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Personally, out of respect for our Native Americans, I have decided to stop celebrating the Fourth of July, but that said, I still admire the original design of Betsy Ross’s flag and the Jeffersonian ideal that all men are created … Continue reading →

You may have already heard that track and field star Sha’Carri Richardson (pictured below) has had to apologize for testing positive for marijuana. (If not, see here or here, for example.) But truth be told, this is absolute and unmitigated … Continue reading →

You may have heard of “prediction markets” such as Intrade, the Iowa Electronic Market (IEM) or the Hollywood Stock Exchange (HSX), but what about a “retrodiction market”, where you can bet on the truth values of past events. Here is … Continue reading →

That is the title of my latest work-in-progress, available here via SSRN. The subtitle of my paper is: Lessons from Kurt Gödel and the Leibniz Conspiracy. Here is the introduction to my paper (footnotes omitted): “Was Kurt Gödel right about … Continue reading →

Today (July 1) is Canada Day.

Who killed Ashli Babbitt (pictured below) on January 6? The Capitol Police or the Secret Service? (FYI: See this recent report in The Spectator, suggesting that it was someone associated with Vice President Mike Pence’s security detail, and not a … Continue reading →

New York City’s attempt to use “Ranked Choice Voting” for the June 2021 mayoral primaries has been a total disaster. (See here, for example.) I warned about this problem last year when I discussed “Quadratic Voting” in this blog post. … Continue reading →

When will the free countries of the world take action against the Chinese government on behalf of the people of Hong Kong and the Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang province? In the meantime, check out these pieces of protest art via … Continue reading →

Now that I have completed my summer session teaching duties, I will be free to focus on my research and writing for the rest of the summer. Among other things, I am writing up a new paper tentatively titled “The … Continue reading →