At Disqus: When is it okay for men to cry?
A comment yesterday (with apologies to a great writer, Jay McInerney): “Definitely ok to cry to land great women. After my divorce […]
Author: Dan Hull
The 12 Rules of Lawyer Client Service.
A few more words about our world-famous The 12 Rules of Client Service, first published here in April of 2006. Think of […]
Equinox: It’s Mabon again.
Get your Druid-Pagan learn on. In two days celebrate the Autumnal Equinox. Cultures and religions worldwide do get weird this time of […]
Joe Cocker (1944-2014). lls ne savent pas ce que c’est l’amour.
“They don’t know what love is.”
Business Crime Jury Trial Query.
True story. Several years ago I was closing in a federal jury criminal trial (fraud and arson) in Pittsburgh. Halfway through there […]
Speech.
Two things: 1. The Left now asks us to exercise Free Speech in a Particular Way. 2. Free Speech in a Particular […]
Facebook is an often goofy but good thing. What other vehicle in history allows you to introduce people you knew and loved […]
Speech.
Two things: 1. The Left now asks us to exercise Free Speech in a Particular Way. 2. Free Speech in a Particular […]
Does Religion Oversimplify Real Life?
Good Sunday morning–and Query: 1. I believe in a God or gods or some “oversoul” and that there is something eternal and […]
Profs. Politically.
I come from a family of business people–but also teachers and several profs. I like professors. Mainly. A very good friend teaches […]
Great Slackoisie Moments in American Film: Ben Younger’s Boiler Room.
Jim Young [Ben Affleck]: You want vacation time? Go teach third grade, public school. —Boiler Room, written and directed by Ben Younger
America’s Trump Era Street Fight: What happens long-term? Does anyone have a clue?
So what’s the future for America and the West? What happens? Long-term, I mean. The divisiveness in this country is at an […]
So what’s the future for America and the West? What happens? Long-term, I mean. The divisiveness in this country is at an […]
Virgina-Missouri Hulls at The Willard.
From a Facebook post I did Monday, July 31: Yesterday I had the pleasure (no, thrill) of seeing my cousin Nan Hall […]
Trump
Earlier today. MOM: So what do you think of Trump? ME: Most authentic and energetic President in my lifetime. Only a matter […]
My Earl’s Court ’75
It’s been a long time since I rock and rolled, It’s been a long time since I did The Stroll. It’s been […]
Jamesetta Hawkins (1938 ““ 2012): She gave us reason to live.
You can leave your hat on, Etta.
Winging It. Generally? Not Cool. No Bueno. No Bueno.
You’ve a talent for Winging It? Great. Congratulations. We will alert the media. Use that gift when you must. But please don’t […]
The First Franchisor: Singer Corporation.
The first formal business format franchise is an honor that belongs to Singer Corporation. In 1851, Isaac Merritt Singer and lawyer Edward […]
“The guy has no enemies. Isn’t that great?”
Well, no. It’s not good. It’s not great, either. You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in […]
Dr, Thon
…and on Bastille Day. 2000522.jpg.gif And the moral of the story is never lean on the weird. Or they will chop your […]
Redux: My Old Town Alexandria, Virginia.
Apart from women who take care of themselves, lawyers who read more than CLE catalogues and a sizable part of the populace […]
Lawyers
From a comment I made at Disqus ATLS last week in reponse to a great short opinion post by a lawyer I […]
The ‘Conservative’ Revolution in the West. What happened?
In a nutshell? Liberal overreaching for decades toward “mandatory moral evolution” in the US and Europe woke up millions tired of being […]
What happens when you think on your own, anyway?
At Saatchi & Saatchi, Paul Arden’s ad campaigns changed everything for British Airways.
Penny.
Happy Birthday, and much love, to Penny Hull. Chicago Girl. Uber-Mom. Last of the Grande Dames. Tolerator of Difficult Men. Source of […]
Will there be an ABA Commission on Men in the Profession?
Don’t mean to beat a dead horse. But I’ve a serious question. Anytime soon will there be an American Bar Association (ABA) […]
Don’t Introduce Yourself as a Lawyer to Strangers & Folks You Just Met.
The majority view answer? Don’t do it, kid. It can only hurt. Unless business is just standing there in front of you […]