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Check out this history of the world-famous slinky toy. (Why hasn’t Hollywood made this remarkable story into a movie yet?) The image below is from the original Slinky patent and is available for purchase here.

Say what you will about the rumors that creepy presidential candidate Joe Biden may choose Michelle Obama as his running mate, this ticket would give Donald J. Trump a real run for his money. (Full disclosure: I am voting Libertarian … Continue reading →

The Mercatus Center at George Mason University has published my latest op-ed explaining why “non-essential” employees and business firms must be paid just compensation–not loans or handouts. The logic of my argument relies on the leading case of Kelo v. … Continue reading →

What if John Belushi, Steve Martin, Frances McDormand, and Gene Hackman had played the roles of the advanced Nexus 6 replicants in the classic 1982 Blade Runner movie? That is precisely what filmmaker Leon Chase re-imagines in Blade Runner: The … Continue reading →

The chess grandmasters pictured below are “social distancing” by staying at home and playing their rapid chess matches online (#magnusinvite), but truth be told, they’re all having a tough time not touching their faces! Julia Naftulin explains here why we … Continue reading →

Originally posted on prior probability:
Who needs the NBA playoffs or Major League Baseball? More details about this new chess tournament are available here (via David Hill). Updated 4/24: see links below.  Day 1 (4.18): Carlsen vs. Nakamura | Firouzja…

In the introduction to her book “Thinking in Bets,” Annie Duke describes how she was completing her PhD at Penn when her personal life took a sudden and unexpected turn. Before she knew it, she became a professional poker player, … Continue reading →