Should Halloween Be Outlawed? A Legal Analysis

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SUMMARY This “light-hearted” legal analysis explores whether Halloween should be banned. Arguments against include safety concerns, property rights violations, liability issues and health risks. Arguments for keeping it legal cite First Amendment protections, community building, cultural tradition, parental rights and proportionality. Existing regulations address concerns without banning the holiday. Conclusion: Halloween would easily survive constitutional … Read more

Artificial Intelligence and Attorney-Client Privilege

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SUMMARY Attorney-client privilege faces significant challenges with AI use. When lawyers input client information into AI systems, they risk waiving privilege by sharing confidential data with third-party providers. The Rules of Professional Conduct require attorneys to maintain confidentiality, demonstrate technological competence and ensure adequate safeguards. Lawyers should anonymize information, use specialized legal AI tools with … Read more

White House East Wing Demolition: Legal Options

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SUMMARIZE The Trump administration has begun demolishing the White House East Wing for a privately funded ballroom without required federal reviews, violating property and historic preservation laws. Congressional and agency enforcement mechanisms are ineffective because the president controls the agencies that would normally stop illegal work. Litigation offers the only realistic enforcement option, but faces … Read more

Navigating Early-Stage Funding

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SUMMARY Tech startups should typically pursue friends-and-family and angel funding before approaching venture capitalists. This sequence offers crucial advantages: founders retain more equity (giving up 5-15% versus 20-30% to VCs), gain negotiating leverage through early traction, maintain operational autonomy and use simpler legal structures like convertible notes. Early capital provides time to experiment without board … Read more

George Santos: From Congress to Prison to Freedom

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SUMMARY Former Congressman George Santos served just 84 days of his seven-year federal prison sentence for wire fraud and identity theft before President Trump commuted it in October 2025. Santos, who lied about virtually everything to get elected and stole from donors and family members, walked free based on political loyalty rather than justice, highlighting … Read more

The Weaponization of Justice

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SUMMARY Under the Trump administration, federal law enforcement has increasingly targeted political adversaries, including former FBI Director James Comey, state prosecutors and civil society groups. This weaponization of justice undermines core democratic principles—impartiality, fairness, and equal treatment under law. Political prosecutions erode public trust, chill free expression and weaken constitutional checks on executive power. Historical precedents … Read more

Should Kids Use AI?

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SUMMARY The debate over children using AI mirrors earlier concerns about tablets and smartphones. While AI offers personalized learning benefits, risks include impaired critical thinking, shortened attention spans, privacy violations and device dependency. A decade of tablet use showed that educational promises largely failed while mental health concerns mounted. Though supervised AI use is recommended, … Read more

Intelligence Across Boundaries: Jane Goodall’s Legacy in the Age of Artificial Minds

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SUMMARY Jane Goodall’s passing marks the end of a transformative life that redefined our understanding of intelligence across species boundaries. Her decades of chimpanzee research revealed tool use, emotional depth and cultural transmission in non-human primates, challenging human exceptionalism. Her legacy now resonates with contemporary AI development, as both biological and artificial intelligence compel us … Read more

Beyond Yelp: Using AI to Pick Restaurants

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SUMMARY AI revolutionizes restaurant selection by acting as an intelligent dining consultant that processes multiple preferences simultaneously, delivers tailored recommendations and secures reservations. Unlike traditional review sites or random choices, AI understands nuanced criteria and analyzes large volumes of feedback to identify ideal dining options, including real-time wait times and availability. By enabling personalized, efficient … Read more

Charlie Kirk & Government Speech Control

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SUMMARY Jawboning refers to government actors using informal threats or regulatory pressure to influence private speech, raising significant First Amendment concerns. The temporary, but very real, suspension of Jimmy Kimmel’s show following his remarks about Charlie Kirk’s assassination exemplifies how such pressure creates a chilling effect, effectively silencing speech without direct censorship. Landmark court cases … Read more

Why Isn’t Publishers Clearing House Paying Its Prize Winners?

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SUMMARY Publishers Clearing House (PCH) filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in April 2025 due to declining magazine sales, heavy debt and an $18.5 million FTC settlement for misleading sweepstakes marketing. Despite initially assuring uninterrupted payments, PCH ceased lifetime prize payouts by July 2025 after ARB Interactive acquired its assets but not liabilities. Past winners, including … Read more

AI Business Planning for Tech Founders

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SUMMARY AI business planning tools empower tech founders by automating market research, financial modeling and strategic planning, delivering data-driven insights and efficiency. Engineers leverage their analytical skills to critically evaluate and refine AI outputs, ensuring alignment with technical realities and investor expectations. This hybrid approach enhances accuracy, scalability and adaptability in business plans, bridging the … Read more