In little pockets of conversation, old men were telling stories of ancient floods. Women were talking of about how much rain there'd been in other towns -- Paragould, Lepanto, and Manila.

And that's the mission of The Innocence Project in New York, is to exonerate people who have been wrongfully convicted, and also work from a policy angle with Congress and state legislatures to prevent future wrongful convictions.

Poverty is a great equalizer

The coffee arrives, and we backslide into what lawyers do best---talking about other lawyers.

I give off rather mixed messages about the law. On the one hand, I can honestly say I don't miss working in a law office. On the other hand I do enjoy watching the law and while the profession may have its problems, I have sold zillions of books out of magnifying them.

My decision to become a lawyer was irrevocably sealed when I realized my father hated the legal profession.

The mother of a trophy wife is not automatically a trophy mother-in-law.