Is England getting wimpy?
Militarily? We don’t think so. But our friend Joerg Wolf at the Berlin-based Atlantic Review asks “Are Americans Concerned that Britain is […]
Month: February 2009
Stimulus bill: $789 billion
Yesterday, and ‘ahead of schedule’, House and Senate conferees approved a bill that could be voted on this week. Details of the […]
Is England getting tacky?
Dude, where’s my Cotswolds? We don’t think so. The UK has been successful in keeping vast tracts of rural England looking the […]
Writing well: Craig Williams
How to Get Sued: An Instructional Guide is by Newport Beach trial lawyer and writer J. Craig Williams, who also authors the […]
This is Elkhart.
And this is Elkhart high on Obama. Like my beloved alma mater hundreds of miles away, Elkhart, Indiana is a small but […]
The one-stop e-Discovery shop?
Cases are won or lost at trial on discovery. So in between projects we’ve had an eye out for a “one-stop” e-discovery […]
Look, before you stimulate?
Turning Japanese? We really don’t think so but see at Bloomberg: “Obama Says Any Delay on Stimulus “˜Irresponsible’“. And then read at […]
Watching Legal Blog Watch, Blawg Review, and four more.
…all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know. (JK, 1819) WAC? likes to “review” Blawg Review each week–but lately […]
Germany’s Alien, UFO and Daily Strangeness Problem.
And you thought it was just that they’ve had all these American soldiers around all the time for the last 64 years […]
Dang, 250 leads.
See Scott “Bob Redford” Greenfield’s “My 250th Call Through Avvo!” at his Simple Justice. Nothing much gets by Scott, and we’ve learned […]
“What About Paris?” We begin early this week.
Via Holden Oliver, the aging law student who thinks all music stopped in 1977, we begin our weekend alter ego What About […]
Get out of your cars and dance.
Women in satin shoes. Men in Zegna suits. What else is there? Historical note: This Jagger-Richards song was U.S. national anthem briefly–for […]
WAC? Study: Physicians are now even more disliked than Lawyers.
The Upside: American MDs do make lawyers look good. But let’s start making doctors work for us. (Art: R. Steadman) In college, […]
Tom Daschle goes paws up.
Obama’s well-liked HHS nominee withdraws re: $146,000 in back taxes. See yesterday’s Washington Post.
February’s Carnival of Trust
We know–it sounds like you died and went to Hallmark. But the Carnival of Trust is excellent, conceived and guided by revered […]
Like him or not, Bill Clinton is a U.S. asset.
Even our controlled Commander-in-Chief gets excited, starstruck and a little weird around WJC. What’s the deal with his wrist? We vote “R”, […]
Keep your Beginner’s Mind.
naughty child”“ instead of his chores a snow Buddha “Gimme that moon!” cries the crying child –by Kobayashi Issa, translated by David […]
Brit King of Media interviews California ADR Vixen.
Howard, Oprah and now Charon QC. Mayfair’s playful pundit. London’s Charlie Rose. Albion’s first Rioja Ranger. Charon (pronounced “Karen”) just aired podcast […]
Baby, We Were Born To Eat.
Super Bowl Halftime: Can we have the Kinks, Sting, Bono or B.B. King next year? Despite the hopelessness and self-pity in much […]
Root for the Steelers: It’s good for business.
Politics, Business and Sports Desk. Here in Palo Alto we are watching this game carefully. See The Motley Fool. First, a Pittsburgh […]