Margin Call is the best film to come out of the recent financial crisis. This is no polemic masquerading as a “documentary” (Inside Job) or

Nov 14, 2011

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Larry E. Ribstein

4 Mins

All poets embraceSolitude, they say,Company of one,Which is much the wayArchers stalk the stars,Shepherds tend their clouds—Labors best pursuedFar from madding crowds.‍And yet, Dante daredEven the Abyss,Poetry on holdWithout Beatrice.Beside the sea, PoeRages at a tomb;Autumn sees his thoughtsStray to Ulalume.

Nov 11, 2011

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Fall 2011 issue -- Ask Mike Watkins what he does for a living, and he won’t have an easy answer. Some might consider him a programmer—and he has been writing code for the last 24 years. He calls himself an algorithm designer and an ideas guy. Mostly, though, Watkins just can’t stand inefficiency and tries to correct it every chance he gets.

Nov 11, 2011

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Americans are perhaps exceptional in the emphasis they put on creating a better tomorrow and a better self.

Nov 11, 2011

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Edward Hudgins

10 mins

We always knew the reviews of Atlas Shrugged Part 1 would be hostile. When Ayn Rand’s novel was published in 1957, critics on both left and

Nov 11, 2011

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David Kelley Ph.D

7 Mins

Newsflash: it’s a competitive world out there! Some of us are winning and some are losing. It’s the game of live-and-let-live together.

Nov 11, 2011

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10 Mins

When he graduated from college, Dennis Byrd did the unexpected: he negotiated a deal to take over a failing beachfront restaurant. Byrd was

Nov 11, 2011

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Sarah Perry

6 Mins

Fred Groh's review of Tibor Machan's Generosity: Virtue in a Civil Society (in the November 1998 issue of Navigator) began by describing...

Nov 10, 2011

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Christine Silk

9 Mins

The murder took thirty-five minutes because the killer twice left the scene and returned to continue the assault. Afterward, thirty-seven...

Nov 10, 2011

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Fred Groh

7 Mins

Gupta is being prosecuted for his alleged conduct during the period when Goldman Sachs, of whose board he was a member, received a massive..

Nov 7, 2011

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3 Mins

Fall 2011 -- Zvi Band’s Facebook profile says it all: “I’m going to make the world a better place. And make a lot of money doing it.” A web developer, native Californian, and amateur DJ, Band is helping transform a metropolis known for its stodgy politicians and their backroom dealing into an entrepreneurial hotspot—and having a blast doing it.

Oct 26, 2011

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Fall 2011 issue -- My father passed in July 2011, and it was a time of great reflection for my family and me. Hearing of Steve Jobs’ passing

Oct 26, 2011

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Lynda Weinman

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Fall 2011 issue -- Seems like these days I hear a lot of whiney whiners whining about “out of control government spending” and “insane

Oct 26, 2011

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David Burge

6 Mins

Just 10 years ago 3G and Bluetooth were in their infancy; Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube didn’t exist; and there were no mobile app stores.

Oct 26, 2011

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10 Mins

On October 13, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals refused to throw out the fraud conviction of Greg Reyes that had emerged from the...

Oct 21, 2011

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6 Mins

One hundred, thirty-two months in which Raj Rajaratnam, a man capable of making millions through his ability to find out or figure out the..

Oct 13, 2011

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4 Mins

I’d like to present some excerpts from a prosecution brief in the sentencing of Raj Rajaratnam. Lawyers for Rajaratnam, who is to be.....

Oct 12, 2011

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3 Mins

I hope I’m only one of many to see the irony. On the day that Steve Jobs, one of the most innovative entrepreneurs in our history, died...

Oct 6, 2011

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Edward Hudgins

4 Mins

Should a lawyer be able to represent both a corporation and its employees? If a corporation’s executives and other employees can’t trust the

Oct 5, 2011

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3 Mins

Law professor Doug Berman, who runs the “Sentencing Law and Policy” blog, has just highlighted another case that seems to point up the Justice Department’s “submit or die” policy.

Oct 3, 2011

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