Author: Andrew C White

Then allow me to be a diary whore and send you over to read and recommend this diary at DailyKos....

Congressional Candidate Barry Welsh (In-06) asked in his diary, “Tell Me: What the most...

Blogger Ethics 101

I started to write a reply to Chris Bowers in the thread Jerome wrote about his recusal from MyDD. As my reply went along (and became long) I decided to switch to a diary in the hope that more folks will read it and, hopefully, join in a lively and spirited yet friendly, intellectual discussion regarding ethical and civil conduct amongst all of us.

I haven’t participated in or read the vast majority of the Ohio Senate campaign posts. I gather it has gotten uglier then the two conversations (here and Booman Tribune) that I have participated in. I have no interest in getting into the he said, she said nor the relative qualities of the two campaigns.

Just in how many ways does the Bush Administration hate women? How many ways can they find to destroy some of the best projects this country has developed over the years?

Today’s Troy Record newspaper has a picture on it of a lawyer I know. She was appointed to represent a very young, very sweet child I know in a custody dispute between her parents many years ago.

So I read the article (similar article on-line in the Albany Times Union)and what do I find? Bushies at it again. Apparently this lawyer, Jo Katz, does pro bono work for something called The Legal Project.

According to their web site:

The Legal Project is a private, not-for-profit organization that was founded by the Capital District Women’s Bar Association in 1995. It provides a variety of free and low cost legal services to the working poor, victims of domestic violence and other underserved individuals in the Capital District of New York State.

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Froggy Bottom Photography Fair October 8 and 9 I’ve been meaning to post these photo’s...