Demagogue

One of the annoying features of having moved back into the for-profit side of the profession is dealing with clients who scrutinize every detail of a bill and then demand to know how this 20 minutes spent writing a letter or that half-hour on a conference call assisted their case.

As annoying as that can be, you do have to agree with them sometimes. You will find, for example, that a junior lawyer spent hours researching an argument that was clearly hopeless.

On that basis, I'm figuring Saddam's not going to pay for this letter.

And here's one for the Separated at Birth column: Saddam's lawyer and Rick Scarborough:

You will become convinced of President Saddam's complete innocence. His popularity gains by the day and (he) is beloved by millions of Iraqis.