William W Bedsworth

October 23, 2017 | The Recorder

If you had told me 50 years ago that when I reached 70 I'd be working nights and weekends, I would have dropped out of law school and gone into aluminum…

By William W. Bedsworth

17 minute read

October 06, 2017 | The Recorder

Justice Tom Crosby, who graced our court from its inception in 1981 to his retirement in 2001, used to say the primary requirement for appointment…

By William W. Bedsworth

9 minute read

August 28, 2017 | The Recorder

No one really likes to write. It's too personal. It's like opening an artery and hoping people approve of the color of your blood and don't think you made too much of a mess displaying it.

By William W. Bedsworth

16 minute read

August 04, 2017 | The Recorder

As the great Arlo Guthrie once said: "There's two ways of looking at the drug problem: There's them that say there's too much drugs and them that say what there is ain't good enough."

By William W. Bedsworth

8 minute read

June 27, 2017 | The Recorder

I love commas. My mantra is to give the reader as much guidance as possible, and commas are wonderful signposts.

By William W. Bedsworth

7 minute read

May 31, 2017 | The Recorder

If there were referees in the game of life, humans would have fouled out long ago. Like the dinosaurs. But there aren't, so we just keep slogging on, finding new ways to humiliate ourselves every day.

By William W. Bedsworth

17 minute read

April 12, 2017 | The Recorder

Pensions become more relevant to me every year. This is one of the petty indignities of the aging process

By William W. Bedsworth

16 minute read

March 07, 2017 | The Recorder

I cannot imagine a collection of six words without profanity or references to the New York Yankees that antagonizes me more than, "Do you know who I am?"

By William W. Bedsworth

13 minute read

January 31, 2017 | The Recorder

In which our columnist muses on the German law against insulting people.

By William W. Bedsworth

17 minute read

December 29, 2016 | The Recorder

In which our columnist muses on how disclaimers on drug ads might lead one to conclude the cure is worse than the disease.

By William W. Bedsworth

17 minute read