by Girish Anand | Jun 24, 2009 | Health Care Reform, Random Musings
Sir Luke Fildes lost his eldest son Phillip on Christmas Eve 1877 while a doctor spent a compassionate vigil at the child’s side. In commemoration, Sir Fildes painted “The Doctor” (above) in 1891 to depict “the physician in our time.”...
by Girish Anand | Jun 16, 2009 | Random Musings, Uncategorized
We can be grateful to Twitter for bringing us the truth out of Iran in the ongoing civil unrest, but at least one unspecified firm has seen fit to warn against using Twitter–if the fire alarm goes off:
by Girish Anand | Jun 8, 2009 | Random Musings
Back in January (I can’t believe this year is already almost half over!) I read and reported on a book entitled Good to Great, which offered case studies on firms that rose to the top in their field, including Circuit City and Fannie Mae. Of course, we all know...
by Girish Anand | Jun 3, 2009 | Random Musings
Actually, I’m not sure if what I’m going to write about has anything to do with either stress or global economic blues, but it must be indicative of something. (Now, I know I should be writing about Government Motors and the new Pelosi GTX, or even about...
by Girish Anand | May 25, 2009 | Random Musings, State Labor Law
It was kind of hard to capture what I’m trying to say in one short headline (title), but basically the trial lawyers of America are going around knocking on the doors of statehouses and legislators everywhere to expand liability laws, so they can rack up...
by Girish Anand | May 24, 2009 | Random Musings
Scrambling to come up with money (i.e., take it from us taxpayers), Congress and the White House are experiencing a taxing time figuring out sources of revenue that won’t have serious political repercussions. One that is almost sure to be enacted in the name of...