Opinion
Humans Ousted from Legal Sector by Lawyer-Robots
November 9, 2011 # # # # # (0)

Eerie music plays in the background as the graying world becomes desolate and infested with the machines. It’s 2025. They have won.
We thought it was harmless at first. Creating robots made sense. Who better to lead the litigation for a

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Culture & Entertainment
Caveat Emptor
August 2, 2011 # # (1)

Among the first words out of Michael Halberstam’s mouth were, “I’m not ready to be dating.” Then what are you doing on a dating website? I wondered momentarily before agreeing to meet him for a drink at WXOU Radio Bar

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Culture & Entertainment
Everything I Need to Know in Life, I Learned in Television
March 1, 2011 # # # (0)

Everything you need to know about Rein Elmore can be encapsulated in three episodes, keeping in mind that they are as similar to one another as they are to many more episodes, of which these three are merely representative:
Episode One:

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Culture & Entertainment
Lawyer with a Heart of Gold or An Educated Guess Regarding the Lawyer’s Role in the Wild West
February 1, 2011 # # # (0)

Someone shot the Sheriff. No individual had yet been deputized.
It was 1872 and the town of Rumination was but three days old—having only that long ago been christened an official settlement under the laws of the great state of Utah

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Culture & Entertainment
Manhattan Beauty and the Homeless Beast
November 2, 2010 # # (0)

She passed him each morning on her walk to class. Like a Manhattan goddess, she descended in the Otis elevator from her Lower East Side doorman-guarded highrise, and prepared her sunglasses as she catwalked onto the sidewalk. She

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Culture & Entertainment
Lex Causae
October 4, 2010 # (2)

I stand silently for a full minute before lowering myself onto the kitchen chair.  I consider the way Susan’s face changed as she gave me the message, how her mouth subtly turned downward during the short delivery:
“You got a call

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Culture & Entertainment
The Corporate Lunchroom: Confessions of a Summer Intern
March 3, 2010 # (0)

It took me a little over 30 seconds to remove seven of my nine earrings, leaving only a small, 24-karat stud in each ear. The earring-return later in the day proved a bit longer, but still, I convinced myself that

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