Although the significance of the extremely rare and bright conjunction in June of 2 B.C. was first heralded by Roger Sinnott in an article in the December 1968 issue of Sky and Telescope, the notion that it could be the phenomenon described in Matthew chapter 2 took quite some time to catch on. [read post]

The "it," of course, is negligence per se based upon claims that the defendant somehow violated the Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act ("FDCA").Pull up a cyberchair and pay attention because we're going to explain some ways of defeating such claims - as a matter of law - that you probably haven't considered.First, a little bit on why FDCA-based negligence per se is so dangerous and difficult a cause of action to deal with. [read post]