and the...

The irrational side of love. Romantic love is a wonderful thing. In fact, it’s so wonderful that we hold onto it as an ideal. In our imaginations, the object of our affections is head over...

And why that’s important for a relationship. When we think about finding a partner, our first inclination is to rely on our hearts. Certainly, romantic love is important, but it’s of limited value...

Our need to look upon disasters is psychologically healthy. Our eyes are drawn to a disaster, be it natural, such as a hurricane, volcanic eruption, or tornado, or man-made, such as a car crash or...