Paul Luvera Journal tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-298486 2010-02-07T15:14:47-08:00 Personal views & commentary about politics, current affairs, religion, enviornment, medicine, science, motivation, communication & life. See: Plaintiff Trial Lawyer Tips www.plaintifftriallawyertips.com Paul Luvera Photo Album www.paulluveraphotoalbum.com Luvera Law Firm www.luveralawfirm.com TypePad LESSONS LEARNED FROM TWENTY FOUR YEARS AS A CATHOLIC PRIEST tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c84f353ef0120a8710317970b 2010-02-07T15:14:47-08:00 2010-02-08T07:35:59-08:00 Peter J. Daly is a Catholic priest, in Prince Frederick, Maryland who recently wrote about what he had learned after twenty four years of being a priest in the Catholic Northwest Progress newspaper http:\\www.seattlearch.org Here is part of what he... Paul Luvera http://www.paulluvera.com/weblog/2010/02/lessons-learned-from-twenty-four-years-as-a-catholic-priest.html THE 'DO NOTHING CONGRESS' AND THE FIVE CENT CIGAR tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c84f353ef0120a8577bb2970b 2010-02-03T07:27:06-08:00 2010-02-03T07:26:51-08:00 The 1948 presidential election is considered by most historians as one of the greatest upsets in American presidential history. Harry Truman defeated the highly favored Republican candidate Thomas E. Dewey. The surprise victory happened after Harry started a 31,000 mile... Paul Luvera http://www.paulluvera.com/weblog/2010/02/the-do-nothing-congress-and-the-five-cent-cigar.html ALISON KAIRIS NAMED TO PRESIDENT'S LIST GONZAGA UNIVERSITY tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c84f353ef0120a83717dc970b 2010-01-31T11:34:51-08:00 2010-01-31T11:34:51-08:00 Alison Kairis is my grand daughter who is in her second year at Gonzaga University. She is an outstanding athlete, a great student and an outstanding human being. You can take it from me as a very unbiased and objective... Paul Luvera http://www.paulluvera.com/weblog/2010/01/alison-kairis-named-to-presidents-list-gonzaga-university.html RUDE BEHAVIOR BY JUSTICE SAM ALITO tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c84f353ef012877352f2e970c 2010-01-30T10:08:06-08:00 2010-01-30T10:08:06-08:00 How should Americans and, in particular, lawyers, react to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Alito shaking his head and clearly mouthing the words "It’s not true" during the State of the Union Address by the President of the United States? It... Paul Luvera http://www.paulluvera.com/weblog/2010/01/rude-behavior-by-justice-sam-alito.html POLITICAL POLLS AND POLITICAL HUMOR tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c84f353ef0120a813dfc0970b 2010-01-26T14:57:03-08:00 2010-01-26T14:57:03-08:00 Jason Linkins has a great post in the Huffington Report "Comic Strip Artfully Dissects The Media's Obsession with Polls" posted January 26th. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/26/comic-strip-artfully-diss_n_437345.html . The comic strip which clearly illustrates what is wrong with almost all of media political "polls"... Paul Luvera http://www.paulluvera.com/weblog/2010/01/political-polls-and-political-humor.html BOOK BURNING IS ALIVE AND WELL IN AMERICA tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c84f353ef0120a807965c970b 2010-01-24T15:24:26-08:00 2010-01-24T16:03:06-08:00 The classic 1966 movie Faherheit 451 is based on the novel by Ray Bradbury and is being replayed in real life in Ashville, North Carolina. According to The American Trial Lawyer Magazine, the Amazing Grace Baptist Church held a book... Paul Luvera http://www.paulluvera.com/weblog/2010/01/the-classic-1966-movie-faherheit-451-based-on-the-novel-by-ray-bradbury-is-being-replayed-in-real-life-in-ashvillenorth-caro.html SCOTTSDALE & TORNADO WARNINGS tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c84f353ef0120a805f4c0970b 2010-01-24T13:19:08-08:00 2010-01-24T13:18:53-08:00 We flew to Scottsdale on Thursday. It wasn't too bad coming in, just a little bumpy, but there was a down pour of continuous rain once we were on the ground. Our friend, Art Swanson, was driving over from the... Paul Luvera http://www.paulluvera.com/weblog/2010/01/scottsdale-tornado-warnings.html Drew Westen: Obama Finally Gets His Victory For Bipartisanship tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c84f353ef012876f72997970c 2010-01-20T13:21:44-08:00 2010-01-20T13:21:44-08:00 Permit me one more comment about the Massachusetts election. Drew Westen has artfully expressed exactly how I feel right now about President Obama's refusal to put on the political gloves. Here's part of what he writes in the Huffington Report... Paul Luvera http://www.paulluvera.com/weblog/2010/01/drew-westen-obama-finally-gets-his-victory-for-bipartisanship-.html MASSACHUSETTS, BARACK OBAMA & JIMMY CARTER tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c84f353ef0120a7f1fcf9970b 2010-01-20T06:38:01-08:00 2010-01-20T06:37:51-08:00 I have written almost nothing about national politics since Barack Obama was elected president, but the election in Massachusetts is just too much to stomach. A Seattle Times article contained a quote that I thought accurately described what happened in... Paul Luvera http://www.paulluvera.com/weblog/2010/01/massachusetts-barack-obama-jimmy-carter.html THE BOOK "HOW MANY PEOPLE DOES IT TAKE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE?" tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c84f353ef0120a7e7a6c3970b 2010-01-18T08:02:17-08:00 2010-01-18T08:02:17-08:00 I was given as a gift a book with the unusual name of How Many People does it Take to Make a Difference? written by Dan Zadra and Kobi Yamada. I was inspired by the thoughts in this brief book... Paul Luvera http://www.paulluvera.com/weblog/2010/01/the-book-how-many-people-does-it-take-to-make-a-difference.html