The Economist: After Mubarak.
For the long view of “what Egypt means”, do see this one: The Autumn of the Patriarchs. Excerpts: Since the fall of […]
Dana Point, California
This small southern California coastal city was named after Richard Henry Dana Jr. (1815-1882), the Massachusetts-bred lawyer and politician who wrote an […]
Mike O’Neil on Egypt: What’s Next?
See O’Neil’s fine “Now the Hard Part for Egypt“, which appeared yesterday in The Huffington Post and elsewhere. Excerpt: The caretakers of […]
Men’s Room: Why WAC/P’s last girlfriend exited in May 2009.
And there have been no quality prospects since then. Listen to this Sunday, May 10, 2009 Charon QC podcast with Dan Hull’s […]
Boomers: Please Don’t Retire. Ever.
(Detroit, July 1970.)
Stock Market Weekly: Investment trends in energy markets.
See the Alex Willams Interview by Kent Moors. There’s a trace of wishful thinking and (as usual) an agenda here–but it’s certainly […]
Duke Undergraduates: Neuroscience on the Brain.
Economic models leave room for questions””they don’t explain the irrationalities we witness in the markets every day. Neuroeconomics, on the other hand, […]
Can America please resurrect “Bullying” at work? Before it’s too late?
Tough Professions, Tough Choices. Either we Get in the Game–or we Get Out. Sounds harsh–but it’s 100% true. It’s one of the […]
Wall Street watches Egypt: Are oil-rich nations next?
It’s Human Progress v. Near-Term Global Economy. Ready? See AP, MSNBC, Fortune, Reuters.
Maryam in Marrakesh: The Art of Being Here Now.
Unfortunately, she had to cancel one of her many trips to Cairo this week. So, as usual, she improvises, improves, does what’s […]
Mamet via Baldwin: “You say you’re a good father? Screw you. Go home and play with your kids”.
These are the Glengarry leads. And you don’t get them. Thanks for reminder to Eric Mayer to Military Underdog.
Felix Desruelles
A Left Bank square at I Prefer Paris, by Richard Nahem. Square Felix Desruelles: Blvd. St. Germain, near St. Germain Church, 6th […]
If You’re First-Rate, Lean & Mean, Do Charge More. (And Please Get Off Your Knees.)
Go ahead. Take their best clients to a better world and experience. If your firm’s under 100 lawyers, has publicly-traded clients and […]
Wake up loud, Teacups.
Spread out the oil, the gasoline. My hands are greasy. She’s a mean, mean machine. Start it up. We’re waiting.
We Lawyers: The Undisciplined. The Disorganized. The Miserable.
“What ever is he talking about?” Western business schools, and especially the training programs of large global and publicly-traded companies, do a […]
Sometimes a Great Notion: NPDES Permit Training by US EPA.
Wastewater Permitting the Right Way. A Permit Writers’ Course. Worthwhile, and something that doesn’t happen every day. Live or on-line. Or five […]
Ex-US EPA Chief William Reilly on BP Investigation Report.
Reilly was co-chair of the U.S. commission to investigate last year’s BP Gulf spill. He spoke last night in Durham, NC. See […]
Reynolds Price, 77, dies.
“Part of the soul of Duke.” http://dukechronicle.com/article/reynolds-price-literary-giant-passes-away
In 2012, Sarah Kate Silverman for New Hampshire’s 1st Congressional District.
Americans and Speech. We’ve become too thin-skinned and polite with Words. Many of us still live by a script. We’ve made progress […]
Rue Cambon, Paris.
Two of several photos two years ago by Paris and Amsterdam-based Tara Bradford, an American writer, at the fine Paris Parfait:
Heroes: Chris Abraham. The Man’s an Artist.
Berlin and DC-based, on fire, and the human reason (together with Pat Lamb) WAC/P? exists, get to know Renaissance Man Chris Abraham […]
Saturday’s Charon QC: A Whole Man Endures.
The man’s an artist. For a few days in March 2007, short fleshy German women in bad moods were attractive. Now in […]
THE Book: International Arbitration & Mediation–A Practical Guide.
And we’ll see the Movie when they make it. “Today’s business world is about risk.” That’s the first sentence of the 2010 […]
GOP-led U.S. House repeals year-old health care reform law.
Sometimes a Smug Notion. Noted. And it probably won’t matter. Now it’s the Senate’s turn. And then there’s a veto cooking up […]