Is much of the digital technology we buy simply not ready for market?
In the beginning, Thought Itself suffered. The Tools became the Main Event. And then The Tools worked inconsistently. Ever feel like you […]
Month: April 2012
Liberia: Reaction to Charles Taylor’s conviction at The Hague is mixed.
The Charles Taylor verdict is the “first of its kind” against a world leader at The Hague. See this NPR report. Lead-in […]
“Jiro Dreams of Sushi”: A Must-See Documentary for Millennials.
A movie about quality, standards, work–and genuine class.
Politico: Sen. Rob Portman as Mitt Romney’s Number Two.
Southern Ohio’s Taft Country has a long tradition of smart, hard-working, solid, uber-credentialed and refreshingly un-flashy Republicans who run for office, get […]
The New Manufacturing: Surprise. It’s Digital.
See by our Brit Watchers at The Economist “The Third Industrial Revolution“, part of a special report on the ripple effects of […]
Have a job? It doesn’t mean you’re smart, Jack. Not even a little smart.
It may mean you’re conformist, unimaginative, risk-averse, white or lucky enough not to live and work in El Centro, California, a vibrant, […]
Poetry Month, Year, Age, Whatever: Seamus Heaney’s Toome.
At Toomebridge Where the flat water Came pouring over the weir out of Lough Neagh As if it had reached an edge […]
Greater China: More than a feeling. Try not to screw up, okay?,
Do see “The Legal Faults With Faulty China Translations” at China Law Blog.
Tripoli or The Hague: Can Muammar Gaddafi’s son get a fair trial in Libya?
Our take: The International Criminal Court in The Hague makes more sense. At South Africa-based IOL News, see “Al-Islam Faces Justice on […]
At China Law Blog: China IP Rights. Deja Vu “All Over Again”.
See “China IP Protection. Deja Vu All Over Again” at Dan Harris’s China Law Blog. Enduring, honest, excellent and useful.
Poetry Month, Millenium, Age, Whatever: Michael Drayton & Ray Davies Get Wild for Old Blighty.
O famous Kent What country hath this isle That can compare with thee? –Michael Drayton (1563-1631) Canada to India. Australia to Cornwall. […]
At China Law Blog: China IP Rights. “Deja Vu All Over Again.”
See “China IP Protection. Deja Vu All Over Again” at Dan Harris’s China Law Blog–always honest, excellent and useful.
We thought “Unbundling” applied to lawyers was a Hull McGuire term/concept for 15 freaking years but…
…it’s good it’s out there. It’s a team effort, anyway. Ah, hubris. Ego. Pride. And the license for unbridled grandiosity that attends […]
WAC/P? Media Hit: “Keep Your Beginner’s Mind.”
[Verbatim below from 2.2.09. Will seem familiar to a few of you
In The Economist: Shareholders Get Serious. Corporate Governance No Longer A Joke. Dang.
Power to the Shareholders and all that–but Shareholder Rights is still an expensive, unforgiving and tortuous hell for many well-meaning Boards. Active […]
REDUX: The New White Trash: “Who Cares What Makes Generation Y Tick?”
M.G. Krebs: Hero of those Happy Going through Life as Turds. You cannot short-cut or dumb down the process of becoming a […]
BBC: Egypt may not relapse into a predominately Islamic lawdom, after all.
The Mother of All Arab Spring Injunctive Relief Actions. And good news for a way more nuanced world. See “Egypt Court Suspends […]
New “memoir” on the midlife Florentine experience: Rebecca Bricker charms us all.
Think of it as an Under the Tuscan Sun for Boomers with Attitude. Tales from Tavanti by Rebecca Bricker.
Myron Leon Wallace (1918-2012). Journalism as a warrior-thinker-hustler’s art form.
Mike Wallace. Whether you liked him or not, you had to admit this: no one worked harder at fact-gathering and journalism than […]
Spring: We all feel its giddy dance and play.
Spring ushers in important observances by most religions and faiths. Yet nearly everyone has Spring in their deepest wiring without a scripted […]
G.M. Wallace in my kind of writer, polymath, lawyer and faux fool.
In case you missed it, as we did, Blawg Review 315 this first week in April was hosted by one erudite mother, […]
Is “Professionalism” just a Lawyer-Centric Scam?
For those of you interested in minor blogislative history, and for what it’s worth, one article gave rise to the WAC/P? blog […]
In The American Prospect: Ohio’s Rob Portman as Mitt’s Running Mate.
Ohio’s first-term U.S. senator, and Cincinnati golden boy, does make sense for a Romney GOP ticket. And, while staid, Portman (in our […]
Cross-Border Smarts: Getting past whether to “kiss, bow or shake”. How do different foreign nationals actually think about doing deals?
So what happens when Americans do business with the English? English trading with Germans? Or Germans with Japanese? Why do the Spanish […]
“We love Whole Foods but shop at Wal-Mart”. Discuss.
Read “We love Whole Foods but shop at Wal-Mart” by MSNBC’s Allison Linn. Quality/Customer Service takes on Price/Convenience. See any analogies in […]
High Speed Rail in America: Some things our European cousins do quite well.
And so we should take that hint. Why can’t we take a more earnest stab at high-speed rail? Three of our builder […]