Sunday Morning Meditation

No. 1,563 Gratitude I resolve to be aware of how lucky I have been in life. I am grateful to be alive and physically and mentally strong today. I am grateful for the gift of my family. Compassion I resolve to listen to and observe others today without judgment. I resolve to be a friend. […]

P-G Editorializes Regarding Court Costs in Landlord Tenant cases

No. 1,562 The Post-Gazette, which has been running articles about landlord-tenant cases at the Magisterial level, states that the court costs, which are about $150, are a burden on the poor, especially those about to be homeless. To clarify, the landlord pays the costs when filing the case. When a judgment is entered in favor […]

The Strangest #Me Too Case Yet.

No. 1,561 If Judge Kavenaugh had never been nominated to the Supreme Court, no one would have heard the accusations made by Dr. Ford. She is stepping forward only because he was nominated to the Supreme Court and is about to be confirmed by the Senate. She says she didn’t tell her parents about the […]

Shooting in the Court

No. 1,560 The shooting at the Magisterial District Judge’s Office in Masontown underlines the exceptional vulnerability of these venues. Typically, an entire morning or afternoon of cases will be scheduled for one time and twenty or more people will be crowded into a small waiting room. A shooter who plans to do so could easily […]

Story Telling

No. 1,559 I’m reading (actually listening to) a new book by one of my favorite biographers, Doris Kearns Goodwin. It is titled “Leadership in Turbulent Times”. Goodwin has been writing books about Presidents Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson for fifty years. This one draws upon a lifetime of study to focus […]

On Blogging.

No. 1,558 JACK SEZ: Writing a blog post is like sending a message out to sea in a bottle. You never know if anybody will ever read it or who the reader might be.

Job Shaming for Lawyers

No. 1,557 The former TV actor who played the son on the Cosby Show, Geoffrey Owen, was photographed bagging groceries at Trader Joe’s and publicly humiliated in the world media. But he courageously turned the situation around when he was interviewed on the national news. Any job is a good job, he stated. He turned […]

In Case You Don’t Read the Newspaper Anymore . . .

No. 1,556

Landlord & Tenant: Enhanced Voucher Rental Assistance and the Perpetual Lease.

No. 1,555 THEODORE HAYES; AQUEELA FOGLE V. PHILIP E. HARVEY, NO. 16-2692, THIRD CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS (2018). “The Hayes family receives enhanced voucher rental assistance from the federal government, and a federal statute provides that enhanced voucher holders “may elect to remain” in their housing developments, even after their landlord has opted out of […]

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