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Sunday, November 28, 2010

Radisson at LAX: best of times, worst of times (apologies to Dickens)

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So I really like the California Star Ball --it's a fun competition with very generous scholarship money.  I also like the front desk sta...
Friday, November 26, 2010

A fresh take on voting on Dancing With The Stars

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I love DWTS , and I always have.  (I was able to go to a semi-final one year, thanks to my buddy Arnold Peter , who represents BBC America ,...
Sunday, November 21, 2010

My newest guilty pleasure.

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This blog:  here .
Thursday, November 18, 2010

More evidence that law firms are looking at alternative ways of billing clients.

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See here .
Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Best insurance agent--ever.

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Recently, I had to make an insurance claim, and our agent, Perry Olson , did an exceptional job of dealing with some sticky issues of custom...

Happy 235th birthday, Marines!

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How many organizations do you know where you can count on the steadfastness of an entire group?  Where every member is trained to think of ...
Monday, November 01, 2010

Rice University: still a bargain.

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See here and here .
Sunday, October 31, 2010

Stop it. Stop demonizing the other side.

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It's a few days until Election Day, and I'm already cranky:  every time our home phone rings (a sure sign that the caller doesn'...
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Saturday, October 30, 2010

The New Yorker: GREAT magazine; HORRIBLE web customer service.

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I keep trying to fix a login problem at The New Yorker's website.  The site now keeps putting me into infinite loop.  I love the article...

Brava, Michelle Rhee!

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Still a fan.  See here .
Friday, October 29, 2010

Best disclaimer ever.

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See here .  For the disclaimer that's a close second, see here .
Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Thanks, everyone!

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I sure appreciate being in this group!
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Tuesday, October 19, 2010

That McGowan-Burk article I mentioned is highlighted in the latest ABA Journal.

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Just more proof that this article is both very good and very important.  See here for the ABA Journal link, and see here for my earlier p...
Friday, October 15, 2010

Michelle Rhee is my hero.

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See here .
Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Thanks, Hank's!

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We just got back home after a wonderful dinner at Hank's .  Delicious food, attentive staff, and a lovely surprise dessert.  All in all,...
Monday, October 11, 2010

A great op-ed by Sharon Davies of Ohio State.

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See here .  Brava, Sharon!
Sunday, October 10, 2010

For those of you who like law review irony.

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See here .  I especially liked the section on the right to bare claws, although the part about herd derivative suits was also classic.
Tuesday, October 05, 2010

Why our students at Boyd rock, part n.

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See this post at the Law School Survival Manual blog ( here ).
Saturday, October 02, 2010

New "good read" article.

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My buddy Bernie Burk and his co-author, David McGowan , have just posted an article on SSRN ( here ):  Big But Brittle: Economic Perspecti...
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Sunday, September 19, 2010

Another suggestion for dealing with the housing crisis.

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See this New York Times op-ed ( here ).  We have to figure out some way to give banks an incentive to help the folks who can pay their mortg...
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