: About Me

Semi-retired lawyer, varied experience, including a lot of legal work for and with mentally handicapped, juveniles, parents of handicapped children, health law and most non-criminal legal areas. Focused on legal services for low and middle-income people. Former Peace Corps volunteer (Cameroon 1967-69, Chad 1969-70).

Longstanding interest in science, especially astrophysics, physics, medicine.

I like science-fiction, the real stuff, not junk like you get on the "SciFi" Channel. You won't get any real science on that channel.

Also interested in politics.

Politics, News & Issues > Politics, News & Issues (Other) Should the U.S. government be running the affairs of automakers?

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It is interesting to see the "free market" theorists try to argue that government should not be involved in private business operations. The robber barons of Teddy Roosevelt's day appreciated the government intervention that allowed them to get "free" land for railroads from Indians or whoever controlled the lands. Included in the package was army protection against the Indians. Later federal interventions on behalf of "private business" included police and army protection from union organization efforts. Current protections include a whole host of tax preferences, protection from environm...

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