culture – Notes From Real Life

On the Evils of Guardianship

Here we explore the ills of the practice of professional guardianship in the State of Florida. Take a peek and be horrified.

I know I’m not the only one who takes a while to adjust to daylight savings time every single year. Every year the one hour deficit is brutal. This year I began to think more deeply about this. Everyone complains about the time change. No one can reasonably explain how it came about and whatContinue reading “On Daylight Savings”

Open Letter From Your Dying Mother or Father

This post is informed by the clients and families I have served in my role as an estate planning and probate attorney and all the different scenarios I have witnessed. It is also inspired by my father who cared for his own mother who suffered from alzhiemers until she was 100 in her own home,Continue reading “Open Letter From Your Dying Mother or Father”

On Chaos

Having just been in Dubai for my first time only a couple of weeks ago, the news of the U.S. partnering with Israel to bomb Iran is heartbreaking. I was there for work and it was such an eye opening experience. I feel like here in the U.S. we only hear about this region inContinue reading “On Chaos”

On Transparency: The Power of Shared Stories

I feel like everyone is kind of coming out of a period of hibernation as we enter this new year, speaking truths that have laid dormant for quite a while. We endured such a period of censorship that now podcasters and journalists are swinging in the opposite direction, more expressive, controversial and in your faceContinue reading “On Transparency: The Power of Shared Stories”

Revamping the Broken US Education System

Talking with a teacher friend of mine this weekend provided great insight into a clearly broken system. As background, recall that the current US public educational system stems from the efforts of devoted self proclaimed democratists Horace Mann and John Dewey. As Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education, Mann championed the idea of “commonContinue reading “Revamping the Broken US Education System”

A Comparative Analysis of the Law of Two States

This morning I had the luxury of time and picked up two of my neglected periodicals, the Colorado Lawyer and The Florida Bar Journal. Reading through these side by side, which I rarely do, was an instructive experience that highlighted the difference between my two states of bar licensure. One difference between the states is thatContinue reading “A Comparative Analysis of the Law of Two States”

A Thoughtful Discourse on Abortion

Abortion is not or should not be a political issue. It has become so as the result of some positive evolutions, including the freedoms of women and the technological and medical ability to keep even very premature babies alive outside of the mother. Unwanted pregnancy has always existed. In former times it was dealt withContinue reading “A Thoughtful Discourse on Abortion”

Our Kids

Today I was thinking on the issue of so many kids having issues in school, with ADHD, autism, sensory issues, allergies, and every condition in between. In essence, having a student with issues in the school system has basically become the norm. At first I hypothesized in my conspiratorially minded way that the parents, andContinue reading “Our Kids”

Wisdom 💬💎

The South wanted slaves to count as full persons for voting purposes. The North wanted them to count as 3/5. Is this because the North thought less of blacks than the South? No. It is because the North was so against slavery they wanted the practice to end. Counting slaves as full persons would haveContinue reading “Wisdom 💬💎”