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View Article  Rationalist Quote of the Week
"If we can't think for ourselves, if we're unwilling to question authority, then we're just putty in the hands of those in power. But if the citizens are educated and form their own opinions, then those in power work for us. In every country, we should be teaching our children the scientific method and the reasons for a Bill of Rights. With it comes a certain decency, humility and community spirit. In the demon-haunted world that we inhabit by virtue of being human, this may be all that stands between us and the enveloping darkness."
Carl Sagan
View Article  Charlie Earns Forensic Sobriety Assessment Certificate

Today, with the help of Dr. Steven Rubenzer, I passed my Forensic Sobriety Assessment Test and became the first attorney in the State of Ohio to earn my FSA Certification.  This new certification seeks to go one step beyond the NHSTA "agenda driven" science and calls for the Standardized Field Sobriety Tests to be held up to scientific scrutiny.  Dr. Rubenzer is the first person to publish a peer reviewed article on the SFTs entitled: The Standardized Field Sobriety Tests: A Review of Scientific and Legal Issues.  For the DUI practitioner, this article appears in Law and Human Behavior.  As I learn more I will post on these topics.