If Groupon and its competitors can help people get health care, what’s not to like?
Unbundle. Lower Prices. Offer Choices. Forget for a moment that the Net has helped dumb-down our social and political discourse to Neanderthal […]
Month: December 2011
China in Ethiopia: Let the Big Dog Eat.
Century upon century, Africa has inspired. The beauty, mysteries and vibrancy of the African continent has steadily catapulted novelists and poets to […]
World-Class Talent in the Queen City: Megan Heekin Triantafillou.
Get to know the artist Megan Triantafillou now. Revel in her work. Tell people you discovered her. I am doing all three.
Overheard on Delta Flight 1537: The State of Facebook, Twitter, Social Media and other Cyber-Society.
No one wants to be alone. So what does the Net offer non-business humans? Only this: the illusion of companionship and support […]
Reminder: This Blog = a No Weenies-Wimps-Haters-Ragers-Lemmings Zone. No Anonymous Comments, Please.
Above: The revered French Resistance in action 70 years ago. Today, certainly, these heroes might need to comment and blog anonymously. However, […]
Is China and China business really all over Africa? If so, just how much? Discuss.
Finally, there’s a site that covers the above inquiry. See by American University’s Deborah Brautigam the blog China in Africa: The Real […]
Even at Christmas, Mother Russia Screams Like a Banshee.
More attitude, more outrage, and it’s continuous and fearless. You think OWS protesters have moxie? Well, lots of them do. But consider […]
Queen of the Pantheon: Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor (1932-2011).
Seventy years as a stand-out in the toughest profession there is. Mean, beautiful, elegant, driven, funny-catty, suffering, sensitive, compassionate and enormously and […]
“Nihil est incertius volgo.” In 2012, may bloggers everywhere Think On Their Own again. Too much “me, too” Lemming-Think in 2011.
Nothing is more unpredictable [or wimpier] than the mob. –Cicero, Pro Murena 36
Prediction for 2012: Caselaw and legislation on Internet defamation
I think you see two kinds:
Beyond E-Mail, Social Media and Buying: So what happens if The Net follows you around and becomes your new bud?
If sensors are everywhere, what result? Advances in digital technology are not only more proof of what teams of inspired humans can […]
Lower Manhattan’s Trinity Church has a “Solidarity” Problem.
Say it isn’t so, Muffie. Over three centuries ago–and just about two decades after the English finally achieved permanent control of Dutch-built […]
Christopher Eric Hitchens (1949-2011): Warrior Essayist.
He will be admired most because he was authentic and incapable of following anyone’s script: of the Right, the Left, America, England, […]
Russia: More Moxie in The Motherland.
Is the era of the cowed comrade about to end? With a population of over 140 million people, a land mass of […]
Property Rights Dissipate in Keystone State: “Police Dude, where’s my marijuana?”
A modest proposal. This all happened in Beaver County, Pennsylvania where I know from personal experience it’s considered overly-formal and pretentious for […]
Fear and Loathing on Russian Facebook.
More Big Ones from Mom-and-Pop Russia. Here’s a headline you don’t see every day. See at MSNBC “Angry Facebook Backlash After Medvedev […]
The End of Insects? Is caselaw developing to make some drive-by defamation, gaming the net & cartooning actionable?
Last week’s opinion and jury verdict in Cox ICK v. CRYSTAL COX (DC Or.) It sounds like a fun and productive development. […]
Is law developing to make Gaming the Net actionable?
The End of Cyber Creeps? No one wants to chill speech. And last week’s opinion and jury verdict in Obsidian Finance v. […]
In Russia: “I want new elections, not a revolution.”
Decades-long totalitarianism casts a long and powerful shadow. It keeps good people wimpy but “smart” long after free elections and other democratic […]
Query: Has David Cameron won a short-term political boost at the cost of isolating and hurting the UK long-term?
Did the Prime Minster demand an opt-out for London and the UK from EU financial services regulation? If he did, did he […]
Query: Has David Cameron won a short-term politcal boost at the cost of isolating and hurting the UK long-term?
Did the Prime Minster demand an opt-out for London and the UK from EU financial services regulation? If he did, did he […]
DC-based global IP voice Timothy Trainer: See video of his talk to US foreign service officers on importance of strong IP rights regimes, given at the USPTO.
Don’t miss this video of a compelling and wonderfully practical talk our friend and veteran DC intellectual property rights lawyer Tim Trainer […]
Mercer: “Oh, Vienna!”
And who could disagree? Mega-consultant Mercer has ranked Vienna as the best place on earth to live. See this recent piece in […]
Finally, Europe may embrace audit reform: Sarbanes-Oxley Lite.
Nearly 10 years after enactment of the American Sarbanes-Oxley Act (also known as “the Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act”), […]
Part 2 of McIlwrath CPR Interview with William Ury.
So, again, what is a BANTA? The continuation of the November 23 William Ury interview is at IDN Podcast #102. In episode […]
“A First-Rate Madness”: A Book that Expands Your Take on Leadership Styles.
If you think your boss might be a whack job some days, bet on him anyway. While its writing and organization could […]