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16 Aug 2011, 6:23 am by Kenneth Anderson
(Kenneth Anderson) A:  When they send a child off to college.I don’t know who first said that, but it’s true in my case. [read post]
20 Dec 2009, 7:26 am by Kenneth Anderson
by Kenneth Anderson The UN Secretary General … circa 2050, Earth, talking with Kip who, along with Peewee, has just saved the Earth from invading aliens who were using the Moon as a forward base: "Russell, I heard on your tape that you plan to study engineering - with a view to space. [read post]
7 Jul 2011, 7:11 am by Kenneth Anderson
(Kenneth Anderson) At least, not in my life and, my best guess, not in yours. [read post]
3 Jan 2011, 8:19 pm by Kenneth Anderson
(Kenneth Anderson) Death-bet insurance involves a person taking out life insurance, and then turning around and selling the policy to a stranger — a hedge fund, for example, via intermediaries — who pays the premiums and collects after the insured’s death. [read post]
12 Apr 2011, 7:58 am by Kenneth Anderson
(Kenneth Anderson) The LA Times has a good story on the complete backing away of the CIA from any new detentions or interrogations in counterterrorism under the Obama administration (though it started back under the Bush administration). [read post]
17 May 2012, 11:09 pm by Kenneth Anderson
by Kenneth Anderson [This is the third day in our discussion of Professor Dickinson’s book Outsourcing War and Peace: Preserving Public Values in a World of Privatized Foreign Affairs. [read post]
25 Feb 2011, 7:18 pm by Kenneth Anderson
(Kenneth Anderson) I had the privilege of moderating a panel today at the Yale International Law Journal annual confab of “junior” (meaning untenured) scholars, a panel on accountability of international organizations. [read post]
14 Dec 2010, 7:00 am by Kenneth Anderson
(Kenneth Anderson) I have told My Beloved Wife that I think it’s time we gave up sending snail mail Christmas cards. [read post]
17 Aug 2011, 11:16 am by Kenneth Anderson
(Kenneth Anderson) Amid the debates over rising student loan debt that is undischargeable in bankruptcy, I have not seen a lot of public discussion over provisions of law that provide special forgiveness benefits to those who go to work for government or nonprofits. [read post]
8 Jul 2010, 7:04 pm by Kenneth Anderson
(Kenneth Anderson) I’m not referring to the temperature, but this man’s age. [read post]
12 Apr 2010, 8:24 am by Kenneth Anderson
by Kenneth Anderson Treat liquidity risk and runs on institutions as fundamentally a question of lack of information - the lack of information on the underlying financial solvency prompting flight from uncertainty. [read post]
1 Jan 2011, 9:51 am by Kenneth Anderson
(Kenneth Anderson) (Note:  This is the second in an irregular series on 21st century career tracks one might not have thought of before now. [read post]
4 Apr 2012, 10:12 am by Kenneth Anderson
(Kenneth Anderson) Although I am generally quite positive on the use of drones for targeted killing and such uses of forces abroad, I also think their use domestically raises many crucial privacy and other issues. [read post]
7 Jun 2012, 9:31 pm by Kenneth Anderson
by Kenneth Anderson (Amended:  Kevin suggests in the comments that this is a cheap shot at the UN, and after sleeping on it, I agree. [read post]
15 Jan 2011, 7:39 am by Kenneth Anderson
(Kenneth Anderson) Particularly since the European sovereign debt crisis put the question of sovereign debt ratings squarely on the table, and even more in the last few days since the rating agencies have downgraded Greek debt to junk status, I have to wonder what insulates Moody’s, Standard & Poors, and Fitch against pressures direct and indirect, subtle and not so subtle, by interested sovereigns. [read post]
12 Apr 2010, 8:30 am by Kenneth Anderson
(Kenneth Anderson) Treat liquidity risk and runs on institutions as fundamentally a question of lack of information — the lack of information on the underlying financial solvency prompting flight from uncertainty. [read post]
10 Apr 2010, 2:53 pm by Kenneth Anderson
(Kenneth Anderson) Todd’s right, Andy Ferguson’s Weekly Standard piece is excellent — whether one agrees with his ultimate take on it or not. [read post]
26 Aug 2011, 10:15 am by Kenneth Anderson
(Kenneth Anderson) The Wall Street Journal’s Siobhan Gorman has an interesting profile today of Michael Morell, a veteran CIA insider (31 years in) who is tapped to help guide the new director, David Petraeus, as he steps out of the uniform and into the suit, through the maze of internal CIA culture. [read post]