Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Want good reporting on bankruptcy news? You want Bill Rochelle.

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Here's a perfect example (today's column, here ).  Full disclosure:  I've known Bill for several years now and have enjoyed talk...

David Brooks and "haimishness."

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In today's New York Times ( here ).  Nice.
Monday, August 29, 2011

Why tax law matters.

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See here .  Hat tip to TaxProf Blog , of course.

Well, thanks!

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See here .  Thanks, Inter Alia !

Jon Macey on the Buffett-B of A investment

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As always, a fascinating take on things:  here .

One of my new heroes.

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See here .  Leadership always, always must come by example.  Thanks, Dr. Powell!
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Saturday, August 27, 2011

And when Joe Nocera writes, I pay attention.

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Here's his latest piece--a great column about Steve Jobs ( here ). 

When Tom Campbell talks, I listen.

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See here .  Couple this idea with the Van Niel mortgage proposal , and you can see how an economic recovery might work.
Friday, August 26, 2011

Kvelling about Mike Frisch.

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See Alan Childress 's post on the Legal Profession Blog here .  For a partial listing of why Mike is cool, see here .  To look up what ...

Two good Wall Street Journal op-eds about Steve Jobs.

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See here and here .
Thursday, August 25, 2011

Rice's 100th entering class.

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See here .  Go, Owls! 

My dad was ahead of his time when he taught me math.

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Today's op-ed in the New York Times, "How to Fix Our Math Education" ( here ), argues that students should learn math in conte...
Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Great post over at Credit Slips.

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See here .  Adam Levitin's post is worth reading.  Hat tip to my buddy Eric Van Horn for pointing it out to me.

Caused a spit-take when I read it.

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Here .  Hat tip to my buddy Marc Stern .
Tuesday, August 23, 2011

The older I get, the more I like straightforward things, like the West Point Honor Code.

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See here for a good discussion about the difference between codes that force community members to turn in their colleagues and those that d...
Monday, August 22, 2011

Quelle surprise! Law firms manage their profits per partner for the rankings.

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See here .  At what point do we stop measuring things that don't really matter, rather than chase the tail of the rankings dog?
Sunday, August 21, 2011

I would say this even if I didn't hang out with Bloomberg folks.

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People who think that they can have it all (a wonderful, engaging job; full participation in family life; time for themselves) are too optim...
Tuesday, August 16, 2011

A chance to hang out with Randy Cohen, of "The Ethicist" fame.

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See here .  Well, not literally hang out with him, unless you scroll down to the bottom right-hand side of his Kickstarter page--but he is f...

Best foreclosure story ever.

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See here .  Hat tips to Marc Stern , Chicago's Real Law Blog, and The Daily Show .  Students lucky enough to get Professor Porter for ...
Sunday, August 14, 2011

Freaking brilliant.

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See here .  Hat tip to Jack Ayer .