Thanks to the translations of Prof. David Lanoue, this website is adorned with
hundreds of haiku by the great Japanese Master Kobayashi Issa. Nonetheless,
I wish David would spend more time drafting his own haiku (and his haiku novels).
Here are a few Lanoue originals:
from a friend far away
express mailed
squash
backyard moon
mosquitos rush the poem
flower illiterate
I wander the garden
wordless
the “Lost Dog” sign
nailed deep
into the oak
David G. Lanoue — see his World Haiku Assn bio page
“flower illiterate” – from Walking the Same Path (HSA Memb. Anthology 2004)
“the ‘Lost Dog’ sign”- Frogpond XXVII: 2
potluck
vioxx con dios: The blawgisphere is aglow from heated commentary on
the $253 million verdict in Ernst v. Merck. One could have guessed in advance
how the post-verdict sides would be lining up. Ted Frank has some choice
observations; Walter Olson collects links; and Steve Bainbridge fears that
Merck will go bankrupt. Evan Schaeffer reminds his colleagues not to start
spending their millions yet (and frankly notes that the Ernst case had some
major causation problems). I’ve remained neutral in the “tort reform” debate,
but this case does suggest that juries can really go overboard with punitive
damages. (The $229 million in punitives here will apparently be reduced to
$1.6 million under the Texas statute.) With thousands of cases in the pipeline,
no single jury should feel the need to punish Merck so harshly.)
“tinyredcheck” Challenged to cap his own fees from Vioxx cases,
Evan Schaeffer links to a prior post in which he
discusses his approach to contingency fees. In
the Comments to that post, you will find my humble
attempts to re-educate Evan on the ethical shortcomings
of the standard contingency fee.
BW aggregates “advice about law school from those who are in it,” but was
open-minded enough to give a cranky old coot another forum. BW picked
up our link via our loyal visitor, Jeremy Richey. Thanks, JR.
