This blog is apolitical (and there is zero likelihood of that changing if for no other reason than that the competition in that "blog-space" is murderous), but this Op-Ed about "category errors" in the way the 9/11 commission is proceeding holds lessons for how law firm managers think about risk (e.g., disaster recovery).

In particular, our African-savannah-evolved brains tend to fall for the traps of "excessive and naive specificity," "hindsight distortion," and the siren song of "infinite vigilance."