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                                <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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                                    <title>Not Exactly Bowled Over</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/not-exactly-bowled-over/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#39;m old enough to remember when there was a final four in college football. No, not a March Madness - type final four, but rather four big ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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                                    <title>Facing the Truth: A Close Shave is No Longer on the Cutting Edge</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/facing-the-truth-a-close-shave-is-no-longer-on-the-cutting-edge/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; My two grown sons came home for Christmas last week, and forgive me for being so superficial, but the first thing I noticed about them is ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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                                    <title>Bill&acirc;s Annual Christmas Column&acirc;&brvbar;Midnight Mass Madness</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/bills-annual-christmas-columnmidnight-mass-madness/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; On Christmas Eve, my family and I always attend services at our church, Calvary Episcopal in downtown Memphis.&nbsp; I am a Baptist in ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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                                    <title>Return to the Enchanted Forest</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/return-to-the-enchanted-forest/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Like most men, I hate to shop. In fact, if I&#39;m ever convicted of a hideous crime and the judge really wants to punish me, she will sentence me to 10 years of ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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                                    <title>The Great Gaffes-By Should Press on in His Race for The&acirc;&brvbar;Um&acirc;&brvbar;The&acirc;&brvbar;</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/the-great-gaffes-by-should-press-on-in-his-race-for-theumthe/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In 1960, Richard Nixon lost the presidential race to Jack Kennedy by a whisker.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In 1976, Gerald Ford lost ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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                                    <title>A Summer Celebration of Seersucker Sartorial Splendor</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/a-summer-celebration-of-seersucker-sartorial-splendor/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[(Author&#39;s Note: Last Saturday night at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, UT students had a &quot;Fear the Pants Flash Mob.&quot;&nbsp; It was the highlight of an otherwise terrible football ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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                                    <title>Thanks to Cartoons, I'm Smarter Than the Average Bear</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/thanks-to-cartoons-im-smarter-than-the-average-bear/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[  We have met the enemy, and he is Sponge Bob.&nbsp; <br><br>    For many years, we Americans have struggled to answer the question posed by President George Dubya Bush: &ldquo;Is our children ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/thanks-to-cartoons-im-smarter-than-the-average-bear/</guid>
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                                    <title>Lux Et Veritas Et Football</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/lux-et-veritas-et-football/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The college football season kicks off this weekend, and I am very worried about my alma mater.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I&rsquo;m a ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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                                    <title>The Woman Who Empowered A Princess</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/the-woman-who-empowered-a-princess/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This Saturday morning I will be at Shelby Farms, a beautiful park on the outskirts of Memphis.&nbsp; There I will see a sight that makes me very ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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                                    <title>It&acirc;s Hard to Teach an Old Trial Lawyer New Techs</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/its-hard-to-teach-an-old-trial-lawyer-new-techs/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; When I started law practice back when Jimmy Carter was President, a trial lawyer had only two items in his or her briefcase: a legal pad and a number ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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                                    <title>It&acirc;s A Bird! It&acirc;s A Plane!...It&acirc;s Super Congress!</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/its-a-bird-its-a-planeits-super-congress/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This week the President of the United States and members of Congress proved, once again, why there will be no sequel to Profiles in ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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                                    <title>Closing The Borders</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/closing-the-books/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; My wife is fond of saying, &ldquo;When the going gets tough, the tough go shopping!&rdquo;&nbsp; I, on the other ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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                                    <title>What Hath Scopes Wrought?</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/what-hath-scopes-wrought/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; DAYTON, TENNESSEE - June 17 - Lawyers and judges from across the Volunteer State gathered here today at the Rhea County Courthouse, as part of ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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                                    <title>Daddy Turns Over the Keys</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/daddy-turns-over-the-keys/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Sunday is Father&#39;s Day, and I should be looking forward to a new tie and a bottle of Aqua Velva Old Spice Daddy Aftershave ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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                                    <title>Glee&acirc;Bargaining: Settling For A Song</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/gleebargaining-settling-for-a-song/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Last November Willie Nelson was busted for pot possession after U.S. Border Patrol Agents and their weed-sniffing dogs searched his tour bus ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/gleebargaining-settling-for-a-song/</guid>
