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Another 2020 presidential election anomaly?

According to the map pictured below (hat tip: u/TrollBond), 43 States (in blue) have a smaller population than Los Angeles County (in red). So, why did it take some of these “blue” States, like Arizona, Georgia, and Nevada, so long … Continue reading →

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The Place of Romantic Love in Adam Smith’s Theory of Mutual Sympathy

Below is another extended (and revised) excerpt from the latest draft of my “Adam Smith in Love” paper:

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Is something rotten in the states of Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin?

Originally posted on prior probability:
(My most sincere apologies to William Shakespeare!) Earlier today, I requested a copy of the Appendix mentioned in Paragraph 10 on pp. 6-7 of the Texas’s Attorney General’s “Motion for Leave to File Bill of…

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Adam Smith’s first lost love

Update: I have revised one of my conjectures about Adam Smith’s lost loves as follows: Based on the evidence presented in the first part of this paper, it is more likely than not that Doctor Smith did fall in love … Continue reading →

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Is something rotten in the states of Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin?

(My most sincere apologies to William Shakespeare!) Earlier today, I requested a copy of the Appendix mentioned in Paragraph 10 on pp. 6-7 of the Texas’s Attorney General’s “Motion for Leave to File Bill of Complaint.” (See screenshots below.) As … Continue reading →

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Another datum re: the decline of America?

Would you give your sweetheart plastic roses on Valentine’s Day? So, why do so many people buy fake Christmas trees? Via Zachary Crockett’s excellent essay on “The economics of Christmas trees,” which was published in The Hustle on Dec. 5, … Continue reading →

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Taxonomy of pencil grips

Hat tip: @ChristinaLauren. The complete thread as well as pictures of additional pencil grips are available here.

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Map placing Pearl Harbor at the center of the world

Originally posted on prior probability:
Hat tip: AJgloe

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Map of the University of California (circa 1939)

I guess my alma mater, UC Santa Barbara (#GauchoForLife), wasn’t part of the UC system back then. Hat tip: u/Petrarch1603, via Reddit.

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Dear Santa …

… This is what I want for Christmas, along with two boxes of Avo cigars (robustos) and two bottles of Woodford Reserve. (One box/bottle for home; the other for the office!) More details here.

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