Quoth the Associated Press:By acclimation, the Republicans nominated Palin as their vice presidential pick Thursday night, an almost anticlimactic step after McCain's surprise selection of her last Friday and her speech Wednesday night.

A political convention is theatre, and the clothing worn by the participants is costume. Every choice has a meaning.I think the costume designer for Governor Palin's speech last night:has a really dark sense of humor:

When lawyers start talking about The Art of War, I sometimes suggest that they should first read and grok -- or at least understand -- Lao Tse. My thinking is that without recognizing the philosophical pilings beneath The Art of War a lawyer can reach only a superficial understanding of Sun Tzu's precepts. There are many paths to the Tao, and law school is not ordinarily one.In

Brooklyn lawyer Marina Tylo has sued New York Attorney Malpractice Blog blogger Andrew Lavoott Bluestone for defamation, because he wrote about a case in which she was (unsuccessfully) sued for malpractice for "serving a summons before buying the index number." (I gather that "buying the index number" is the New York's equivalent of filing a lawsuit.) It seems that, according to Tylo, in his blog Bluestone defamed

I still have no authoritative info on the object of Fort Bend County District Attorney John Healey's appointment as special prosecutor. Along with Healey, his first assistant (Fred Felcman?) was appointed by Judge Belinda Hill of the 230th District Court of Harris County. Judge Hill maintains that the order appointing the duo is sealed. I haven't yet researched whether Texas law allows sealing of such an order.Meanwhile,

Blonde Justice and Western Justice (what is this "Justice" thing of which you speak?) have addressed the question of why a criminal-defense lawyer would not share exculpatory information before trial with the Government. WJ asked, "why would someone wait until trial to show the prosecutor exculpatory information like that?" The Blonde's answer (written before WJ's question, but linked to in a comment) is that it's a question

In what some enterprising capitalist thought was a neat idea, Houston's Federal Detention Center is no longer going to be used for pretrial detainees, but rather for people who have already been sentenced. In other words, instead of a detention center it's going to be a prison. Smack dab in the heart of downtown Houston.This shouldn't come as any big shock to anyone who has watched our

. . . you have your HR officer send out a bulk email explaining the procedure for resigning:From: Walker, GaleSent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 4:31 PMTo: All DA EmployeesSubject: Resigned Employees...Friendly Reminder…Re: Letter of ResignationAll Employees of the Harris County District Attorney’s Office (including Summer Paid Interns) are required to submit a preferred two-week notice of resignation. Upon notification of resignation, please have the Employee send an