Light Therapy as a Treatment for Traumatic Brain Injury?
Water and sun—its confluence draws us in. Think of standing near an ocean. There’s something about it that’s numinous, preternatural. Perhaps we can sense there’s more going on than just immense landscape and sunlight. It’s what occurs when light interacts with water. There’s something happening that’s life giving, restorative. It’s long been known that light […]
A New Bill of Rights for Children?
It’s an age-old truth that the health of a society is best measured by how it treats its children. Nothing else provides so accurate an indicator. Not the gross national product; not the S & P 500; not the index of consumer expectations. When a society treats its children well this implies that the future […]
Primacy of Language
Language with its almost mystical power—how words can heal or harm—as if speech alone harnesses an unseen force that’s capable of influencing others beyond the level of sound. It’s more than vibratory waves transduced by the cochlea of the inner ear, more than a physiological response. All of us are aware of this power, but we […]
Internet Fact Finding and the Rule of Law
In recent years it has become increasingly common for Courts to base their decisions on facts obtained through Internet searches. These searches are not conducted by the parties; nor are they subject to oversight or cross-examination through the adversarial process. They are performed by the Courts and often the information they obtain is crucial to […]
In Defense of Slow Reading
Reading, we are told, must be performed quickly and accurately. Our eyes must be trained to read fast. Our reading mind must not for a moment pause or linger. We are expected to be brisk and efficient, to work our way through as many pages in as little time as possible. While reading quickly surely […]
Law as Archeology
October. You know it’s that time of year when the maple leaves start to turn orange, yellow, and russet, when the air becomes a bit colder, when wisps of grey smoke from the yard fires curl lazily upward into a transparently blue sky—then you know it’s time for your annual apple picking trip north to […]
Constitutional Obligations
Does the Constitution impose any obligations upon its citizens? Take, for example, the right to vote. The Constitution sets out that a President shall be elected every four years and shall be a natural born citizen of at least thirty–five years of age. (Article II, §§ 1, 5). But it does not impose upon its […]
A New Surgical Option for Children with Erb’s Palsy?
In the past, children with Erb’s Palsy were typically offered three surgical options: nerve grafting, external neurolysis, and nerve transfers. There were, and are, other procedures available, but these are three of the most commonly performed. Nerve grafting. Nerve grafting involves harvesting a nerve from one part of the body and grafting it onto the […]
On Ornate Delivery
The ancients placed great emphasis on public speaking. They devoted considerable attention to the art and science of captivating a listener. Entire books were written on the subject. Many of their notions no longer possess modern relevance, but some of their ideas still can be examined and utilized to this day. They insisted on rigorous […]
On Loyalty
Loyalty. We don’t hear too much of this word anymore. But it’s time for it to make a comeback. What precisely is loyalty? Webster defines loyalty as “the quality or state of being loyal; a loyal feeling; a feeling of strong support for someone or something.” Loyalty can be defined as follows: A willingness to […]
