Enos Family Law welcomes a new lawyer: Rebecca "Becky" Parker. Becky worked as a family law paralegal for 26 years before going to law school at the Thurgood Marshall School of Law. Three of the attorneys Ms. Parker worked for are now judges! Becky is a mother of three and she has helped hundreds of clients through the emotional and financial challenges of divorce. We are so lucky that she has joined our team! ... Read More >
Archives for January 2017
Democracy Takes a Wrong Turn With Trump Driving
This article written by Sean Illing is from Vox, Jan. 18, 2017. Click here to read the entire article including the author's recent conversation with Mr. Zakaria. Twenty years ago, CNN’s Fareed Zakaria wrote an essay in Foreign Affairs titled “The Rise of Illiberal Democracy.” His thesis was that democracies around the world were surrendering to illiberal reforms, and that the strands holding the traditions of democracy and liberalism together were rapidly eroding. “From Peru to the Palestinian Authority, from Sierra Leone to Slovakia, from Pakistan to the Philippines,” he wrote, “we see the rise of a disturbing phenomenon in international life — illiberal democracy.” Zakaria’s piece made an important distinction between democracy and liberalism, constructs that are often conflated. Democracy is a process for choosing leaders; it’s about popular participation. To say that a state is democratic is to say little about how it is actually governed. Liberalism, by contrast, is about ... Read More >
The Baker Street Bazaar
The Baker Street Bazaar was an early shopping center taking up most of the block bounded by Baker Street and Gloucester Place, Dorset Street to the south and King Street to the North. The business began as a horse bazaar and was owned, prior to his bankruptcy in 1832, by John Maberly, MP. The firm continued, and extended into carriages and other goods, notably ladies' requirements, and furnishings. The upper floors of the building were occupied for a number of years by Madame Tussauds' famous waxworks until they moved to their own building in 1884. This area was subsequently converted into function rooms (known as the Portland Rooms) which were used for balls, bazaars and similar activities. The Metropolitan Board of Works (London's governing body at the time) required an additional exit to be constructed as a result of this change of use. Originally the Bazaar featured horses and cattle and carriages but eventually it became focus on consumer goods and entertainment. An ... Read More >