This is the personal website of Rick Horowitz

RHDefense

My primary “day job” is owning my own criminal defense law firm.

Avvo

My Avvo profile provides information on my reputation as a lawyer.

Blogging

I have law and photography blogs, in addition to this one.

Substack

I mostly write on Substack these days — come see and subscribe.

Chafowitz™

My wife and I sell handmade jewelry, sublimated items, and laser-engraved goods.

Recent Blog Posts

  • Trump faces a chatbot which seems to be saying, "Stop" with its hands held out while Trump points a finger at him and a crowd of nondescript humanlike images watches

    The Flesh-and-Blood Chatbot

     October 21, 2025
    Donald Trump doesn’t think — he responds. He’s a flesh-and-blood chatbot. That’s not an insult. It’s a structural description. He operates like a predictive-text…
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  • a stack of old weathered-looking journals with the words on one page showing "I kept journals of my life...and then I was gone" with a fountain pen, signifying the shortness of life

    I Kept Journals

     September 5, 2024
    Off and on throughout my life, I have been a writer. I guess you could say that I am a writer. Among other things,…
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  • a man sits alone on a window sill staring out at the night with a full moon in a largely empty room where, off to the right, you see an empty aspirin bottle which signifies the payment of a debt which cancels all others

    Testimony to the Payment of a Debt

     August 17, 2024
    Genesis of a Poem I wrote the poem (below) when I was young. I think I was about 16 or 17, but I’m not…
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