One of the many changes President Obama has promised the United States is immigration reform. Many ideas have been discussed. One of them is the DREAM Act, sponsored by Senator Lugar of Indiana and Senator Durbin of Illinois, among others. The basic idea is to allow certain illegal immigrants who were brought here by their parents at a young age…
The First Amendment was designed to allow many different opinions so that the public could decipher the truth. The right to freedom of expression is our most important right that protects all other rights. Any politician who does not respect the First Amendment is a defender of the tyranny that endangers our freedoms. Our President of the United States, Donald…
1. Everything is in time As you flip through a practice LSAT test book, you read the questions and think, “Yes, I could answer that question.” But can you answer more than 20 of them in 20 minutes? And you can count on yourself not to panic when you hear the supervisor yell, “5 minutes left!” It certainly helps to…
Today, many children spend thousands of hours playing video games. Progressing from GameBoys (TM) to GameCubes (TM), Wii (TM) and XBox (TM), to the final frontier of Massive Multiplayer Online games, it seems to have taken over your life. Is there a way to capitalize on this obsession and find a career that is just as (or at least almost)…
Writing a will is not a one-size-fits-all process, so many people should use the services of an attorney. For many people, it is quite simple: you just need to list all your assets and then determine who will receive these assets after you are gone. However, if you have an unusual circumstance or two, you will need experienced real estate…
A young Catholic growing up in the years preceding Vatican II would find it very curious to discover that the teaching of the scriptures is the “Soul of all theology” (Richard Gula’s Dei Verbum, p. 165, REASON INFORMED BY FAITH). My experience as a student in a Catholic elementary school during the years before Vatican II is that there was…
When people ask about my business, I tell them, “My company offers GPS vehicle tracking systems.” Your answer lets me know if you are employees or business owners. The first words that come out of an employee’s mouth are: “It sounds like ‘Big Brother’ to me.” Oh no, no ‘Big Brother!’ Visions of mind-controlled drones slaving away quickly come to…
By default, Microsoft Word automatically changes straight quotes (‘or “) to smart quotes (smart or typographic) as you type. This is fine if you are only creating your jobs for applications that are not related to article marketing. When you convert smart quotes to HTML, the quotes are converted to non-standard characters that end up littering your document with question…
Many people wonder where a 170 LSAT score takes them. The average LSAT score is 150. But a 170 can pretty much get you anywhere as long as you have a high enough grade point average (GPA). Based on recent statistical data, you have a good chance of getting into any of the 25-30 law schools with such a score.…
Can you be sued for saying you didn’t like a product? Or because a business didn’t like your negative review on Yelp? It has happened, and now California lawmakers have stepped in and banned the practice. The problem involves non-disparagement clauses. The terms of non-disparagement in a contract prohibit someone from making truthful but negative statements about a company, its…