Senator George S. McGovern (1922″“2012)
He is the most decent man in the Senate. –Robert F. Kennedy, 1968 Growing up, professionals born in the 1960s were often […]
Author: Dan Hull
The Economist: Do Europe’s transport corridors help or hurt the EU Single Market?
Trains, boats and planes. You have clients or customers selling within, out of or into Europe? See Charlemagne’s “Coming off the Rails“. […]
Bob Redford, Santa Monica’s Mayor for Life, Weighs in on Obama v. Romney.
No matter what they think of his politics, few people doubt actor Robert Redford’s decades-long commitment and contributions to environmental protection. Or […]
San Francisco-based Emoki Wear: Please Send These Two Poor Kids to Camp.
I’ve got it! Let’s make a killing in animal ears. Some Millennials graduate from NYU’s Stern School of Business, or maybe Wesleyan, […]
Voice of America interviews Patrick Ukata on Ibrahim Prize for African leadership.
Yesterday on Voice of America’s Straight Talk Africa, VOA mainstay Shaka Ssali interviewed our friend Patrick Ukata, Professor of International Relations at […]
Obama Blows Off His “No Angry” Rule to Seize the Night. And, Fellow Yanks: Do You Feel Lucky, Yet?
Candy Crowley just before last night’s thriller. (ABC News) The problem with people in 2005 having talked me into having “a blog” […]
The Problem of Political “Cartooning”: Low-Info Voters, Low-Rent Thinkers & Why Presidential Debates are Good.
Yes, presidential debates are a very good thing. You can check yourself, and see if you are really seeing things out there […]
But I am very surprised that since the first one in 1960–my political consultant friends like Mike O’Neil like to say Nixon […]
Great Clients: Meet Tess Cacciatore of GWEN.
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. On Wednesday Bennet Kelley, host of the Cyber Law & Business Report, interviewed Tess Cacciatore, co-founder […]
The Risks of Poltiical Cartooning: Low-Information and Low-Vibe Voters, and Why U.S. Presidential Debates are Good.
When I was in high school, I was the senior class president of a graduating class of about 200 students where sometimes […]
Biden v Ryan Debate: What We Thought.
A post-mortem piece on Thursday night’s Biden-Ryan? A few of you asked–and so thanks. I will try to do a longer post […]
Debate Prediction: Joe Biden Over Paul Ryan By Two Touchdowns; Ryan Way More Annoying.
In tonight’s vice-presidential debate in Kentucky between two talky Irish Catholic guys, Joe Biden, about to turn 70, will triumph over but […]
The Customer Experience: Should retail buyers just start creating their own?
When the seller won’t give the customer a better service alternative or a choice, and its competition is just as bad, nothing […]
The Customer Experience: We’ve got one for you right here, Jack.
And it’s the new Emoki animal ears “you control with your mind”. Yeah, that’s right. But this is no snake oil salesman’s […]
My Marrakesh: Tales Of a Designing London–and A New World Order.
Our friend Ms. Maryam has been on an elegant London jag. As usual she’s writing wise but sensual narrative vignettes–but lately they […]
The Customer Experience: Can it get much worse?
Paying customers at counters and on phone lines everywhere should start to act up–and demand better service and treatment. Maybe get a […]
Horse Race: Debate Night 1 Belongs to Mitt Romney.
Whether I like it or or not, Mitt Romney did well last night and, for the time being at least, completely destroyed […]
Prediction: Mitt Romney “Wins” First Debate.
No, it’s not wishful thinking. It just makes sense. As I type, Mitt Romney, who is often dull but hard-working and mega-bright, […]
HBR: “The Rise of the General Counsel.”
GE’s former general counsel Ben Heineman, Jr. has this one right. See his “The Rise of the General Counsel” appearing last week […]
If Mitt Romney can show me he’s got one tiny kinky homeboy streak of this Detroit band in him, I still might vote for him.
Detroit is Mitt Romney’s city, too. He spent his first 18 years there. In 1965, five years before this performance at Wayne […]
If You or Your Clients Plan to Do Business in Africa, Please Read This First.
Martin Meredith’s The Fate of Africa: A History of Fifty Years of Independence, 750 pages (2005, Perseus Books Group).
Battle of Two Old Titans: King Coal v. Growing, Getting-Cheaper, Cleaner, Princely Natural Gas.
Justin Sullivan/CSM If you follow the news, you can hardly ignore the news that there is a lot more accessible natural gas […]
If you are doing business in Canada or America, then please get this book: Legal Aspects of Doing Business in North America (2nd Edition).
Here’s a book about doing business and making investments in Canada and the United States America that businesses and law firms–especially non-North […]
King Coal v Cheaper, Cleaner Natural Gas.
If I really think about it, most days of my law practice have had something to do with fossil fuels: various forms […]
If you missed–or just don’t get–Burning Man 2012, see this one by Leah Lamb.
There is a reason that down through history the desert has been a canvas, a testing ground and a place of new […]
If you missed or just don’t get Burning Man, do see this one by Leah Lamb.
There is a reason that down through history the desert has been a canvas, a testing ground and a place of new […]
All Hail The Charon QC Van Rouge Tour: A Modern Legal Domesday Census, Sort Of, Starting With Kent.
It will be a real pleasure to get out and talk to lawyers and non-lawyers all over the country to see what […]
Congratulations, Geeklawyer and Jess.
The House of Geeklawyer announces the arrival of a new 8.5 pound male litigator. 20th Century Fox
The Miracle, Ecstasy & Cost-Efficiency of Repeat Business: General Motors.
In The Detroit News: “GM To Target Product Loyalty“. Excerpt: Alicia Boler-Davis [GM Vice President for Customer Experience] said GM has launched […]