King Solomon and a Wealthy Fool

 

To retire or not to retire? Why should I retire if I enjoy what I am doing? Am I a fool for working if I don’t need the money? How much risk should I incur in my 401K investments when I am 60 years old? To be or not to be? These are questions only you can answer based on your financial circumstances and wisdom and seem to have also existed 3000 years ago. I surmised, based on his proverb, how King Solomon may have answered the Queen of Sheba’s question about this subject. The novel is a contemporary application of a story form to promote understanding of proverbs and ancient wise sayings in relation to our modern times.

King Solomon and Defense Lawyers

 

According to the American Bar Association there are currently 1,116,967 lawyers practicing in the United States. That is approximately one for every 300 people. The basic purpose of a defense lawyer is to protect the rights of their clients because of the history of unfair justice. TV and Movies sometimes portray a defense lawyer who knows his client is guilty as being a cohort in crime with the guilty criminals they represent. In real life though, if a client admits his guilt to his lawyer, a virtuous lawyer might advise his client to admit their guilt and make a deal with prosecutors to lessen their sentence, or decide not to represent them. However, not all lawyers or anyone else for that matter are virtuous when large monetary  incentives are involved.

I surmised in the following novel excerpts how King Solomon explained to the Queen of Sheba his remedy to dissuade a lawyer wanting to represent a person as being innocent for monetary reasons while knowing he was guilty. The novel is a contemporary application of a story form to promote understanding of proverbs and ancient wise sayings in relation to our modern times.