Don’t read this one

Don’t read this one

Jun. 21, 2010 by

After seeing David Mamet’s play Race on Broadway, Sharon and I had half-an-hour until our train left New York’s Penn Station for our home in Montclair, New Jersey. We went to a bar.  I ordered a Heineken and she a glass

The Perfect Pitch

The Perfect Pitch

Jun. 7, 2010 by

Under the shadow of Armando Galarraga’s stolen perfect game, and umpire Jim Joyce’s human imperfection, I am moved to ponder the word pitch. In baseball, when a pitch comes at you, it is meant to either intimidate, bamboozle, or go

Facts Make the Speech Writer

Facts Make the Speech Writer

Jun. 4, 2010 by

The famed defense attorney, F. Lee Bailey, was once asked what the key was to a successful case.  People expected him to say a spellbinding closing statement or a good jury selection process or an impressive cross-examination of a crucial