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Note: this blog post is the second in a multi-part series on “the law and ethics of Chegg.” Remember Rick Singer? He was the alleged mastermind of the now-infamous College Admissions Bribery Scandal. In summary, in March of 2019, federal … Continue reading →

Although it was Trump people’s who negotiated the now-infamous withdrawal deal with representatives of the Taliban last year (see picture below, right), Joe Biden’s incompetent implementation of this illicit agreement, his continued prevarications (see here), and our pusillanimous surrender in … Continue reading →

I am interrupting my series on “the law and ethics of Chegg,” which will resume on Tuesday morning, in order to let everyone know that the distance between the Arg (Presidential Palace), which is now under the Taliban’s control, and … Continue reading →

Note: this blog post is the first in a multi-part series on “the law and ethics of Chegg.” What is Chegg? I want to begin my series by describing what Chegg is and by explaining how college students use Chegg … Continue reading →

Originally posted on prior probability:
According to this recent report by Susan Adams (via Forbes), more and more college students are using Chegg and other similar “study” platforms to cheat on their online exams and assignments. Starting next month, I…

What a disaster: the USA is about to lose another costly, protracted, and unpopular war! Via this report in The Wall Street Journal: “After 20 years of war, much of what the U.S. sought to accomplish in Afghanistan crumbled in … Continue reading →

Five-hundred years ago today (August 13), in the year 1521 A.D., the darkest day in Mexican history occurred: Spanish forces led by conquistador Hernán Cortés captured the Aztec Emperor Cuauhtémoc and conquered the capital of Tenochtitlan, a map of which … Continue reading →

File under: places I would like to visit! Via the Arid Travel blog: https://aridtravel.wordpress.com/

I had to suspend my reading of Samuel Fleischacker’s new book on Adam Smith when my copy of Michael Lewis’s latest book The Premonition arrived in Tuesday’s mail. Suffice it to say that Lewis is a great storyteller (it took … Continue reading →

According to Wikipedia (footnotes omitted), the question of which of these two characters on the 1960s sitcom “Gilligan’s Island” fans of the show prefer — the glamorous movie-star Ginger or the wholesome country girl Mary Ann — has endured long … Continue reading →