I am presently on a Sabbatical Leave and working for World Peace. Specifically, my goal is to devote my energy to humanitarian projects and to help stop the proliferation of nuclear weapons. Effective September 1, 2009, I have transferred my practice to Reed, Longyear, Malnati & Ahrens in Seattle who have agreed to service my clients ~ past, present and future. I shall be spending a substantial period of time travelling in Europe and discussing world peace with academic leaders. As a starting point, I shall visit the Nobel Institute library which has been open to the public since September 1905. The library presently boasts more than 200,000 volumes devoted to economics, history and international law dating from 1800. Several rare publications are included within the collection. What better place to launch this voyage of rediscovery ~ a rediscovery of self and a rediscovery of world leaders who place a high value on achieving world peace!
Some of the donors of these publications are the United Nations, the International Court of Justice, the League of Nations, the International Labour Organization, and the Council of Europe. I plan to embark upon research in various European libraries during the next several months, and this website shall publish essays about my research and plans for world peace. This website is my "Walden Pond" in the sense that it is my retreat from the petty jealousies and rivalries of my profession. No "Super Lawyers" here! Ralph Waldo Emerson was right ~ "Keep the moral fountains pure. Open libraries!"
What I expect to achieve is clarity of thought and purity of heart.
I have always advocated that any lawyer with a
conscience should support the fundamental freedoms which our founding fathers have guaranteed in our Bill of Rights, and devote his creativity and
energy to advancing world peace on a large scale or on a small scale. The task before us is formidable, and the
current proliferation of nuclear weapons makes the mission urgent. Ceremonies and pressed parchment are only a beginning. Action is required!
Alfred Nobel's Last Will and Testament created the Nobel Peace Prize which is awarded to
the person who has done the most or the best work "for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of
standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses." A committee of five people are elected by the
Norweigian Paliament to award the Peace Prize. The Peace Prize is presented annually in Oslo, Norway and presented in
the presence of the King of Norway. This is the only one of the five Nobel Prizes which is not presented in Stockholm,
Sweeden. The Peace Prize recipient is given a diploma, a medal and a document confirming the prize amount.
The Peace Prize ceremony is held at Oslo City Hall. Critics of the
Peace Prize have suggested that the selection of the recipient has become politicized and have remarked that some of its
winners are people who have resorted to terrorism followed by a change of heart and a recognition of nonviolence and endorsement of peace. However, the Peace Prize Committee understands that we should honor and advance soldiers for peace even if they have emerged from the ranks of soldiers of war.
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