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                                    <title>Diary of A Mock Trial Dad</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/diary-of-a-mock-trial-dad/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; On the night of March the 12th, I sat in a courtroom in Nashville, anxiously awaiting a verdict in the biggest case of my ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/diary-of-a-mock-trial-dad/</guid>
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                                    <title>The King&acirc;s Smack:  When A Kiss Is More Than Just A Kiss</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/the-kings-smack--when-a-kiss-is-more-than-just-a-kiss/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In the classic 1942 motion picture, Casablanca, Sam (as in &ldquo;Play it again, Sam.&rdquo;) constantly reminded Humphrey Bogart ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/the-kings-smack--when-a-kiss-is-more-than-just-a-kiss/</guid>
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                                    <title>Proof of Circumcision:  The Cutting Edge of Politics</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/proof-of-circumcision--the-cutting-edge-of-politics/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[I&rsquo;ve been thinking about running for public office.&nbsp; I am not sure which office.&nbsp; Dog catcher, Sheriff, Constable, Justice of the Peace.&nbsp; Just any office where I can get lots of ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/proof-of-circumcision--the-cutting-edge-of-politics/</guid>
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                                    <title>Cattle Call for Tort Reform</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/cattle-call-for-tort-reform/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; For nearly 40 years, the most powerful man in Tennessee was a lawyer and farmer from Somerville.&nbsp; His name was John ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/cattle-call-for-tort-reform/</guid>
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                                    <title>Hope Springs Eternal at Spring Training</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/hope-springs-eternal-at-spring-training/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; JUPITER, FLORIDA &ndash; It is March, and once again this year, I am at spring training with my beloved St. Louis Cardinals.&nbsp; ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/hope-springs-eternal-at-spring-training/</guid>
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                                    <title>Faith, Hope and Waffles</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/faith-hope-and-waffles/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; People choose to worship at a particular church for all sorts of reasons.&nbsp; Some folks select a church because of the ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/faith-hope-and-waffles/</guid>
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                                    <title>Save the Trial Lawyer! Buy a T-shirt!</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/save-the-trial-lawyer-buy-a-t-shirt/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 35 years ago when I was a &ldquo;1L&rdquo; at the Big Orange College of Law, I proudly wore a &ldquo;Save the Snail Darter&rdquo; ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/save-the-trial-lawyer-buy-a-t-shirt/</guid>
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                                    <title>Congressional Pillow Talk: From the Prom to the Sleepover</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/congressional-pillow-talk-from-the-prom-to-the-sleepover/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Last month on the night of the State of the Union Address, we had the Congressional Prom.&nbsp; And now, each and every night ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/congressional-pillow-talk-from-the-prom-to-the-sleepover/</guid>
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                                    <title>Oh Say Can You Sing This Song?</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/oh-say-can-you-sing-this-song/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;In 1814, a young lawyer named Francis Scott Key wrote a poem in honor of Super Bowl 1812 that was played at Fort McHenry Stadium in ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/oh-say-can-you-sing-this-song/</guid>
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                                    <title>The Congressional Prom! A One Night Stand</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/the-congressional-prom-a-one-night-stand/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Since I&rsquo;m addicted to sports TV, I spend most evenings on my sofa with man&rsquo;s best friend (the remote control ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/the-congressional-prom-a-one-night-stand/</guid>
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                                    <title>Get Ready For An Electrifying Super Bowl! </title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/get-ready-for-an-electrifying-super-bowl-/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This weekend the Super Bowl will be held at the Embassy Suites in Columbus, Ohio.&nbsp; What&rsquo;s that you say?&nbsp; You thought Super ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/get-ready-for-an-electrifying-super-bowl-/</guid>
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                                    <title>A Nation of Wusses: Why the Chinese are Winning a New Cold War </title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/a-nation-of-wusses-why-the-chinese-are-winning-/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Vince Lombardi is jumping off-side in his snow-covered grave.&nbsp; And somewhere in China, the Super Bowl of Calculus is being played in the ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2010 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/a-nation-of-wusses-why-the-chinese-are-winning-/</guid>
