Jon’s news & views
Mourning a friend- Criminal Defense Lawyer Brian Bregman
Mourning friends remains infrequent for me. Today, I learned that my criminal defense lawyer friend Brian Bregman died yesterday at the untimely age of 43. The police are investigating this as a homicide. Yes, every moment and day we spend on this sacred earth is...
Joseph Katz passes- Taught me never to give up nor give in
My dad Joseph Jacob Katz passed away May 18, 2020. I could say he had a long illness, and that I am happy I got a chance to visit with him for many nice hours at my parents' home in New York City this past...
Trump needs to be a one-term president says Fairfax criminal lawyer
Trump is a polarizing president, which I predicted he would be during the 2016 presidential campaign season. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer and individual, I recognize the importance of not repeatedly reacting to Trump in his desire to set the discussion agenda, and instead to...
Benjamin Pang-jeng Lo – My greatest martial arts teacher passes
Benjamin Pang-jeng Lo was my greatest martial arts teacher. Recently, I learned that Ben passed away on October 12, 2018. He was ninety-one. Benjamin Pang-jeng lo- A giant of a human being Ben (here teaching t’ai chi ch’uan in the only YouTube video I have...
Thanksgiving & compassion power – View of a Virginia criminal lawyer
The power of thanks/gratitude, giving/serving and compassion can never be underestimated. They are key ingredients to succeeding as a lawyer, in any other line of work, and in life. They remove us from being self centered and draw us to bring out our greatness.
September 11 sixteen years later – Terrorists win if terror erodes civil liberties
The September 11, 2001, murders, happened sixteen years ago. Terrorists win of terror is allowed to erode civil liberties. Sadly, that erosion continues.
Random thoughts through June 18
Happy Father's Day to all fathers, and to my father, my grandfathers, and the rest of my lineage to cavepeople, apes, and before that.LAW"Ocean City [Maryland] acts to keep women from going topless at beach" - The Washington Post"You have to break the horse to...
Jordan Edwards – Where do the unjustified police shootings end?
One 2014 day when I entered a nearby courthouse, a sheriff's deputy lamented the backlash of public opinion against police after police shot dead Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. The unjustified police killings continued, including Eric Garner's death on Staten Island following a police chokehold,...
Time to mobilize against Trump’s onslaught against immigrants and search for a Scalia clone
A refrain by many people is that it is important to support the office of the presidency and our nationhood by getting behind every new United States president as s/he begins the heavy lifting of the job. That idea, though, is countered by the fact...
September 11 fifteen years later
We cannot wait any longer to reverse all the civil liberties and human rights violations that have been perpetrated by the United States government post-September 11 in the name of fighting terrorism.