James Hanson
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Understanding Trial De Novo in Arizona Law with Duncan v. Mack
Recently, I wrote about the Clout Construction memorandum decision, which is about the trial de novo available under A.R.S. § 12-910. That decision mentioned a case, Duncan v. Mack, in connection with the proposition that a trial de novo “should be tried in all manners as though the superior court were the court of original Continue reading
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Investigate Your Ideas
About a month ago, I was waiting for my son’s flight at Sky Harbor Airport, and I was spending that time reading on Readwise a PDF that I don’t remember having collected but that I nevertheless enjoyed. The PDF is a chapter titled “Learning to Work” by Virginia Valian from an anthology called Working it Continue reading
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Spanish Books Photographed for an Experiment on WordPress
I’m playing with WordPress on my computer and on my iPhone. For that experiment, I’m posting a photo of some Spanish books I bought yesterday at Barnes and Noble: Continue reading
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Pressing an Off Switch for a New View
Anything emananating that does not yet have a proper name is perceived at first as eccentric. That line is from my notes on David Whyte‘s Three Sundays series back in May 2024. The word “eccentric” caught my attention, and so I started thinking of synonyms: weird, strange, “off.” Off is an interesting word. I think Continue reading
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Your Second Brain Shouldn’t Make You Feel Bad; Your Notes can Be a Conversation Partner.
Joan Westenberg wrote a post about deleting her second brain. I enjoyed it and much of what she said there rang true, to some extent, for me. And I am glad that she has found some sort of liberation and even joy in having deleted her notes. But I don’t want to delete mine, even Continue reading
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Rather than Shrink from Uncertainty, Grow through a Challenge: Notes from Episode 63 of the OptimalWork Podcast
This post contains some notes taken from Episode 63 of The Optimal Work Podcast: How to Thrive in Uncertainty. Any insight or encouragement should be attribute to the hosts, Kevin Majeres and Sharif Younes; any flaws in my notes should be attributed to me. Having Certainty Might Feel Good, but Life is about Growing because Continue reading
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Method in Theology: When the Object Must be Loved
Last week, I picked up a copy of Josef Pieper: An Anthology at The Calico Cat Bookshop. This passage from the Foreword by von Balthasar struck me, and I’ll say why if you read through it: “Just as the gracious, faithful and merciful God who made a covenant with Israel requires in the end a Continue reading
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Pushed Toward Alex Petkas’s Podcast on Plutarch’s Lives by The Art of Manliness
The Art of Manliness Podcast episode that I listened to on today’s run was about Plutarch’s Lives. Plutarch’s Lives was part of the curriculum at Thomas Aquinas College, and I was impressed when I read them. It’s been a while since I’ve re-visited them. The guest, Alex Petkas, has his own site and a podcast: Continue reading
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Trial De Novo Insights: Arizona Court Ruling on A.R.S. § 12-910 in Clout Construction Memorandum Decision
I have written about the revisions to A.R.S. § 12-910 and how the right to a trial de novo affects cases before the Arizona Registrar of Contractors. Earlier this month, on July 1, 2025, the Arizona Court of Appeals issued a memorandum decision that brings some clarity by affirming a basic proposition: If a trial Continue reading
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A.R.S. § 12-910 (4) Art of Manliness Podcast (1) Austin Kleon (1) Christopher Nolan (1) cotidian photo (3) Criterion Channel (1) David Whyte (1) Great Books (1) Josef Pieper (2) Los Angeles (1) movies (2) OptimalWork (1) personal growth (1) philosophy (1) Phoenix (1) reading (1) Registrar of Contractors (3) restaurant (3) Roam Research (1) Spanish (1) spoken Latin (2) Steve Chandler (1) theology (1) travel (4) trial de novo (4) Ventura (2) writing on the Internet (1) Zettelkasten (1)
