Monthly Archives: February 2015

Great science fiction short story about anthropologists and “primitive culture”: Maureen McHugh’s “The Cost to be Wise”

Posted on February 23, 2015 by mkevane

I really liked Maureen McHugh’s “The Cost to be Wise,” and would assign to a class if I were teaching a fieldwork oriented anthropology class.  It made me think of Doomsday Book, but told from the point of view of one … Continue reading →

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Yes, when it comes to Oscars, I am a hater

Posted on February 23, 2015 by mkevane

It always surprises me how on week days I run with an inequality-outraged, save-the-planet crowd, who the on weekends rush off to “Oscar parties” to unreflexively participate in… something.  That’s the thing: for me, the something is an envy-unhappiness-inducing corporate … Continue reading →

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Out running on Guadalupe trail, guess who Sukie and I saw? @sliccardo

Posted on February 23, 2015 by mkevane

Mayor Sam Liccardo, and boy was he cooking…. So now I’ve seen him out “on the streets” twice this week.  Nice that he is not always in the back of an SUV limo.

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Saturday night and you shold be enjoying Neutral Milk Hotel too

Posted on February 22, 2015 by mkevane
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Now I really can go bankrupt in style

Posted on February 20, 2015 by mkevane

Henry Kevane’s (my brother!) firm announced that he has become a fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy. He will be inducted on March 13, 2015 in Washington DC.  From the American College of Bankruptcy website: Fellows are extended an … Continue reading →

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Burkina Faso finally makes the FCPA… a smallish but possibly typical corruption case

Posted on February 13, 2015 by mkevane

WADS is a subsidiary of a Texas company called Layne Christensen Company and it’s MinEx division, that does well-drilling and exploration.  Details are here in the SEC ruling.  Irregular payment to custom’s clearing agent, who presumably passed on to custom’s … Continue reading →

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Puerto Rico unfortunately in the news again…

Posted on February 10, 2015 by mkevane

At least I have a brother who is a bankruptcy lawyer, so my family’s “beta” is better than other’s… Critical elements of Puerto Rico’s plan to avert financial disaster are in jeopardy, after a federal judge struck down a law … Continue reading →

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The reason to run… is to have time to listen to Maggot Brain twice in a row

Posted on February 9, 2015 by mkevane
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Civil society organizes against presidential guard… where will it go?

Posted on February 6, 2015 by mkevane
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Innovation in American economy for the future

Posted on February 5, 2015 by mkevane

Killing the Golden Goose: The Decline of Science in Corporate R&D by Ashish Arora, Sharon Belenzon, and Andrea Patacconi. I briefly discussed this paper with my Osher class at Santa Clara (alumni and retired members of the SCU community).  Many … Continue reading →

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Who is onboard for a modest, coordinated, increase in global wealth tax on, let’s say, fortunes above $50 million?

Posted on February 3, 2015 by mkevane

King Abdullah of Jordan picked up the tab for a Christie family weekend at the end of the trip. The governor and two staff members who accompanied him came back to New Jersey bubbling that they had celebrated with Bono, … Continue reading →

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