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                                    <title>Bill&acirc;s Annual Christmas Column: Peace on Earth, Good Will Toward Men, and One Big Fight!</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/blog_post-22813/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; My family is now scattered around the globe.&nbsp; Literally.&nbsp; My oldest son lives and teaches in Takasaki, Japan. ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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                                    <title>Dear Santa: Please Don&acirc;t Send Me An E-Reader!</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/dear-santa-please-dont-send-me-an-e-reader/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; When I was a child I would sit on Santa&rsquo;s lap and ask him to bring me toys.&nbsp; Hula hoops, electric football games, Slinkys, guns with greenie stick ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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                                    <title>Remembering When Christmas Was Slow</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/remembering-when-christmas-was-slow/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[This is an excerpt from Bill&rsquo;s book, &ldquo;Some Assembly Required: A Daddy&rsquo;s Christmas Book&rdquo;&hellip;.To order copies, return to the home ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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                                    <title>The Next Wedding of the Century</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/the-next-wedding-of-the-century/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Twenty-nine years ago, in the summer of 1981, there were two weddings of the century.&nbsp; The first occurred at Westminster Abbey in London.&nbsp; The second ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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                                    <title>I&acirc;m Bill Haltom, and I Would Approve this Message</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/im-bill-haltom-and-i-would-approve-this-message/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;This coming Tuesday is Election Day, and I think I speak for all of us when I say it can&rsquo;t come a moment too soon. ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/im-bill-haltom-and-i-would-approve-this-message/</guid>
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                                    <title>Remembering Sputnik and June Cleaver</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/remembering-sputnik-and-june-cleaver/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; On October 4, 1957, two significant events occurred that had a dramatic impact on the United States of America.&nbsp; First, the ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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                                    <title>WWJD? Well, Not Yoga!</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/wwjd-well-not-yoga/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Several years ago millions of Americans began to wear rubber bands around their wrists.&nbsp; The bands came in a wide variety of color, but they were all emblazoned with the ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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                                    <title>The Parable of Tim McCarver and the Prodigal Son</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/the-parable-of-tim-mccarver-and-the-prodigal-son/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I have a confession to make, a terrible awful confession.&nbsp; I was once&hellip;excuse me, but this is very difficult to say&hellip;(gulp)&hellip;a Yankees ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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                                    <title>Time to Legalize Seersucker in September</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/time-to-legalize-seersucker-in-september/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Today is the first day of fall, although there is not exactly a nip in the air or frost on the pumpkin.&nbsp; In fact, according to the ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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                                    <title>All The News That&acirc;s Fit To Scream</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/all-the-news-thats-fit-to-scream/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; When I was a child growing up during the Eisenhower Administration followed by the New Frontier, there were only two nightly ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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                                    <title>No Longer Sleeping With a Judge</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/no-longer-sleeping-with-a-judge/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; For the past 17 years, I have been sleeping with a judge.<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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                                    <title>The Night Momma Tried to Save Elvis</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/the-night-momma-tried-to-save-elvis/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It&#39;s &quot;Elvis Week&quot; in my hometown, and River City is being overrun by more Elvis worshipers and wannabes than you can shake a fried peanut ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/the-night-momma-tried-to-save-elvis/</guid>
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                                    <title>Coffee, Tea&acirc;&brvbar;Or Reality TV!</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/coffee-teaor-reality-tv/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Meet America&rsquo;s newest hero, Jet Blue Airlines flight attendant Steven Slater.&nbsp; ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/coffee-teaor-reality-tv/</guid>
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                                    <title>The Cover-up: Invoking One&acirc;s Privilege Against Self-Tattoo-Ization</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/the-cover-up-invoking-ones-privilege-against-self-tattoo-ization/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; We all have our prejudices, and let me admit mine. I don&rsquo;t like tattoos. Actually, it&rsquo;s worse than that. I hate tattoos. I hate tattoos on men, and I really ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/the-cover-up-invoking-ones-privilege-against-self-tattoo-ization/</guid>
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                                    <title>There Is No &acirc;I&acirc; In Loyalty </title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/there-is-no-i-in-loyalty-/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It&rsquo;s one of the oldest adages in sports: There is no &ldquo;I&rdquo; in &ldquo;team.&rdquo;<br><br>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Well, last night, we sports fans also ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/there-is-no-i-in-loyalty-/</guid>
