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: Insurance Law • Katrina • Law Libraries • Work/Life Balance • Legal Information
Recent Posts from Minor Wisdom
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All is not well after Gustav
Wherever you are, please banish the notion that Gustav did little damage. Although New Orleans came through relatively okay, areas south and west of New Orleans did not. For details you won’t find in the…
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Propaganda
Between now and November 4, we are going to be bombarded with propaganda from both major parties. To help us spot it, Roy Peter Clark offers his seven-point propaganda detector.
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“You want them eggs ...”
What can we say about Bobby Lounge? He says that he’s confined to an iron lung, not as a medical necessity, but as a matter of personal choice. His on-stage wardrobe is like a dumpster-diving…
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The sound you here is millions of jaws dropping to the floor.
The Hill reports:Georgia Republican Rep. Lynn Westmoreland used the racially-tinged term “uppity” to describe Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama Thursday. Westmoreland was discussing vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin’s speech with reporters outside the House chamber…
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Lemonade
I’m happy to report that sometime this afternoon, the Ward household finally got some electricity from Entergy. What a relief! Nevertheless, a lengthy power failure isn’t all bad. For one thing, it prompted us to…
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All is well here.
New Orleans weathered the storm well. We have no electricity, but water and gas utilities are okay. Except for maybe a couple of shingles, the house is fine. Gustav was about what I expected it…
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The saints
“The wonderful thing about saints is that they were human. They lost their tempers, scolded God, were egotistical or testy of impatient in their turns, made mistakes and regretted them. Still they went on doggedly…
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Please read this.
Athenae has written a beautiful essay and posted it on First Draft. Please read it.
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Primary sources of hurricane information
Here are some Web sites that New Orleans bloggers rely on for trustworthy information about hurricanes: The National Hurricane Center. This is where the TV weathercasters get their information. If you like your information unfiltered…
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A third-year checkup
I am blessed—or have the disadvantage of—living on what’s been called “the sliver by the river,” or “the isle of denial,” the part of town that didn’t flood in 2005. Where I live, it looks…