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Who killed statistical significance?
I nominate John Ioannidis, Gerg Gigerenzer, Jacob Cohen, and (now) @aubreyclayton! Somehow, I missed Aubrey Clayton’s powerful take-down of standard statistics and “statistical significance,” which was published in Issue #74 of Nautilus (August 1, 2019). Among other things, Clayton explains … Continue reading
Visualization of Business Law Topics
How should we teach “business law” to undergraduate students? What topics should we cover and in what order? My colleague (and new friend!) Ralph Flick created a beautiful, color-coded visualization (pictured below) of his business law survey course. As an … Continue reading
Who owns your biometric data?
If you use a Fitbit or Apple Watch or other similar device to monitor your exercise, diet, or sleep routines, then you already know that those devices generate a lot of data about the state of your health, including weight/body … Continue reading
Happy Birthday!
Today is Jamaica Independence Day 🇯🇲, and my youngest daughter Adys Ann turns seven today …
Bush’s Eulogy
Although his decision to invade Iraq was probably the single-worst decision in our nation’s history, I have to hand it to George W. Bush (a fugitive war criminal), his eulogy for John Lewis was one of the best …
Early August Updates
I will be attending the annual meeting of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business (ALSB) this week. Among other things, I will be presenting my work-in-progess “Breaking Bad Promises” on Monday morning, August 3. (See top screenshot, which is … Continue reading
Le Due Italie
The Two Italies: how Italians voted in 1946 to choose between Republic (Blue) and Monarchy (Red).
PSA
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) will be screening the film noir classic “Double Indemnity” on Saturday night at 10:00 PM Eastern. Need I say more?
Memo to Division I colleges
It’s the first of the month–time to break out an old hip hop classic. On a more serious note, my university courses are scheduled to begin later this month (on August 24, to be exact), but as of today I … Continue reading

