Robert Ambrogi BlogIt’s that time of year, when many a lawyer’s thoughts turn to baseball playoffs. But for two lawyers in particular, baseball is almost an obsession, one defined by debunking common myths and legends about America’s past time. They are Howard M. Bloom and Michael Kun, authors of the book, The Baseball Uncyclopedia:…
Blogs and ‘news’ that is not new
The RSS feed of a prominent legal blogger recently carried an item tagged “breaking news” describing an important federal circuit court opinion. But when I followed the link from the feed to the blog to read the full item, all I got was “page not found.” I checked the time and date of the feed…
Near-death experience
My older son nearly died this week, all from an unlabeled peanut butter cookie. We’ve known of his peanut allergy since he was an infant and thought we had it pretty well in hand. But one taste of an unmarked cookie from his school cafeteria sent him into critical anaphylactic shock and required him to…