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I 'm a plaintiff's personal injury attorney with 30 years of trial experience practicing with my law school classmate in Richmond, Virginia.

How I Went From Casablanca To Hoosiers On The Republican Party

By Mark Esposito A fascinating trope making the rounds on the right-wing blogs this week (here‘s one from the Mothership) concerns Michigan Communications Professor Susan Douglas and her provocative article originally entitled I Hate Republicans. In it, Douglas lays out her indictment … Continue reading

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Obama Redefined

By Mark Esposito Chastened by the “Mandate of the Mid-terms’? Hardly. Doubling down on his confrontation with Republicans who control both houses of Congress but lacking a veto proof super majority, Barack Obama has decided to give Americans a real … Continue reading

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UNC Blocks Research Into Its Athletes’ Dismal Reading Skills. Reason? It Might Violate Their Policy on Human Research

By MARK ESPOSITO Professor Mary Willingham is an audacious academic as defined by our times. Aghast by having to teach basic reading skills (like sounding out “Wis-con-sin”) to athletes in the University of North Carolina’s revenue producing sports programs –read … Continue reading

Posted in Education, Sports | 23 Comments

Baby Slapper Gets Eight Months In Time Out. Too Long?

By MARK ESPOSITO Joe Rickey Hundley was having a bad day … a really bad day  … when he boarded Delta flight 721 from Minneapolis to Atlanta. It seems his son had slipped into a diabetic coma the day before and … Continue reading

Posted in Crime, Weird Crime | 15 Comments