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                                    <title>Sunrise At Myrtle Point</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/sunrise-at-myrtle-point/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This past Sunday morning, my wife and daughter and I awoke at 5:30 a.m. in the darkness of a tiny rustic cabin at the top of Mt. ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/sunrise-at-myrtle-point/</guid>
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                                    <title>Are You Ready For Some Soccer?</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/are-you-ready-for-some-soccer/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I attended my first soccer game twenty years ago.&nbsp; It was an epic showdown battle between Evergreen Playschool and First Baptist ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/are-you-ready-for-some-soccer/</guid>
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                                    <title>Father Knew Best:  TV All-Time Greatest Dads</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/father-knew-best--tv-all-time-greatest-dads/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This Sunday is Father&rsquo;s Day, that special annual day when we honor dear old Dad by giving him either a bottle of Aqua Velva ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/father-knew-best--tv-all-time-greatest-dads/</guid>
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                                    <title>Al and Tipper:  Say It Ain&acirc;t So!</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/al-and-tipper--say-it-aint-so/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I have always admired Al and Tipper Gore.&nbsp; While they do bear a disturbing resemblance to Ken and Barbie, I have respected both ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/al-and-tipper--say-it-aint-so/</guid>
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                                    <title>College:  Why Bother?</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/college--why-bother/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; MAY 15, 2010 &ndash; PRINCETON, N.J. &ndash; I love college campuses.&nbsp; I spent eight of the best years of my life on one.&nbsp; ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/college--why-bother/</guid>
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                                    <title>Nothing but Softball Questions for Ms. Kagan</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/nothing-but-softball-questions-for-ms-kagan/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; CHAIRMAN LEAHY:&nbsp; This meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee will now come to order!&nbsp; Today we will begin hearings on ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/nothing-but-softball-questions-for-ms-kagan/</guid>
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                                    <title>This Mother&acirc;s Day, Momma Needs A Nap</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/this-mothers-day-momma-needs-a-nap/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This Sunday is that special annual day when we tell the Mommas of America just how much we love them by sending them flowers and ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/this-mothers-day-momma-needs-a-nap/</guid>
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                                    <title>Let Us Now Praise Famous Administrative Professionals</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/let-us-now-praise-famous-administrative-professionals/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Wednesday was Administrative Professionals Day, that annual day when America honors the wonderful office workers who greet the ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/let-us-now-praise-famous-administrative-professionals/</guid>
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                                    <title>How to Become a United States Supreme Court Justice</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/how-to-become-a-united-states-supreme-court-justice/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Last week, United States Supreme Court Associate Justice John Paul Stevens announced that he will soon be retiring from the ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/how-to-become-a-united-states-supreme-court-justice/</guid>
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                                    <title>Opening Day:  Let&acirc;s Keep the Game Nice and Slow, Thank You!</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/opening-day--lets-keep-the-game-nice-and-slow-thank-you/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It&rsquo;s opening day for Major League Baseball, and hope springs eternal, even for Cubs fans.&nbsp; With just 162 games left on ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/opening-day--lets-keep-the-game-nice-and-slow-thank-you/</guid>
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                                    <title>A New Career Takes Off</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/a-new-career-takes-off/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[Over the years, people have frequently asked me, &quot;Bill, why have you not pursued a career as a fashion model?&nbsp; It&#39;s a good question.&nbsp; I obviously have the potential to be a model ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/a-new-career-takes-off/</guid>
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                                    <title>Remembering the King of the Wild Frontier</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/remembering-the-king-of-the-wild-frontier/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; On the night of December 15, 1954, something dramatic happened.&nbsp; I have no memory of the event.&nbsp; I was only two years old ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/remembering-the-king-of-the-wild-frontier/</guid>
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                                    <title>Are You Ready for Some Curling?</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/are-you-ready-for-some-curling/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Because I&rsquo;m a sports addict, I spend most evenings and my entire weekends watching ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN U, ESPN Classic, Fox ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/are-you-ready-for-some-curling/</guid>
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                                    <title>Note to Tiger:  Litigation Means Never Having to Say You&acirc;re Sorry</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/note-to-tiger--litigation-means-never-having-to-say-youre-sorry/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; According to news reports, Tiger Woods is about to have a press conference so he can publicly apologize for certain ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/note-to-tiger--litigation-means-never-having-to-say-youre-sorry/</guid>
