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Today 12/12 is the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe, so I am posting a brief ballad in her honor, the song “Indita”. The version posted below is sung by Miriam Solis, who was born in Guadalajara, the birthplace … Continue reading →

Originally posted on View from the Back:
It sometimes seems that wherever we go we’re following in the footsteps of one Ernest Hemingway, particularly when it comes to bars! The Nobel Prize–winning author could not only write, but drink way better…

But what should we replace the penalty kick phase in football (soccer) with, you may riposte? Glad you asked! I found this proposal by Jim Pagels (via Forbes). Below is an extended excerpt At the conclusion of regulation, there will … Continue reading →

Alternative title: Review of Katherine Mangu-Ward’s “The case for space billionaires” and Mike Riggs’s essay on space insurance This week, I have devoted most of my blog to several new essays about outer space that were published in the December … Continue reading →

Alternative title: Review of Rebecca Lowe’s “Space is an opportunity to rethink property rights” Thus far, I have reviewed several essays from the December 2022 issue of Reason magazine on various aspects of outer space. My favorite piece by far, … Continue reading →

I just noticed that Larry Solum, an eminent and highly-regarded contemporary legal scholar, recently shouted out my forthcoming paper “Coase’s Parable” on his influential Legal Theory Blog: see here or below. Although some (but not all!) of my previous work … Continue reading →

Alternate title: Review of Joe Lancaster’s “Who owns the satellites orbiting the Earth?” Hello again! I am still reviewing several new essays about outer space that were published in the December 2022 issue of Reason magazine. Today, I will review … Continue reading →

Where should the center of the world be located? I posted this circa-1947 map on my blog on Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day 2017 (see here) and again in 2020 (here). It’s one of my favorite maps so I am posting … Continue reading →

Alternate title: Review of Eric Berger’s “We are going to the Moon” As I mentioned in a previous post, this week I am reviewing several new essays on the theme of outer space published in the December 2022 issue of … Continue reading →

On this day (6 December) in 1865, the Thirteenth Amendment was officially ratified by the requisite number of States (two-thirds) when Georgia became the 27th State to approve this historic amendment out of 36 States in the union at that … Continue reading →