Have a miscarriage . . . Go To Jail??!!??

As many of you know, I've had a miscarriage.  It sucked.  It still sucks.  However, when I read articles about how Utah wants to be able to prosecute women who have miscarriages, it makes me angry.  Why?  Over 15% - 20% of pregnancies end in miscarriage.  That's just nature's way of handling an nonviable pregnancy.The bill responds to a case in ...continue reading

Why you shouldn’t talk to the police without a lawyer present

If you are not guilty, you should talk to the police, right?  Wrong!  By watching these two videos that I embedded below, I learned how the police can manipulate what you say and find you guilty of something you may have done!  They are long, but very interesting to see the police tactics.  This talk was given at a law school (I think).  This first video ...continue reading

Gift Card Beware!

I've gotten this same email about five times now, so I wanted to give everyone a heads up that if you tend to give gift cards around the holidays, you need to be careful that the cards will be honored after the holidays. Stores that are planning to close after Christmas are still selling the cards through the holidays even though the cards will be worthless ...continue reading

Bravo Tom Dart!

I am not sure if this made the national media yet or not.  However, my Cook County Sheriff has stopped evicting people from foreclosed properties. They have found that a good percentage of people they were throwing out of their houses were renters who did nothing wrong and didn't even know that the house they were living in was being foreclosed. From now ...continue reading


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