By Carol Daugherty Rasnic ED: Carol Daugherty Rasnic is Professor of Law emerita at Virginia Commonwealth University. She has practiced law in Tennessee and Virginia and has taught at several law schools in Austria, Germany, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. Dr, Rasnic has contributed articles to this WEB site in the past and is a [...]
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“Dave”
January 29th, 2012 
danny 
The movie “Dave” is a 1993 comedy/drama starring Kevin Cline and Sigourney Weaver. It is the story of a look-alike who was hired to substitute for “the President” one evening while the latter was “busy” in an extra-marital event. The President, obviously overstressed in his “work”, has a near-fatal heart attack, is in a [...]
Lawyers, Candle-stick Makers, etc.
January 22nd, 2012 danny 
“Legal disclaimer”: I have a lot of friends (well, a couple of ‘em at least!) who are lawyers; this is NOT aimed at them. While sitting in front of the TV, I notice that there are a LOT of “wrongful” – (death), (sickness), (accident), (injury) case offers that, if you call their number you most [...]
Hydrogen – Fuel Of The Future (Today?)
January 15th, 2012 danny 
The hydrogen fuel cell is not a new idea. It was invented in 1839 by Sir William Grove, a Welsh judge, but at that time there were NO vehicles on the road! It took 127 more years to develop a car with a fuel cell. Still, development of the cell progressed over the years and [...]
