Long overdue is the entry of Monica Bay, editor-in-chief
of Law Technology News and
editorial director of Law
Firm, Inc. and
Small Firm Business into
the blogosphere with her already-engaging blog, The
Common Scold. Two days before Thanksgiving, it is well to
remember that the Puritans bequeathed to us many more lasting cultural
ingredients than just the traditionally enshrined turkey dinner—and
Monica reminds us that one icon (OK, without warm and cozy overtones)
is that of the "common scold," a disputatious and vexatious woman who
stuck her nose into everything and voiced her negative opinions without
inhibition.
This, trust me, Monica is not.
OK, I will stand by the part about expressing opinions without
inhibition.
On
subjects from legal technology to the status of professional management
of law firms, and gratefully including her (and my) beloved Yankees,
Monica’s engaging and wide-ranging voice, and her astute ability
to point out either the monstrosity that the rest of
us have ignored or the baffling absence of something that clearly ought to
be there, are profoundly welcome. Not that she needs encouragement,
but "Go, Monica!"
