1) What has been your favorite class to teach in law school?
I particularly enjoy teaching Individual Income Taxation because so many students come to it with fear and trepidation and some leave saying: “that wasn’t so bad and I think I really learned something.” That is what makes teaching fun.
2) Where is the best place to eat in Valpo?
I think the best food is at Bistro 157, but my favorite for old times sake is the Old Style Inn.
3) Should the government bail out the auto industry?
That is a complex question. If the funds are used to change the way they do business it would be money well spent. If it is simply used to put off for a few months the collapse of the company we might as well spend it for the retraining of the workers who will be laid off. I am in favor of government intervention so long as it is monitored and there is a possibility of repayment to the treasury if it works out well in the future.
4) If you could spend one day as someone else in history, whom would it be?
Winston Churchill
5) Merlot, Cabernet or Pinot Noir?
Cabernet
6) Best “law” movie you’ve seen?
A three-way tie between, To Kill a mockingbird, Inherit the Wind, and Judgment at Nuremberg.
7) What should Sarah Palin’s campaign slogan be in 2012?
To quote the late, great Judy Garland, “I’m Always Chasing Rainbows.”
What would be your ideal vacation destination to avoid the winters here in the Region?
Sarasota, Florida, and that is where I’m headed as soon as I give my final exam.
9) What is the best Christmas gift you’ve ever received?
A Schwinn bike when I was about 12 years old. I wanted a Red Ryder BB gun but just like the kid in Jean Shepard”s A Christmas Story” my mom and dad thought I would put out someone’s eye, and they were probably right.
10) Any advice to the December graduates?
Enjoy yourself, read some books that do not have anything to do with the law, get reacquainted with family and friends, remember the friends you made at VUSL, and be the person that your dog thinks you are.
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