Arizona Attorney - July/August 2009

As attorneys, we often take ourselves too seriously, and it’s healthy and a nice break to have one page a month that is out of the ordinary compared to the other 50 to 80 pages a month that are almost all business. Most good magazines reserve a place, and often the last page, to an opinion piece or something on the lighter side. ARIZONA ATTORNEY has in the past had very good humor articles or articles that are designed to be a fun contrast to the rest of the magazine, and should continue that practice (I have saved many of the articles over the years). The articles by Roxie and Grant, and occasionally others, are a welcome part of my reading of ARIZONA ATTORNEY. I rarely agree with Roxie, and her articles confirm for me why I think the way I do. I usually agree with Grant, but not always, and his articles make me question why I think the way I do.

I’m sure there are many others who
believe just the opposite from me, and

that’s as it should be. The concepts of freedom and diversity are not, “If it doesn’t apply to everyone, we shouldn’t be sharing it with everyone!” but instead are, “Even though it doesn’t apply to everyone, our variety of opinions and backgrounds make it worth sharing with everyone.” Heaven help us when we become so locked into our thinking that we aren’t willing to hear new ideas, even if they are non-scholarly, political or contrary to our own opinion. It’s only one page a month, for Pete’s sake!

If you don’t like reading it, just turn the page (Cohen v. California, 403 U.S. 15 (1971)). You can close the magazine all the more quickly and get back to the rat race.

—Ronald L. Jones, Mesa

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