Osler's Razor

I love fall.

And it seems like many of the most interesting adventures happen in the fall, too.

This week I get the pleasure of going back to my alma mater, Yale Law School, to give a talk on the death penalty at lunchtime on Wednesday.

In the picture at right, Jon Nuechterlein and I stand in front of our house at 69 Edwards Street, in the fall of our second year. We look pretty bold, but in truth that is a time in life when you don't know how things are going to turn out-- you don't even know what kind of lawyer you will be. Well, actually, maybe Jon did… but even then you can't imagine the shape of it, the color. Now we do, for the most part. That makes going back all the sweeter, like walking in a familiar woods when you know the way out.  You see things then, the trees and brook, that you rushed past before, and they are still there, and so are we.