Ed Cottrell

  • Last Day of Biglaw

    Today was my last day as an associate at BakerHostetler. I have really enjoyed getting to know the wonderful people there over the last year and change. Tomorrow, I will be starting in my new position as a staff attorney at the Texas First Court of Appeals, here in Houston. I am looking forward to…

  • Make Yourself Happier

    I love mind-hacking and ways to improve my life without doing anything radical, and this post from the Buffer blog is right in line with that: 10 simple things you can do today that will make you happier, backed by science  I can testify from personal experience that many of these work; I’ll have to…

  • August Reboot

    The last few months have been completely crazy — I worked well over 300 hours in July alone — and this blog has once again fallen by the wayside. It’s time to reboot it. I plan to roll out a new design fairly soon, and I am going to up the posting frequency significantly. Stay…

  • A Lesson in Constitutional Interpretation

    In light of the current debate on Capitol Hill, the quotation of the day comes from the Supreme Court’s majority opinion in D.C. v. Heller: Some have made the argument, bordering on the frivolous, that only those arms in existence in the 18th century are protected by the Second Amendment. We do not interpret constitutional…

  • New Member

    I am proud to say that I am the newest member of the National Rifle Association.