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                                    <title>Move Over, Vancouver!  Make Way for the Memphis Winter Olympics!</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/move-over-vancouver--make-way-for-the-memphis-winter-olympics/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; We Memphians see snow about as often as we see Halley&rsquo;s Comet.&nbsp; But when we do get a little snow here in River City, we ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/move-over-vancouver--make-way-for-the-memphis-winter-olympics/</guid>
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                                    <title>Any Country That Can&acirc;t Put a Man on The Moon . . .</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/any-country-that-cant-put-a-man-on-the-moon---/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It has been said that every American over the age of fifty can tell you exactly where they were at three moments in their ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/any-country-that-cant-put-a-man-on-the-moon---/</guid>
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                                    <title>Remembering Friday Nights with Johnny</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/remembering-friday-nights-with-johnny/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nearly fifty years ago when I was a little boy growing in suburban Memphis, my favorite night of the week was Friday.&nbsp; That was ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/remembering-friday-nights-with-johnny/</guid>
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                                    <title>Kiffin and Calipari:  The Evil Twins of the NCAA</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/kiffin-and-calipari--the-evil-twins-of-the-ncaa/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I am convinced that University of Kentucky head basketball coach John Calipari and University of Tennessee . . . excuse me, I mean ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/kiffin-and-calipari--the-evil-twins-of-the-ncaa/</guid>
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                                    <title>Holiday Season Over, Diet Season Begins</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/holiday-season-over-diet-season-begins/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Our family Christmas tree now rests by our mailbox at the edge of the driveway.&nbsp; Later this week it will be picked up by the ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/holiday-season-over-diet-season-begins/</guid>
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                                    <title>Remembering New Year&acirc;s Eve With Ben and Guy</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/remembering-new-years-eve-with-ben-and-guy/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tonight, millions of otherwise-sensible Americans will leave their warm, safe homes, gather in public squares or at restaurants or ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/remembering-new-years-eve-with-ben-and-guy/</guid>
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                                    <title>Christmas Past</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/christmas-past/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; My wife is a fabulous cook.&nbsp; She learned from her mother, who is also a fabulous cook.&nbsp; In fact, according to an impartial ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/christmas-past/</guid>
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                                    <title>Santa&acirc;s Legal Dream Team</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/santas-legal-dream-team/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It&rsquo;s a little known fact, but Santa Claus has the best lawyers money can buy.&nbsp; ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/santas-legal-dream-team/</guid>
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                                    <title>A Book Review of Some Assembly Required: A Daddy's Christmas Book</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/a-book-review-of-/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[Excerpt: The holiday season is upon us. Chances are, by the time you read this review, you will be knee deep in Christmas parties, presents to wrap, cards to send, deadlines to meet, traffic to ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/a-book-review-of-/</guid>
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                                    <title>Keep Them Cards and Letters Coming In!</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/blog_post-14029/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I have no idea who started the tradition of sending out cards and letters during the Christmas season.&nbsp; I suspect it as part of ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/blog_post-14029/</guid>
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                                    <title>Thanksgiving:  The Kickoff to the Holiday Season</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/thanksgiving--the-kickoff-to-the-holiday-season/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Jasper, Tenn. &ndash; On Thanksgiving afternoon two undefeated teams will square off in the biggest game of this football ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/thanksgiving--the-kickoff-to-the-holiday-season/</guid>
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                                    <title>The Trial of Atticus</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/blog_post-11875/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Next year marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of Harper Lee&rsquo;s Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece, To Kill A ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/blog_post-11875/</guid>
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                                    <title>Halloween is a Conspiracy of the American Dental Association</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/halloween-is-a-conspiracy-of-the-american-dental-association/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Saturday night is Halloween, that special annual night when neighborhoods across America are invaded by millions of little yard apes ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/halloween-is-a-conspiracy-of-the-american-dental-association/</guid>
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                                    <title>WWJS:  What Would Jesus Say?</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/wwjs--what-would-jesus-say/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In 1985, a group of liberal theologians created &ldquo;The Jesus Seminar.&rdquo;&nbsp; The purpose of the &ldquo;Seminar&rdquo; was ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/wwjs--what-would-jesus-say/</guid>
