Monthly Archives: July 2010

“Divorce is costly. The settlement need not be.”

Stephanie West Allen at idealawg has excerpted from an interesting opinion piece in today’s online edition of The Christian Science Monitor: [...] three underlying problems will remain – and it is these problems, and not the adjustments that might be … Continue reading

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On “non-alternative ADR”

From a Globe and Mail editorial on July 21, 2010 about B.C.’s proposals to update its family law statute: [...] To a considerable extent, family law is about family breakdown and the disagreements that follow. No one thinks that courts of … Continue reading

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Happy July 4th, 2010

Listen to Walt Whitman’s voice on July 4th weekend: This is a 36-second wax cylinder recording of what is thought to be Whitman’s voice reading four lines from the poem “America.” For more information on this recording, see Ed Folsom, … Continue reading

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