Yesterday, The Oregonian published this interesting piece in the Sunday opinion section. I have a number of reactions, but I think I’ll let it sit for now. My grandmother taught me the value of manners; one of her cardinal rules is that if you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all.
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Yesterday, Mike Doyle and I appeared in U.S. District Court here in Oregon to argue against dismissal of 26 Oregon National Guard soldiers’ toxic exposure claims against Kellogg Brown and Root.
Judge Papak heard oral argument for close to an hour and half. As always, he was well prepared with tough questions for both sides. Oral [...]

Just came across this passionate and detailed response by KBR to questions posed by MSNBC regarding our soldiers’ sodium dichromate exposure at the Qarmat Ali water treatment plant in Iraq.  “Wow,” is about all I can muster by way of comment. I really can’t wait to try this case.

I’m at home this evening with two computers going side by side. On the desktop, I have a  several thousand page PDF of Army FOIA documents open, as I wade through KBR discovery. My laptop is up with a running digest of the interesting tidbits.  It’s my own odd-duck style of learning the case.
The phone [...]