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                                    <title>Will President Obama Win the Heisman Trophy?</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/will-president-obama-win-the-heisman-trophy/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Last week President Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.&nbsp; His selection for this prestigious award came as a ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/will-president-obama-win-the-heisman-trophy/</guid>
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                                    <title>Letterman:  Sleaze Will Make Him King</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/letterman--sleaze-will-make-him-king/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[Once upon a time in Television Land, Johnny Carson was the King of Late Night.&nbsp; For thirty years, a series of pretenders (including Merv Griffin, Dick Cavett, Joey Bishop and Arsenio Hall) tried ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/letterman--sleaze-will-make-him-king/</guid>
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                                    <title>The Jumbotron That Ate Dallas</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/the-jumbotron-that-ate-dallas/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It is an understatement to say that I am a football fan.&nbsp; I am actually a football fanatic.&nbsp; Literally.&nbsp; In fact, I ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/the-jumbotron-that-ate-dallas/</guid>
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                                    <title>Time to Start Building An Ark?</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/time-to-start-building-an-ark/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; One of my favorite stories is about the man who as a small child survived the Johnstown flood.&nbsp; Understandably, it was an ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/time-to-start-building-an-ark/</guid>
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                                    <title>A Word of Advice (Actually, Two Words) for All Rude Americans</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/a-word-of-advice-actually-two-words-for-all-rude-americans/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Is it just me, or is everyone in America suddenly spring-loaded in the hacked-off position?&nbsp; Whether it&rsquo;s politics, ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/a-word-of-advice-actually-two-words-for-all-rude-americans/</guid>
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                                    <title>John, Paul, George, Ringo . . . and Me</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/john-paul-george-ringo----and-me/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I have waited nearly a half century for this moment.&nbsp; And this week, it finally arrived.&nbsp; At long last, I get to join The ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/john-paul-george-ringo----and-me/</guid>
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                                    <title>We Interrupt This Marriage to Bring You Another College Football Season</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/we-interrupt-this-marriage-to-bring-you-another-college/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This weekend I will say good-bye to my wife and daughter and head straight for the sofa.&nbsp; As my wife is fond of saying, &ldquo;We interrupt ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/we-interrupt-this-marriage-to-bring-you-another-college/</guid>
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                                    <title>Coming Soon:  The First Chick-Fil-A Presbyterian Church</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/coming-soon--the-first-chick-fil-a-presbyterian-church/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I am a strong believer in the separation of church and state.&nbsp; However, I do not believe in the separation of church and ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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                                    <title>Daddy Faces the Death Panel</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/daddy-faces-the-death-panel/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; America is now embroiled in a fierce national debate over health care.&nbsp; Well, it&rsquo;s a &ldquo;debate&rdquo; if you call ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/daddy-faces-the-death-panel/</guid>
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                                    <title>To Kill A Chihuahua</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/to-kill-a-chihuahua/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ask any lawyer over the age of 50 to name his or her all-time favorite movie, and the odds are overwhelming that he or she will ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/to-kill-a-chihuahua/</guid>
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                                    <title>No Shirt, No Shoes . . . No Babies!</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/no-shirt-no-shoes----no-babies/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[Like all descendants of Adam and Eve, Kaylin Frederich entered this world naked.&nbsp; Actually, she was wearing her birthday suit, but it did not come with shoes.<br><br>Kaylin is now just six ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/no-shirt-no-shoes----no-babies/</guid>
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                                    <title>Mommas, Don&acirc;t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Interns</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/mommas-dont-let-your-babies-grow-up-to-be-interns/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; My daughter is a budding politician.&nbsp; She is President of her middle school&rsquo;s honor counsel, a graduate of two national ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/mommas-dont-let-your-babies-grow-up-to-be-interns/</guid>
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                                    <title>A Classic Summer Law Suit</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/a-classic-summer-law-suit/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I&rsquo;m an old-fashioned, traditional Southern lawyer.&nbsp; I talk like a Southern lawyer, walk like a Southern lawyer, and dress ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/a-classic-summer-law-suit/</guid>
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                                    <title>Judge Sonia Sotomayor:  A Case of Misplaced Empathy</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/judge-sonia-sotomayor--a-case-of-misplaced-empathy/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Judge Sonia Sotomayor, who is a very wise Latina woman from the Bronx, has spent this week being cross-examined by a bunch of white ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/judge-sonia-sotomayor--a-case-of-misplaced-empathy/</guid>
