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My “Leibniz Conspiracy” paper was recently featured on Professor Larry Solum’s popular “Legal Theory Blog.” See here.

Via Kottke (links in the original): “The Cornell Lab of Ornithology recently added the ability to identify birds from hearing their birdsong to their Merlin Bird ID app — a “Shazam for bird songs” as Fast Company says. You just … Continue reading →

Before going on my working vacation last week, I picked up a copy of Stephen Budiansky’s new intellectual biography of Kurt Goedel, Journey to the Edge of Reason (W. W. Norton), which came out in May of this year, as … Continue reading →

Stop the madness! Why is Disney World in Orlando, Florida making us wear masks outdoors on the attractions, even on the Kali River Rapids ride(!) in Animal Kingdom?

Happy Birthday, Adys Ann! As I patiently explain in my paper “Lockdowns as Takings” (available here via SSRN), in place of unlawful eviction moratoria or ad hoc stimulus checks, our political leaders should have remained resolute and faithful to our … Continue reading →

On this day (August 5) in 1981, President Ronald Reagan fired 11,345 air traffic controllers who had gone on strike and banned them from federal employment for life — a ban that was eventually rescinded during President Bill Clinton’s first … Continue reading →

Given the cover-up of the Wuhan lab-leak, the crack-down against the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong, and the atrocities in Xinjang province, why the heck are we still trading with China?