I am about to ensure 2012 World Series victory for the Red Sox by declaring that the team will win it all. I am the sort of pundit who is always wrong; if I were to declare the world to … Continue reading
Stephen Honig
Midst this summer’s preoccupation with vacations, London and (around here) the collapse/revival/recollapse of the Red Sox, a fascinating corporate-social experiment is bubbling just below the lead headlines: Chick-fil-A. We do not, here in Massachusetts, know much about this company, a … Continue reading
It has been a while since I posted about the Boston Red Sox, and followers of baseball likely know the reason: they have been playing terribly. And if you go back to the last (2011) All Star break, they are … Continue reading
Regrettably, the reading of Supreme Court opinions often falls only to lawyers. There is much that is technical in them, but most (in cases such as the Affordable Care Act) relates to policy, to the nature of our social contract … Continue reading
American columnist and humorist Art Buchwald wrote the best stuff I ever read in a newspaper. His column ran in some New York paper (the Post?) when I was a teenager and I loved its often staccato style: a series of … Continue reading
A little knowledge is axiomatically asserted to be a dangerous thing; let me be dangerous. Here is an excerpt from a blurb received today via the National Association of Corporate Directors (a great organization; disclosure: I am on the New … Continue reading
Today the SEC announced final rules concerning compensation committees of public company boards of directors. This action is a mere two years after being mandated by the Dodd Frank Act and demonstrates the struggles of the SEC in keeping up … Continue reading
Criminal law addresses several issues with assumed results. It addresses the need for fairness and closure by punishing disfavored behavior. It addresses the need for moral retribution in the same fashion. It is supported by lawyers and lawmakers as having … Continue reading
I am reminded of the lyrics from Hair as I read the New York Times account (May 17) captioned “Whites Account for Under Half of Births in U.S.” There is a tinge of fear in the reporting; fear that our … Continue reading
At the May meeting of the New England Chapter of the National Association for Corporate Directors, the subject was that time-honored question: “what keeps the directors up at night?” As it turns out, an awful lot. A spirited panel included … Continue reading