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Law Practice

Jan. 21, 2009

BERG: If You Hold a Cat by the Tail, Mr. President ...

As a president coming into office with a scary economic crisis, two wars, shaky confidence in public institutions, diminished American prestige around the globe, President-elect Barack Obama has got a yowling, wild, ill-tempered cat by the tail. And one way to calm this cat down would be to restore the rule of law, columnist Martin Berg writes.

Dear President Obama:

Congratulations on your magnificent victory.

Everyone has advice for you, I know. I get 30 e-mails a day from people who want to tell you what to do.

As for me, I want to talk to you about cats. I know you're a dog guy. So am I. But like you, I'm committed to hearing from all sides. So I want to pass along some wisdom I learned from the realm of the cat. It's actually from the realm of that great American, Mark Twain, who had a lo...

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