Law Practice,
Government
Oct. 16, 2008
Questioning Rhetoric
This election's candidates who are trained as lawyers have better used their skills to appropriately define issues and marshal relevant evidence to support their explanations.
Robert L. Bastian Jr.
Partner, Bastian & Dini
Penthouse Suite 9025 Wilshire Blvd
Beverly Hills , CA 90211
Phone: (310) 789-1955
Fax: (310) 822-1989
Email: robbastian@aol.com
Whittier Law School
In 399 BCE, likely by a vote of about 280-220, 56 percent to 44 percent, Socrates was sentenced to death for corrupting Athenian youth and showing insufficient piety toward the then prevailing deities. His most estimable student, Plato, would to the end of his recorded career remain bitter and suspicious both of democracy and the persuasive arts that led Athenian citizens to commit this "crime against philosophy." Plato's most illustrious student, Aristotle, would, in turn, ultimately fl...
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