President Obama took the oath of office for his second term this week, and like many chief executives before him, he ended his oath with the words “So help me God.” Behind those words lies a longstanding tradition, but also a contemporary controversy. More importantly, though, they serve as a reminder to all Who is really in control.
Invoking God’s Name in the Presidential Oath of Office
MoreClimate Change Groups Split on Fossil Fuel Divestment
A rift is emerging among investors in some of the world’s biggest energy companies over a global campaign that aims to combat climate change by making fossil fuels as unpopular as tobacco.
Over the past seven months, investors including the heirs to the Rockefeller Standard Oil fortune and the board of trustees at California’s Stanford University, have decided to avoid shares in coal companies.
What We’re Reading: Resource Revolution
Is a quiet revolution to make productive use of resources underway? Matt Rogers and Stefan Heck of McKinsey and Co. make a persuasive case that leading companies are revolutionizing the way that we make use of physical resources such as energy, whether oil or solar, and materials used for products.
This “resource revolution” claims that just as technological advances increased th...
Woodstock Woman Is Killed After Semi Truck Causes Car Accident
Divorce and Bankruptcy
Foreclosures jumped 21 percent in third quarter of 2011
Amtrack passenger train hits 18-wheeler stuck on tracks
We do not often hear about train and 18-wheeler crashes let alone a passenger train and semi crash. When these...
Criminal law
Who we’ve defended
- Murder
- lawyers of distinction
- Attempted murder
- DUI manslaughter
- DUI serious bodily injury
- All sex related cases including:
- Capital Sexual Battery
- Sexual Battery
- Lewd and Lascivious molestation
- Lewd ...