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I just attended a talk by N.Y. Times columnist Ross Douthat at the Church of the Palms in Sarasota, Florida, and I will next fly out to Fort Worth, Texas, where I will be attending the Sixteenth Annual International Conference … Continue reading →

I recently read this excellent essay by Smith scholar Erik W. Matson, who identifies and explores many connections between the ideas of Adam Smith and his intellectual mentor David Hume. (The final version of Dr Matson’s essay was published in … Continue reading →

Alternative title: Who is Adam Smith’s impartial spectator? Adam Smith’s “impartial spectator” is an idea that has fascinated me for as long as I can remember–see here, for example. In summary, Smith’s spectator metaphor goes back to his moral-philosophical treatise … Continue reading →

Originally posted on prior probability:
Happy Pi Day

Via web.archive.org, check out this New York Times article by Claire Fahy: “The Moon May Get Its Own Time Zone.” My only question is: What about Mars?

Breonna Taylor was murdered by four police officers (Joshua Jaynes, Kyle Meany, Brett Hankison, and Kelly Goodlett; see here) on 13 March 2020.

Country artist Luke Combs, along with Ray Fulcher and James McNair (see here), somehow wrote and composed the most beautiful break-up song ever.

Via Brian Leiter (here), I discovered this strange blog post by Les Green, a philosophy of law professor at Oxford University. In summary, Professor Green offers a nuanced critique of the “pursuit of novelty” in fields like jurisprudence (philosophy of … Continue reading →

That was the theme of this conference on advanced air mobility or AAM for short (or better yet, flying cars!) that I had the honor of attending yesterday. For reference, the Federal Aviation Administration has put together this AAM webpage; … Continue reading →