Society at Large

Can an Expunction or Expungement Lawyer Help you Get the Dream Job?

Can an Expunction or Expungement Lawyer Help you Get the Dream Job?

Getting that dream job can be one of the most satisfying moments in a person’s life. It may be the culmination of years of study or training and... Read more

Institutional Racism, Part 2

Institutional Racism, Part 2

Miss the first one? Go here >>>Institutional racism in the United States is real. Patriotic pride doesn’t negate it. A “colorblind”... Read more

Institutional Racism by Non-Racists? Part 1

Institutional Racism by Non-Racists? Part 1

Institutional racism by non-racists no longer requires having open, expressed hatred toward anyone because of the color of their skin. Race* makes a... Read more

Legalized Racial Discrimination and More

Legalized Racial Discrimination and More

Recently, I’ve been consuming books* about race in the United States. The first of these, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration In The Age Of... Read more

Land of The Free? Part 3

Land of The Free? Part 3

Our cherished “Land of the Free” isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.  The term is not reality, even if it is a fantastic aspiration.... Read more

“Land of the Free?”, Part 2

“Land of the Free?”, Part 2

The United States of America is NOT the “Land of the Free”.  If that hurts your feelings, I’m with you.  In Part 1, I described in... Read more

“Land of The Free”? Part 1

“Land of The Free”? Part 1

America is addicted. It is a non-stop compulsion. Lives are ruined by the millions. It marks people for life, if they can manage to escape. The drug?... Read more

Free Speech Has Limits

Free Speech Has Limits

January 6, 2021, Will Live In InfamyThe United States Capitol was attacked by a pro-Trump mob last week and free speech has been implicated in... Read more

Meaningful Police Reform

Meaningful Police Reform

Where to Start?Meaningful police reform. What does it entail?  There is no single answer, no one-step solution. Problems are long-standing and... Read more

Defund the Police?

Defund the Police?

“Defund the police.” It sounds provocative.  It is.  What it provokes depends upon the person.  I hadn’t heard that term until a... Read more

Coronavirus Exposing Legal System Shortcomings

Coronavirus Exposing Legal System Shortcomings

In my more than 25 years of practice, I’ve seen nothing comparable to the effect of COVID-19 on the operation of the legal system.  The... Read more

Brooks County, Texas: Ground Zero

Brooks County, Texas: Ground Zero

Brooks County, Texas, is a sleepy rural county with more than its share of poverty.  You’d never suspect it was a hotbed of activity, but it... Read more

Grand Jury: Constitutional Protection, But Easily Manipulated

Grand Jury: Constitutional Protection, But Easily Manipulated

You have a right to a grand jury.  Yes, you really do. Really.  It’s right there in The Fifth Amendment of our country’s... Read more

“They Didn’t Read Me My [Miranda] Rights.” And?

“They Didn’t Read Me My [Miranda] Rights.” And?

Reading Your Rights To You After Arrest Is Not RequiredMiranda Is One Of The Best-Known U.S. Supreme Court Case Names“They didn’t read me my... Read more

6 Things Which Don’t Win Your DWI (By Themselves)

6 Things Which Don’t Win Your DWI (By Themselves)

Your DWI May Have Some Great Defenses, But These Usually Aren’tIn some ways, these topics might be woven into your overall defense strategy, but... Read more

Criminal Accountability

Criminal Accountability

Bring ’em to Justice!Americans want criminals brought to justice for their crimes.  Few people consider who polices the police.  Cop,... Read more

Criminal Mis-In-Unjustice

Criminal Mis-In-Unjustice

Few systems designed by human beings can be as serious as one set up to take the very lives of people, their liberty, and their property. Our... Read more

Police Accountability in Corpus Christi

Police Accountability in Corpus Christi

CCPD Officer Arrested AGAIN for AssaultUPDATE: The now former CCPD officer was sentenced to 10 years in prison for continuous family violence and... Read more

Kitchen Certification

Kitchen Certification

Imagine you run the public school systems’ kitchens throughout a state and have the title Executive Director of School Kitchens.You have a problem.... Read more

Body Cameras Key to Improving Police-Public Relations

Body Cameras Key to Improving Police-Public Relations

CCPD IS USING BODY CAMERAS, BUT THEY NEED MOREAccording to a report on KRIS-TV, approximately 1/3 of Corpus Christi Police Department uniformed... Read more

Gory, Blood Draw Labor Day Weekend in Corpus Christi

Gory, Blood Draw Labor Day Weekend in Corpus Christi

YOU ARE BEING THREATENED BY THE DAThe Nueces County District Attorney just threatened YOU in public fashion. The threat? You will be... Read more

“Us Versus Them” attitudes undermine “Us”

“Us Versus Them” attitudes undermine “Us”

I am eyeballs deep in Dallas Cowboy country, and Sunday was an angry day for many, maybe almost all, Cowboy fans.  You see, the Cowboys lost a... Read more

How much difference can Floyd Simpson make to Corpus Christi?

How much difference can Floyd Simpson make to Corpus Christi?

A few months ago, I was at Corpus Christi’s City Hall to find some information.  As I walked in, I must have looked lost because a man... Read more