From the “too modest” department: when you find out that a fellow you knew only as an appraiser/MAI (who once mentioned offhand that he was “in the Army for a bit before I became an appraiser”) was so much more than what you knew him as.
Yes, he was the one who taught you about
But seriously, have a very happy and restful holiday.
– Your friends at inversecondemnation.com
What to get the dirt lawyer in your life for the holidays? Charlie Brown got a bag of rocks for Halloween, so there’s that. Or there are the old reliable, origami boulders. But you are better than that and want to be a good gifter.
So here are our 2021 suggestions for stocking
This is one post I wish I didn’t have to write. I recently learned that long-time colleague, friend, and kindred spirit Jim Mee passed away in September.
Jim was one of the good guys, a true giant in the Hawaii land use and eminent domain Bar. His accolades are many, his list of professional accomplishments
On the day we celebrate Constitution Day (or should we say Khaaaaan-stitution Day?) we have to admit that pretty much nothing beats One Named Kirk’s reading of the Preamble.
KIRK: This was not written for chiefs.Hear me! Hear this! Among my people, we carry many such words as this from many lands
Every year at this time, it seems, we’re realizing again that as you get older, you forget birthdays. It only occurred to us only over this past weekend that that this blog’s “birthday” was looming and we almost let it slip by without notice. It hardly seems like fifteen years ago that we posted here
We don’t have our own regular podcast (should we?) but have had the privilege of appearing on others’ podcasts, and have posted our own audio from time-to-time. Here’s a list:
A note for those of you who subscribe to the blog for email updates and notifications. Our longstanding email feed distributor, Feedburner (by Google) has announced that it is spinning down, and will no longer provide subscriptions and updates to blogs by email.
As a consequence, as of today, Friday, July 23, 201, we’ve
It’s not quite “Yes Virginia…” but here is our annual Independence Day missive on the legal angle on the Declaration. This may have special significance as the nation is in the process of reexamining many of our assumptions and history. But though the Founders may have been flawed individuals, there’s really no question