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77,777 miles
Our sturdy 1993 Jeep Wrangler (pictured above), built in Colorado with six cylinders and manual transmission, recently reached a milestone: 77,777 miles …
St Patrick’s Bell
In honor of St Patrick’s Day, check out this paper “St Patrick’s Bell Shrine: Form and Layout of the Plates” written by Robert D. Stevick published in 2008 in The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (Vol. 138, … Continue reading
“Yes, the song was taught to us …”
Are we born racists, or do we learn racism from others? In his letter of apology to his fellow students at the University of Oklahoma, Parker Rice–one of the students expelled from OU for singing this racist and despicable song–confesses that “the song was … Continue reading
Visualization of outstanding IMF loans
This simple graphic, via the excellent Ada Swanson of the Washington Post, was created by Matt Mulholland to illustrate the fraction of IMF loans outstanding by member country. In summary, Greece accounts for about 60 percent of the IMF’s business ($27.26 billion), … Continue reading
What is the “optimal number” of law schools?
As the number of law school applicants in the U.S. continues to decline, rumors of impending law school mergers are swirling around many North American law school faculties. (Law professor Jeff Redding, for example, writes in this blog post, “The recent news out of … Continue reading
Is baseball too slow?
My daughter Adys Ann and I attended a Spring Training baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and the Toronto Blue Jays in Dunedin, Fla. yesterday afternoon. While my little one was napping during the first few innings of the game, I kept … Continue reading
Dance of the space satellites
Via Michael Franco at CNET: “Looking at this animation, you might be surprised by just how crowded the satellite space around our planet is. But remember, this animation only shows 19 Earth-observing NASA satellites. According to a roundup of all satellite … Continue reading
Crimes against logic
Via reddit, why don’t they teach this in law school?
prior probability 