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Nine innings, 99 pitches, 0 hits, 0 walks
Here is the final inning of last night’s “perfect game” (only the 24th such game in MLB history) by 30-year-old right-handed pitcher Domingo Germán: PS: The previous “perfect game” occurred in Seattle in 2012 (see here).
This day in legal history: cause-in-fact
“Cause-in-fact” is a common law doctrine used to determine the scope of legal liability in accident cases. In summary, judges apply a counterfactual “but-for” test to determine whether event x was a necessary or “legal” cause of outcome y; in … Continue reading
I love flags!
So, to commemorate the upcoming ten-year anniversary of this blog (5 July 2023), I am featuring ten of my previous blog posts having to do with national flags:
Music Monday: two versions of Bob Marley and the Wailers’ *Waiting in Vain*
In praise of Star Trek
To commemorate the ten-year anniversary of this blog (5 July 2023), I am reposting ten of my previous blog posts featuring various aspects of the science-fiction TV and movie series created by Gene Roddenberry: Star Trek.
85 Wimpole Street
That is the location of the silence-loving doctor’s residence in Sturges v. Bridgman, an oft-cited 19th Century nuisance law case involving noise and vibrations emanating from a confectioner’s kitchen. I wrote about this classic case in my latest paper “Coase’s … Continue reading
*Adam Smith Problems*
I revised my draft of “Die Adam Smith Probleme” during my train ride from Edinburgh to London, and I have just posted my revised work on SSRN (see here). Among other things, I added two new and related open problems … Continue reading
Three maps of the United Kingdom
Originally posted on prior probability:
Pencil sketch map, hat tip: u/orialairo Light pollution map, hat tip: u/InkyScrolls Venn diagram map by Anna Debenham
Travel update #3
The South America and Scotland legs of my travels are now complete. Next, I will travel by rail to London. Among other places, I am planning to visit 85 Wigmore Street in London’s West End as well as Horace Walpole’s … Continue reading

