One Man’s 2012 Halloween Plan: Turn off the lights. Lie on the floor.
So go away, okay? Look, I didn’t buy any Candy this year–and when the neighborhood kids ring my doorbell tonight, I’ll pretend […]
Month: October 2012
New India Infrastructure: Who’s got the cash?
See in Sunday’s The Hindu “Abysmal Infrastructure“. Although the piece focuses on dangerous pedestrian walkways and cycling tracks in Hyderabad, India’s fourth […]
New York State of Mind: Let It Pass Quickly.
Something you don’t see much: an angry East River (CNN photo).
Charon QC’s UK Law Tour: Report No. 1
Out of Kent, England, our friend Charon QC’s Van Rouge Tour begins. And whether we like it or not, The Law is […]
New GOP House Band: Rage Against the Machine.
What can a poor boy do?
Lawyers and Depression: It Happens.
Speaking of the Black Dog, a term Winston Churchill gave to his bouts with depression, I’ve often wondered why the subject of […]
Getting Paid: Pedestrian Tip No. 2 on Invoicing to Avoid Hating Life.
Make sure the client representative who actually requests or directs your work sees the bill each month or quarter. For long-standing clients, […]
Getting Paid: Pedestrian Tip No. 1 on Invoicing to Avoid Hating Life.
Send the bill to more than one person. Everyone has a back-up these days, including “Opal” in the back rooms of Accounts […]
Man, were we wrong: Obama the Aggressor owns Night 3.
It wasn’t that the talented Mitt Romney performed poorly last night; he didn’t. It was just that Obama was so uncannily good. […]
Prediction for Obama-Romney Night 3: A Street Fight with Mitt as Aggressor–and a Draw.
Tonight at 9:00 EST President Obama and Governor Romney debate foreign policy–expect lots on China, Libya and Iran–in Boca Raton, Florida with […]
Senator George S. McGovern (1922″“2012)
He is the most decent man in the Senate. –Robert F. Kennedy, 1968 Growing up, professionals born in the 1960s were often […]
The Economist: Do Europe’s transport corridors help or hurt the EU Single Market?
Trains, boats and planes. You have clients or customers selling within, out of or into Europe? See Charlemagne’s “Coming off the Rails“. […]
Bob Redford, Santa Monica’s Mayor for Life, Weighs in on Obama v. Romney.
No matter what they think of his politics, few people doubt actor Robert Redford’s decades-long commitment and contributions to environmental protection. Or […]
San Francisco-based Emoki Wear: Please Send These Two Poor Kids to Camp.
I’ve got it! Let’s make a killing in animal ears. Some Millennials graduate from NYU’s Stern School of Business, or maybe Wesleyan, […]
Voice of America interviews Patrick Ukata on Ibrahim Prize for African leadership.
Yesterday on Voice of America’s Straight Talk Africa, VOA mainstay Shaka Ssali interviewed our friend Patrick Ukata, Professor of International Relations at […]
Obama Blows Off His “No Angry” Rule to Seize the Night. And, Fellow Yanks: Do You Feel Lucky, Yet?
Candy Crowley just before last night’s thriller. (ABC News) The problem with people in 2005 having talked me into having “a blog” […]
The Problem of Political “Cartooning”: Low-Info Voters, Low-Rent Thinkers & Why Presidential Debates are Good.
Yes, presidential debates are a very good thing. You can check yourself, and see if you are really seeing things out there […]
But I am very surprised that since the first one in 1960–my political consultant friends like Mike O’Neil like to say Nixon […]
Great Clients: Meet Tess Cacciatore of GWEN.
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. On Wednesday Bennet Kelley, host of the Cyber Law & Business Report, interviewed Tess Cacciatore, co-founder […]
The Risks of Poltiical Cartooning: Low-Information and Low-Vibe Voters, and Why U.S. Presidential Debates are Good.
When I was in high school, I was the senior class president of a graduating class of about 200 students where sometimes […]
Biden v Ryan Debate: What We Thought.
A post-mortem piece on Thursday night’s Biden-Ryan? A few of you asked–and so thanks. I will try to do a longer post […]
Debate Prediction: Joe Biden Over Paul Ryan By Two Touchdowns; Ryan Way More Annoying.
In tonight’s vice-presidential debate in Kentucky between two talky Irish Catholic guys, Joe Biden, about to turn 70, will triumph over but […]
The Customer Experience: Should retail buyers just start creating their own?
When the seller won’t give the customer a better service alternative or a choice, and its competition is just as bad, nothing […]
The Customer Experience: We’ve got one for you right here, Jack.
And it’s the new Emoki animal ears “you control with your mind”. Yeah, that’s right. But this is no snake oil salesman’s […]
My Marrakesh: Tales Of a Designing London–and A New World Order.
Our friend Ms. Maryam has been on an elegant London jag. As usual she’s writing wise but sensual narrative vignettes–but lately they […]
The Customer Experience: Can it get much worse?
Paying customers at counters and on phone lines everywhere should start to act up–and demand better service and treatment. Maybe get a […]
Horse Race: Debate Night 1 Belongs to Mitt Romney.
Whether I like it or or not, Mitt Romney did well last night and, for the time being at least, completely destroyed […]
Prediction: Mitt Romney “Wins” First Debate.
No, it’s not wishful thinking. It just makes sense. As I type, Mitt Romney, who is often dull but hard-working and mega-bright, […]
HBR: “The Rise of the General Counsel.”
GE’s former general counsel Ben Heineman, Jr. has this one right. See his “The Rise of the General Counsel” appearing last week […]