Daily Archives: June 21, 2004

Well, this is an interesting approach

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Mike Ramsey, the Houston-based criminal defense attorney who is representing former Enron CEO and Chairman Ken Lay, has requested another meeting with the Enron Task Force to plead his case that Mr. Lay should not be indicted.
Ramsey’s move in requesting the meeting with prosecutors is unusual, but the Enron case is such a hot button item culturally and politically that creative tactical decisions are necessary. Ex-Enron CEO Jeff Skilling asked for a similar meeting before he was indicted earlier this year, but it did not do much good — Skilling was indicted on 35 felony counts a few days later.
Lawyers close to the case have said federal prosecutors plan to ask a grand jury any day to indict Lay on charges relating to the last few months he was at the helm of Enron as the company plummetted into bankruptcy in late 2001.

Sally Jenkins on Tiger Woods

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Sally Jenkins is the daughter of Dan Jenkins, who is simply the best golf writer of all-time. However, Sally is currently writing on golf for the Washington Post, and she is fast joining her father as one of the best commentators on the golf scene. In this piece, Ms. Jenkins takes Tiger Woods down a notch or two over Woods’ behavior during this past weekend’s U.S. Open golf tournament. The following is a tidbit:

The Woods who played in the U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills this week was not an especially great player, nor was he a very good guy. Among the things that Woods blamed for his final round of 76, his worst final round in an Open since turning pro, and 10-over-par finish: the weather, the United States Golf Association, modern photography, the press and his former coach, Butch Harmon.
My first suggestion for Woods’s immediate and long-term recovery is that he spend four years in the Peace Corps. Planting crops in Ethiopia or Zaire while teaching children to read and write would have a salutary effect on his attitude, which at the moment resembles that of a spoiled Venetian princess.

Read the entire piece. Good stuff.