Bongs at Work: Dude, the Doritos are key. Screw the due diligence. Service via Facebook.
At Reuters India, see “For Optimal Work Commitment, Skip the Pot?“. It begins: (Reuters Health) – According to a real shocker from […]
Author: Dan Hull
Greece: Getting $172 Billion More, Facing Heavy Losses and Balking at Brutal Anglo-Saxon Work Regimes.
Well, dang. Greek debt is said to be at about 160% of its GNP. Its second recent bailout coupled with long- and […]
Overheard in Venice: Turn off phones/computers 2 hours a day.
“You will miss nothing. No one will miss you.”
If you don’t like Rufus Thomas, I’m afraid our firm can’t represent you.
Sorry. Try the law firm down the street, Jack.
Double Secret “3-Way” Talks: Yanks, Afghans and Taliban?
With Kabul and Washington pushing for peace talks, Pakistan is regarded by both capitals as a major obstacle in the process. Afghan […]
Besides, who else at your shop can make floral vests, khakis and wing tips work?
Just kidding. Old Boomers at WAC/P? continue to evolve. So please visit Schumpeter at The Economist and his/her excellent “Of Companies and […]
Say it ain’t so, Scott Greenfield.
Head Counselor at Camp Bedlam hangs up his keyboard. For now, anyway. Squeezing it all in between moments of a full-time upper-tier […]
St. Valentine’s Day: You Gotta Serve Somebody.
“Romeo and Juliet” by Ford Madox Brown (1821-1893). Climb up out of yourself. Serve.
“Counteracting declines” in the EU: Greece’s austerity measures prompt some world markets gains. But…
We must show that Greeks, when they are called on to choose between the bad and the worst, choose the bad to […]
New York Times this Sunday morning: Outsourcing Risk and Death in the Afghan War.
I’m reminded of the shockingly high percentage of deployed U.S. Merchant Marine civilian seamen–from old hands to students at Kings Point–who during […]
More China in Africa: China labor practices in Zambia’s mines.
See “One Barking Dog Sets the Whole Street a-Barking” and related links and posts for a discussion on the upshot of a […]
Imperfections: They rarely derail the Way Ample.
Don’t let anybody tell you that you never want overweight jurors, or that you always want them — or that you never […]
The Economist: Must a U.S. MBA degree take 2 years? (And must our law degree take 3 years?)
Probably not, to both questions. See at The Economist “Which MBA? Kellogg School of Management: The 21st-Century Knocks” on Dean Sally Blount’s […]
Two FLKs (Funny Looking Kids): But there’s something wrong with the kid on the lower left….
I’ve seen that look before. On Gary Busey. Val Kilmer. On Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney. And Al Haig. Ron Paul. Ernie […]
The Best News from Mexico in Months: Josefina Vazquez Mota.
See at MSNBC “‘I will be the first woman president of Mexico in history’,“. Mexican Congresswoman Vazquez Mota, 51, shakes up the […]
“Frozen Fury”: Mom-and-Pop Motherland Go After Putin Again.
Today in Russia, in a number of cities, the presumably-rigged presidential elections next month (March 4) brought out more middle-class crowds to […]
Once again, The Question: Can Non-Lawyers Own Shares in U.S. Law Firms?
And can you think of a more controversial yet important question for the legal profession? The New York Bar, with an assist […]
The Economist: How are you at reading Tribes?
“Reading a contract is useful, but you also need to be able to read people.” The Economist, which has emerged as the […]
South Africa’s bid to control African Union goes to Plan B.
Unfortunately, South Africa’s plan to take effective control of the African Union (consisting of 54 nations), and then to make the AU […]
Pantheon: Vanessa Anne Hudgens. Charisma, legs and talents beyond her years.
Born December 14, 1988. American actress, singer. We were very, very wrong about her. She’s not too young for The Pantheon. She […]
Energy Security: China is hungry for Canadian oil. And Canada plans to diversify.
In a widely-circulated AP article today, Rob Gillies reported that “with pipeline to US on hold, Canada eyes China“. This development is […]
In Progress: Bennet Kelley’s 2012 Working World Hacklist.
Steal a peek: Hack Exchange 2012 through January 27, 2012, courtesy of the founder, B.G. Kelley.
That’s what I’m talking about.
How often have you felt like this? We hope it’s a lot. Injured 2 weeks ago, Rafael Nadal celebrates beating Roger Federer […]
At TechRepublic: Anonymity in Social Media.
Two days ago at TechRepublic Jason Falls wrote about “The case of anonymity in social media“. One lawyer Falls interviewed said that […]
At CorporateCounsel.net: UK considers shareholder Say-on-Pay and performance-based Bonus Clawbacks for execs.
See one of today’s posts at Broc Romanek’s TheCorporateCounsel.net. Excerpts: The United Kingdom has been on a path to revise its executive […]
WAP Guest Writer Mike O’Neil: “National Spotlight to Turn on Arizona: Four Reasons Why.”
Political consultant and on-air commentator Mike O’Neil has written and talked about national politics for three decades. In this WAP guest post, […]
Nigeria as Battlefield: “Western education is sacrilege.”
Over sixty years after gaining independence from European rulers, the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Africa’s biggest oil producer, and home to Africa’s […]