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We identified “the seven basic plots” in my previous post, but of these seven plot devices, what type of narrative or story do lawyers, law professors, and judges like to tell? To begin exploring this question, let me introduce you … Continue reading →

I mentioned Christopher Booker’s reductionist but intriguing taxonomy of “Seven Basic Plots” in my previous post. In summary, according to Booker, the seven types of story-sequences or plot devices are as follows: “Overcoming the monster” (see chapters 1 & 2 … Continue reading →

That is the title of this 2004 book by Christopher Booker (1937–2019), a British journalist who wrote a weekly column for The Sunday Telegraph. (FYI: Here is his Wikipedia page.) I am generally highly skeptical of all such reductionist taxonomies, … Continue reading →

Via Marginal Revolution, polymath Tyler Cowen asks, “Which is the hingy-est century?” — a question that he also recently posed to the philosopher William MacAskill; see here. (By “hinge-y”, Professor Cowen means “the quality of living in a time that … Continue reading →

The very last “Federalist Paper ” — Federalist #85, written by Alexander “Non-Stop” Hamilton — was first published on August 13 and 16, 1788 (happy 234th anniversary!) in the The New York Packet and The Independent Journal. Among other things, … Continue reading →

To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the release of the original Blade Runner film (1982), I am reposting my 2011 paper “Clones and the Coase Theorem“, which I co-authored with my colleague and friend Orlando Martinez. (Shout out to Daniel … Continue reading →

The Mar-A-Lago search warrant materials were recently unsealed and are available here. Under the label “Property to be seized” (see Attachment B on page 4) is the following statement: “All physical documents and records constituting evidence, contraband, fruits of crime, … Continue reading →

That is the name of a new and contrarian libertarian blog my colleague and friend Bryan Caplan, an economics professor at George Mason; check it out here.

Below are some memories from my visit to my wife’s beloved and beautiful birthplace: