Some Good Tucson News: Representative Giffords is Alive.
Not much good news. And at one point Saturday afternoon Fox News was the first media source to report that Gabrielle Giffords […]
Author: Dan Hull
Wake Up Loud, American Workers.
Still Hatin’ Life. You even have It anymore?
A Freshman Senator to Watch: Ohio’s Rob Portman.
Pretend for a moment that all Republicans and Democrats cannot be reduced to cartoon characters and cultural stereotypes, or relegated to someone’s […]
What if your life was actually interesting? Expats in the U.S and Europe vs. China.
See in The Economist “A Tale of Two Expats“. Is life really easier for Western expatriates in China than it is for […]
Frac me: Marcellus what?
If your firm does any work whatsoever for clients in fossil fuels–energy, environmental or the business side of either–see in Environmental Protection […]
Ed Rendell: A Democrat with Sand.
Last week’s National Journal showed the outgoing Pennsylvania Governor riled: “The Wussification of America“. Keep doing that, sir. New male interviewees are […]
The 112th Congress: Bring It. But Bring Jobs.
I’m so nervous I just sit and smile. I worked “up there” twice but I never saw this: (a) 15% real unemployment, […]
2011 Resolves
» Whataboutparis Dan Hull In 2011, when you interview, trust gut over resumes. Tell lazy coif law grads about how much fun […]
Breaking: Erudite Brit explains Cicero to Unwashed Yankees.
Arrival of Charon. Gustave Doré’s take on Dante’s Inferno. Plate IX: Canto III: And lo! towards us coming in a boat An […]
Just Clapton
Don’t forget this fact, you can’t get it back; cocaine. She don’t lie, she don’t lie, she don’t lie; cocaine.
Real resolutions for me and other type As”
Real resolutions for me and other type As” 1. Great Battle. 2. Everyone isn’t in the same mood you are in. 3. […]
Vote for The Legal Satyricon in the ABA Blawg 100–or we’ll pull the trigger.
Rags the Dog this morning in Salzburg, Austria. You’ve only a few hours left. Same for Rags. So Vote Here Now. Yeah, […]
Note to “Publius”: In 2011, resolve to grow a pair and use your real name on the Internet.
This blog’s policy is no-name no-publish. We’ve written about it a lot. Because, among other things, we need to know exactly how […]
New American Normal: It’s about fewer jobs here.
Other players in the new global markets are catching up fast. Yanks can and should get used to it–and adapt like the […]
Foreign Affairs: Social Media’s Real Value–and Limitations.
In next month’s Foreign Affairs, see “The Political Power of Social Media“. Our thanks to My Marrakesh, an expat with moxie, verve […]
A Holiday Reminder.
Amen. It’s never too early to start giving–or to give thanks to any Being or Entity that stuck with you, believed in […]
The Ritz
See “Client Service: The Ritz Carlton Way” by Texas-based Cordell Parvin at Law Consulting Blog. And being from Tennessee if I go […]
Left Bank litigation redux
Our post from one year ago today: Ile St Louis: U.S. litigation conducted from Left Bank? And why not? Law is no […]
To Jurors, do your Associates and Paralegals seem like Creeps?
Face it. Lawyers live in a world where harmless nerds, social misfits and mutants seem almost normal. That’s okay. But jurors never […]
Has everyone except Scott Greenfield died and gone to Hallmark?
A man who embraces mediocrity and schmaltz says no to life. –H. Oliver Are we not Men? –H.G. Wells http://blog.simplejustice.us/2010/12/15/whats-the-buzz.aspx
Has Everyone Except Scott Greenfield Died and Gone to Hallmark?
Many law firms are now like a small town homeowners’ association whose key members just learned that the monthly meeting was changed […]
Women with History Month: A Men’s Tribute.
There’s a man down there. Might be your man, I don’t know.
The Ritz
Puttin’ on the Ritz. Two years ago Texas-based Cordell Parvin took his Law Consulting Blog to the Ritz Carlton and learned a […]
Mother Jones on Richard Holbrooke
Me? On even his bad days, I thought he was a lot of fun to watch. Career diplomat Richard Holbrooke, who died […]