Redux: Ernie’s Churchyard Find.
Ernie From Glen Burnie. Not his real name–but he’s a real person, a D.C. lawyer with a golden resume everyone speaks about […]
Cross-cultural mediation: “Don’t have a list of do’s and don’t’s.”
At the award-winning podcast series sponsored by the International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution (CPR), hear General Electric in-house lawyer Mike […]
It may be one for the ages: the inauguration address.
To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, or blame their society’s ills on the West “” know that […]
Inauguration Intermission: Julia Roberts loses it.
And maybe for good reason. So, respite, anyone? In D.C., Barack Obama’s inauguration is of course History–but it’s become essentially “touristy” history, […]
Dude, where’s my MLK Day?
Did the President-Elect hijack it?
American Signage: Bed-Stuy, Seattle and Johnstown PA
New York Times: ““˜Not Much of a Block,’ but It’s Named for a King“. The Seattle Times: “Dream Remains Alive on Seattle’s […]
True story: Many years ago, my direct ancestor Uncle Seamus left the County Antrim for London and a hard-earned but long and […]
The world’s most prestigious prize.
The Novel Peace Prize has bee given to __ and __- siunce 1901
Popular election of state judges in America: are we done yet?
For watchers of American state judiciary systems, on Tuesday, March 3, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in Caperton v. A.T. […]
Pleasure, pain, long distance.
JULIET: ‘Tis almost morning, I would have thee gone”” And yet no farther than a wan-ton’s bird, That lets it hop a […]
Last to rave and to be re-born.
The Phoenix represents to many the life cycle: birth, growth, death and re-birth because from the ashes life arises anew often strengthened […]
Beavis, can you spare a dime?
Breaking: Twenty-somethings, reality collide. MSNBC: “Generation Y job-seekers hit hard“. Excerpt: Younger workers are finding out the hard way that they have […]
One big global downer: car sales worldwide.
In The Economist today, read about “The Big Chill“. Excerpts: Sales figures published the week before the show confirmed what everyone already […]
With the exception of those who became psychiatrists–that rarest breed of physician in which educations stepped in science and the humanities somehow […]
Next time: turn off the lights, be very quiet, and lie on the floor.
In other words, pretend it’s Halloween at WAC?‘s house. See Rule 4 and then “Dropping A Summons And Complaint Outside A Door […]
No ordinary times.
“…a time for us all to read fewer newspapers and more history.” Read this one: “Lessons From the Depression” at Bruce MacEwen’s […]
Client costs are your problem, too.
Rule 8: Think Like the Client–Help Control Costs. Ask any associate lawyer or paralegal what a “profit” is. You will get two […]
Hillary’s new trial
Only a senator as forthright and as respected as Dick Lugar (R-Indiana) could raise the question the right way. Hillary is one […]
Exotic jurors: the ample, the deaf, the nasty.
Incontinent jurors are different than you and me, Ernestine. Lots of weird jury lore out there this week. The facts range from […]
“From Mistrust to Cynicism to Corruption”
We are not sure that “Madoff’s a bad man” but do see this one at Trusted Advisor by Charles Green. Thanks to […]
Does culture drive global trends more than economics?
The US, Russia, the EU, China and India may react differently to the same event. See at Richard Lewis’s Cross-Culture, one of […]
New Zealand: A Kiwi summer vacation.
The Griswolds do Easter Island? Well, Wellington’s Geoff Sharp is not Clark Griswold, but do see “How to Salvage a Summer Holiday” […]
Writing well: Why Justin can’t rite–and werk–so gud.
“The Can’t Do Generation?” Can’t work, can’t think on their own, can’t take negative criticism, can’t proofread, can’t write. See Carolyn Elefant’s […]
Clients, and the psychology of the Madoff affair.
Trust is only earned in a deeply personal way–it cannot be garnered and granted by someone else. —The Baby Blog See “The […]
Clients, and the psychology of the Madoff affair.
Trust is only earned in a deeply personal way–it cannot be garnered and granted by someone else. —The Baby Blog See “The […]
Update: Sweet Caroline
According to a blog yesterday at The Economist, new polling shows that Caroline Kennedy‘s quest for Hillary Clinton’s New York U.S. Senate […]
Franken: Good enough, smart enough–but not there yet.
Stuart saves Minnesota by 225 votes. Writer-actor-funnyman Harvard grad Al Franken (color him a big bold D) is certified as winner and […]
111th Congress: The Hill watching the watchers.
See, e.g., the Los Angeles Times and Bloomberg. The House Financial Services Committee takes a stab today at the SEC’s past monitoring […]
Force-starting the economy: one way out?
See at Reuters “Japan’s Yosano Says Quantitative Easing May Not Work“. In “quantitative easing“, governments flood the banking system with new money […]