Minor Wisdom
Minor Wisdom includes the lawyer-author's "off-the-cuff opinions" on topics that include current affairs, depression, legal research and books.
Author: Author Raymond P. Ward is an appellate lawyer with Adams and Reese in New Orleans. He also writes another blawg called The (New) Legal Writer and contributes to Appellate Law & Practice.
Blawg Related Categories: Natural Disasters • Insurance Law • Law Libraries • Work/Life Balance • Legal Information
Recent Posts from Minor Wisdom
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The soup stone
Here’s a lovely story found in The Heart of the Enlightened:A woman in a village was surprised to find a fairly well-dressed stranger at her door asking for something to eat. “I’m sorry,” she said,…
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Diagramming Gov. Palin’s sentences
Usually I tackle English-language uses and abuses on my other blog. But I try to keep that blog non-partisan. So I’ll use this one to post a link to Diagramming Sarah, in which Kitty Burns…
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Alex Johnson, the (almost) king of the blues
A millions thanks to Greg Peters for introducing me to Alex Johnson. Here is Alex’s performance at the 2007 King of the Blues competition. After watching this, I can’t believe he was merely a runner-up.
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Hope
In any twelve-step program, the first step is admitting the problem. But when that step is taken, recovery becomes possible. Even for these people.
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Now it’s the Corps of Engineers’ turn
As reported in America’s Finest News Source, Hurricane Katrina returned to New Orleans yesterday to apologize for what she done.
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My favorite quotation by St. Vincent de Paul
Yesterday was the feast of St. Vincent de Paul. Here is my favorite quotation by Vincent:It is not enough to give soup and bread. This the rich can do. You are the servant of the…
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Henri Nouwen
When I was in seminary college in the late 1970s, I first started hearing about Henri Nouwen. But only recently have I read any of his writings. Right now I’m reading a book of his…
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Ho-hum, another major bank failure
So how fucked up is the U.S. economy? Yesterday’s edition of the New Orleans Times-Picayune points to a disturbing answer. The newspaper carried a Washington Post story about the prior evening’s failure of Washington Mutual,…
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Classical music
On my other blog, I write about legal writing. But here, I’ll express this thought:Typical lawyerspeak: However, I inflicted a gunshot wound on an individual in Reno, for the sole purpose of observing his expiration.…
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The bailout (simplified)
(click here to view) Ed SteinRocky Mountain NewsSep 24, 2008 EditorialCartoonists.com Hat tip to First Draft.