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The Cardinal Lawyer: Peachy

»  Reprinted from the March 2009 issue of Louisville Bar Briefs   «

The truth, at its coldest, is stark and undeniable. These are hard times, not just in the legal profession and higher education, but in our Commonwealth, the United States, and the world at large. Layoffs, budget cuts, and business closings have become routine events, and good times seem unlikely to return soon.

As though our collective misery could sink no deeper, I began thinking about this column amid the frozen wreckage of Louisville's ice storm. Tree branches encased in ice embodied, in a way at once beautiful and treacherous, the hardship that many of us suffered as we lost power and heat. The Indigo Girls expressed the frustration that our city and region felt:

Taking dead trees down before the winter freeze
I said let 'em rot and fall where they may

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Full post as published by University of Louisville Law Faculty on March 16, 2009 (boomark / email).