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                                    <title>Girding Our Loins:  Will Real Men Wear Girdles?</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/girding-our-loins--will-real-men-wear-girdles/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; As a life-long member of the male gender, I have always felt that men have two advantages over women.&nbsp; First, we wear sensible ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/girding-our-loins--will-real-men-wear-girdles/</guid>
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                                    <title>Compared to Streaking, This Is Just a Flash (Mob) in The Pan</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/compared-to-streaking-this-is-just-a-flash-mob/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I am pleased to report that the First Amendment is alive and well on Tennessee&#39;s college campuses.&nbsp; Students across the Volunteer ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/compared-to-streaking-this-is-just-a-flash-mob/</guid>
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                                    <title>Tennessee Just Says No To Al Gore&acirc;&brvbar;Again!</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/tennessee-just-says-no-to-al-goreagain/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[He has won a Nobel Prize and an Academy Award.&nbsp; For eight years he was a heartbeat away from the Presidency.&nbsp; In the 2000 Presidential Election, he won the popular vote by a large margin, ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/tennessee-just-says-no-to-al-goreagain/</guid>
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                                    <title>Father's Day: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow!</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/fathers-day--yesterday-today--tomorrow/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; When I was a little boy growing up in north Memphis during the Eisenhower Administration, Father&rsquo;s Day was a big deal.&nbsp; ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/fathers-day--yesterday-today--tomorrow/</guid>
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                                    <title>But Seriously, Folks: Twelve Angry Tweeters</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/but-seriously-folks/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[When I first heard my fellow lawyers using the word &ldquo;twitter,&rdquo; I thought they were referring to the little birdie who co-starred on the Bugs Bunny Show (&ldquo;I taught I taw a putty ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/but-seriously-folks/</guid>
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                                    <title>Big Orange Alimony For Fun and Profit</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/big-orange-alimony-for-fun-and-profit/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I am a big fan of Bruce Pearl, head coach of the University of Tennessee Gentlemen Vols basketball team.&nbsp; He is, in my impartial opinion, the second greatest basketball coach ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/big-orange-alimony-for-fun-and-profit/</guid>
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                                    <title>Legal Rawhide: Time To Brand Them Dogie Lawyers!</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/legal-rawhide-time-to-brand-them-dogie-lawyers/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[Long before I dreamed of being a lawyer, I wanted to be a cowboy.&nbsp; I wanted to sit tall in the saddle like the Marlboro Man or Roy Rogers or Gene Autry.&nbsp; That&rsquo;s because I grew up ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/legal-rawhide-time-to-brand-them-dogie-lawyers/</guid>
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                                    <title>A Time to Bring Back Law Suits... And Shoe Shines!</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/a-time-to-bring-back-law-suits-and-shoe-shines/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[Long-time readers of this silly column (and you know who you are) know how I feel about how we lawyers should dress.&nbsp; I believe that every problem now faced by the American legal profession ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/a-time-to-bring-back-law-suits-and-shoe-shines/</guid>
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                                    <title>Prayer Meetings in the Conference Room</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/hifolks/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[When I was a little boy growing up in the Baptist church my father pastored in north Memphis, our congregation would gather on Wednesday nights for mid-week &ldquo;prayer meeting.&rdquo;<br ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/hifolks/</guid>
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                                    <title>Time For a Federal Bailout of Rabbit Ears</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/time-for-a-federal-bailout-of-rabbit-ears/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I have been watching television now for over 56 years.&nbsp; Not in one sitting, mind you.&nbsp; I have gotten up from my Barcalounger from time to time to go to the bathroom or ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/time-for-a-federal-bailout-of-rabbit-ears/</guid>
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                                    <title>Not Your Father's Supreme Court Anymore</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/not-your-fathers-supreme-court-anymore/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[Tennessee, where the men are men, and the women are . . . Supreme Court Justices!<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;On September 2, the Honorable Janice Holder became the first female Chief Justice in the ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/not-your-fathers-supreme-court-anymore/</guid>
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                                    <title>Dress For Female Lawyer Success</title>
                                    <link>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/dress-for-female-lawyer-success/</link>
                                    <description><![CDATA[Unreliable sources advise me that the Memphis Bar Association Board of Directors is considering drafting a dress code for women lawyers.&nbsp; Such a code would be designed to provide sartorial ...]]></description>
                                    
                                    <pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
                                    <guid>http://www.billhaltom.com/blog/dress-for-female-lawyer-success/</guid>
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