Jon’s news & views

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 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...

Jim Acosta's press pass recovery as seen by Fairfax criminal lawyer. Jim Acosta of CNN today won back his White House press pass, for now. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer who last week blogged on this story and has prior experience litigating injunction matters, I...

Pittsburgh is among the latest places to experience a mass murder, this time with Robert Bowers's massacre at the Tree of Life/Or L'Simcha synagogue. I do not know that I can write much more about this murder by Robert Bowers beyond what has been written by...

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...

Senators confirm Brett Kavanaugh by a razor-thin margin. Senators yesterday afternoon confirmed Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court (see my views on Kavanaugh here and here) by a razor-thin margin of 50-48-1 (Sen. Murkowski announcing "present" rather than "nay" out of courtesy for the unavailable...

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.

Donald Trump as president is a sad reality. He was never fit to sit in the White House. He made his money despite his perpetual thin-skinned, undiplomatic name-calling immaturity.Many talented non-Trump-admirers have joined Trump's administration, which might counterbalance Trump's excesses. Thank goodness someone at as high a...

The September 11, 2001, murders, happened sixteen years ago. Terrorists win of terror is allowed to erode civil liberties. Sadly, that erosion continues.

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...