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Map art (Sol LeWitt/Matt Miller edition)
Forty years ago Sol LeWitt created a piece of art called “The Area of Manhattan Between the Places I Have Lived Is Removed” in which he cut out the geographical area between all the places he had lived in New … Continue reading
End of year review: 2020
Compared to last year, I slowed down my scholarly production somewhat. In addition to my regular teaching duties, I published a full-length law review article in the Chapman Law Review on Guaranteed Income: Chronicle of a Political Death Foretold and … Continue reading
Cuban Coffee Christmas Tree
From our longtime friends at the Black Bean Deli on Colonial Drive in Orlando, Florida. ¡Feliz Navidad!
When the Puritans banned Christmas
What other activities have our modern-day Puritans tried to ban? More details here, via OpenCulture.
Winter solstice: the astronomy of Christmas
That is the title of this report by Gareth Dorrian and Ian Whittaker, via phys.org. Today (21 Dec.) marks the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year.
If blueberries had an FDA ingredients label …
… the label might look like this: Lesson of the day: all of our foods, even all-natural ones, are full of chemical compounds. More details here and here, via James Kennedy. Hat tip: @pickover.
Rest in Peace: Judge Winter
Speaking of human mortality (cf. my previous post), I just learned that Judge Ralph K. Winter has died. Judge Winter was my business organizations and securities regulation professor at my alma mater, Yale Law School, and along with Guido Calabresi, … Continue reading
The mathematics of human mortality
More details here, via Wikipedia. Hat tip: @pickover.
My Twitter Interaction Circle
What a cool creation by @Duiker101; create yours here, via chirpty.com.

