Perry Mason

Lawyers on Reality Television: Should We Object?

Karen Thalacker | Posted 10.23.2009 | Media


Karen Thalacker

Is there entertainment value in "everyday people" with real legal problems getting non-binding legal advice from lawyers who aren't really their lawyers?

Moral Certainty Leads to Change of Venue

Byron Williams | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics


Byron Williams

The few seconds of grainy footage that show Oscar Grant being fatally shot at the Fruitvale BART station in Oakland were all the evidence required for many protesters to become morally certain.

Al Franken, Perry Mason, and Health Care: An Unlikely Trilogy

Kristina Brittenham | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics


Kristina Brittenham

At some point, we probably rooted for the same outcome of the episode, the same ending to the movie. Yet some of us are running this country now, while the rest of us are watching the news, wondering when our elected officials will get their acts together.

That's All You Got? The Attacks on Sotomayor Come Across as Desperate

Daniel Cubias | Posted 06.28.2009 | Politics


Daniel Cubias

In the spirit of bipartisanship, I offer the following: Drop the lame attacks on Sonia Sotomayor, because they're not going to work.