Osler's Razor

One of the things I have been doing here in New York is talking to people within the justice system about the idea of mercy. It's part of my next big writing project. I was lucky enough to have dinner with one of the people who thinks actively about such things, Judge Richard J. Sullivan of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. We go way back... 25 years back, actually, since I was his R.A. in college, and then we were in the same law school class.

Rich was always diligent, principled, articulate and even-handed-- the perfect recipe for a great judge, and there is no one else from our peer group I would rather see on the bench.