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Milt

Op-Ed 

You Can Use My French Toast

April 5, 2021April 5, 2021 MILT POLICZER
Milt

My French toast has a smiley face. Feel free to use its photo. I won’t sue you, and that’s more than Stockfood America can say.

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Op-Ed 

No Tax Is Fair

March 29, 2021March 29, 2021 MILT POLICZER
Milt

The only way to make taxes fair is to get rid of taxes. The rich are very creative.

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Op-Ed 

Pregnant Pause

March 22, 2021 MILT POLICZER
Milt

Pregnant women are perfectly capable of doing all kinds of stuff — work, pose for Instagram, make objections. So why is the condition delaying trial for Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes?

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Op-Ed 

Cursing in Kansas

March 15, 2021March 15, 2021 MILT POLICZER
Milt

Stop your scrolling and check out this recent Kansas Supreme Court ruling that goes into some detail on the issue of whether to discipline a foul-mouthed judge.

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Op-Ed 

Mask Up for Satan!

March 8, 2021March 8, 2021 MILT POLICZER
Milt

I don’t mean Satanism specifically — I mean hypothetical Satanism. If someone we don’t like comes out against something, we need to embrace that something.

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Op-Ed 

Hybrid Law

March 1, 2021March 1, 2021 MILT POLICZER
Milt

With Arizona perhaps starting a trend of allowing hybrid law/non-lawyer firms, the benefits of clever, client-attracting firm names become even more obvious. I have a few suggestions.

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Financial Op-Ed Securities 

Cover Your Options

February 22, 2021February 22, 2021 MILT POLICZER
Milt, Stocks

The sin ascribed to a defendant in Gamestop litigation is that he convinced thousands of investors online to, in effect, pool resources to drive up GameStop stock while not disclosing that he’s a licensed broker. This is as opposed to hedge funds, run by licensed professionals, that pool resources (in a fund) to do what they want to do while not disclosing anything.

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Op-Ed 

Analysis of a Divorce

February 16, 2021February 16, 2021 MILT POLICZER
Milt

Would conservatives still be strict constructionists if we could see what those Founding guys were Instagramming? I don’t think so.

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Op-Ed 

Market Reality

February 8, 2021February 8, 2021 MILT POLICZER
Milt

If the GameStop frenzy has shown us anything, it’s that the stock market is just a big casino/computer game.

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Op-Ed 

You Don’t Need to Share

February 1, 2021February 1, 2021 MILT POLICZER
Milt

Thank you, Facebook, for these “cautionary tales” featuring how-to-get-away-with-murder advice and insurrectionist cosplay.

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Op-Ed 

Let’s Settle Our Debates

January 25, 2021January 25, 2021 MILT POLICZER
Milt

What I’m about to propose could put issues to rest and stop people from yelling at each other and storming capitals.

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Op-Ed 

Let’s Enjoy Some Normal Crazy

January 19, 2021January 19, 2021 MILT POLICZER
Milt

Remember the good old days when insane arguments in court weren’t being made on behalf of politicians? Youtube offers some reminders.

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Op-Ed 

I Have Questions

January 11, 2021January 12, 2021 MILT POLICZER
Milt

Our columnist makes a case for the captcha class action no one saw coming, generic charities and reining in a bar examination task force.

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Op-Ed 

Excuse Notes

January 4, 2021January 4, 2021 MILT POLICZER
Milt

New York law now requires judges to give some justification for their recusal requests. Try these on for size.

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Op-Ed 

Fight Theory With Theory

December 28, 2020December 28, 2020 MILT POLICZER
Milt

Since a serious article debunking conspiracy theories is unlikely to reach the target audience of conspiracy theorists, maybe it’s time for a new approach.

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Op-Ed 

No Discipline Required

December 21, 2020December 21, 2020 MILT POLICZER
Milt

A piece that pushed for Trump’s election lawyers to be disbarred got this columnist thinking: Who would hire Rudy Giuliani or Sidney Powell going forward?

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Op-Ed 

Judging Judges

December 14, 2020December 14, 2020 MILT POLICZER
Milt

You might think that judges would know a thing or two about resolving disputes amicably and avoiding litigation. You would, of course, be wrong about that.

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Op-Ed 

I Can Tell You What’s Real

December 7, 2020December 7, 2020 MILT POLICZER
Milt

How do you run a democracy if you think you know what you’re voting for but what you know may be completely wrong?

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Op-Ed 

You Too Can Suck

November 30, 2020November 30, 2020 MILT POLICZER
Milt

Taking a page out of the National Enquirer’s catch-and-kill playbook, the domain name taylorswift.sucks brings up no results. The trick now is in trademarking it.

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Op-Ed 

Georgia on My Mind

November 23, 2020November 23, 2020 MILT POLICZER
Milt

If you’re serious about change in this country, spend a couple of months in the Peach State. It’s a small sacrifice that could save the planet.

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