A great blog to tell you about today – it’s called Basis Points, and it “provides context and offers fresh (if irreverent) commentary on developments in today’s restructuring, distressed debt and new investment markets. It’s great to see an “irreverent” blog coming from a big firm like Bracewell & Giuliani – it’s led by

Crime in the Suites presents an analysis of current issues in white collar defense. It’s authored by the Ifrah Law Firm, a Washington, D.C.-based firm specializing in the defense of government investigations and litigation. You’ll find recent posts there on Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations, medicare fraud, insider trading, and the legalization of online poker.

I am a big fan of sites that tell you the relative strength of your password – rather than just let you pick out any old password, they show you the strength of your chosen password, in an attempt to guilt you into picking something stronger. But most sites just show “Weak,” “Good,” and “Strong,”