Wear Your Seatbelt

On Saturday night, I had dinner with some of my favorite people – a judge and his partner. At dinner, we talked about their upcoming wedding. I offered my services as a songstress for the ceremony – my Wind Beneath My Wings, my Endless Love – they kindly declined…

Your Safety Shouldn’t Be a Crap Shoot – Why Senator Tillis Is so Very Wrong

You may have heard that Thom Tillis, a Republican United States Senator from North Carolina, said that government shouldn’t require restaurant workers to wash their hands after they use the bathroom. He said, “I don’t have any problem with Starbucks if they choose to opt out of this policy…

The Soda that Started Consumer Protection

Law usually emerges out of a simple, painful, human story – that is what makes law so compelling. Take the birth of consumer protections. It all started in 1928, when a woman named May Donoghue and a friend sat down at the Wellmeadow Café in Paisely, Scotland.  Even though…