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Taxonomy of Treble Clefs

The illustration pictured below (hat tip: @pickover) shows how ten of the most famous classical music composers drew their “Treble Clef” symbols:

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Noche puertorriqueña

Check out the tropical painting pictured below by Puerto Rican artist Javi Vecino Cintron. Here is his Instagram page.

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Calle Sol

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P.R.

One of the things I absolutely love about Puerto Rico is the huge amount of musical talent and creativity of her people–eveything from salsa and danzon to pop and reggaeton. Below are two of my favorite musical numbers, “Eso ehh!” … Continue reading →

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Adam Smith in Love: 18th-Century Sex in the City of Lights

Below is another extended excerpt from the most recent version of my “Adam Smith in Love” paper: *** One remarkable historical source of this aristocratic double standard–chastity and sexual purity for the poor; romance and sexual liberation for the nobility … Continue reading →

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San Juan de Puerto Rico

My wife Sydjia and I are back in town, after a long seven-year absence. My very first visit to “San Juan City” was in October of 1992, when I stayed at the old La Concha Hotel (part of which is … Continue reading →

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Stop the steal?

Alternate title: 2020 presidential election results if each State allocated its electors on a pro rata basis instead of winner-take-all.

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Ethics versus Business Ethics

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Thank you, veterans

Originally posted on prior probability:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPWnipuKYAs

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Pournelle’s Iron Law of Bureaucracy

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