Observations From The Sideline

I have watched with interest, if not almost fascination, the presidential race on both the Republican and Democratic side in the last month. From the debates to the primaries to the overwhelming media coverage online, I have followed the candidates, their comments and the ups and downs on the road to Super Tuesday next week. [...]

Sakura Sensei

We were without cable television for the first year and a half that we lived in New York. I don’t recommend it. We picked up very few channels with the bunny-ears antenna that we had and what we could watch was not clear. The whole experience was far from the HDTV viewing pleasure that I [...]

Walking Hanna

Our little Hanna is not as little as she used to be. Soon she’ll be nine months old. Her favorite activity is to walk with the help of mom or dad. We hold her by her hands and she knows how to take steps to go somewhere. Interestingly, she seems to have no desire to [...]

Power at the Podium

In watching the Democratic debates Monday night in South Carolina, I was reminded of an experience I had while still in my youth. Like most schools, my junior high school (which I have written about here before) held elections in which anyone can run for the school’s student body president. After a week of slogans, [...]

Big Brother No More

Since October I have been participating in the Big Brothers/Big Sisters program organized through my employer as part of the pro bono program. Prior to the program starting for this academic year, I was interviewed at length and was accepted into the program as a “Big”. I was then matched with a “Little” at a [...]

Man On Fire

Friday night was an eventful night on the 7:16 p.m. train home from Manhattan. At the stop before mine, I, like always, began putting my book and iPod away when the train died. It literally died – there was no engine or electricity or any sound at all. I thought nothing of it until people [...]

Uncertain Times

Traditionally, January has been a good time for lawyers to leave their jobs and begin looking for positions at other firms. This is true for many reasons, but primarily because very little movement takes place at firms between August and the end of the year; lawyers wait to receive their end-of-the-year bonus before they are [...]

Running From The Law?

I’m not sure we as a country can stomach eleven more months of this type of aggressive campaigning and media frenzy. The fighting going on now between potential candidates is all occurring within the same party. Just wait until the two front runners emerge in the coming weeks and begin attacking the opposing party. I [...]

2008 Goals

In retrospect, there are many ways I could live better in 2008 than I did in 2007. Don’t get me wrong, 2007 was a good year for me, but I could do more. Every year since at least 2000 I remember sitting down and writing out goals for the year. I have always had a [...]