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College sports and promissory estoppel
Hey, what’s up? We are attending the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Academy of Legal Studies in Business (#SEALSB2016) in Durham, N.C. this weekend. Our favorite talk so far has been Joseph Long’s presentation on promissory estoppel and the … Continue reading
Dewey defeats Truman …
Never mind. For the record, here is our favorite part of Mr Trump’s victory speech earlier this morning: “For those who have chosen not to support me in the past …, I’m reaching out to you for your guidance and your … Continue reading
Is postseason day baseball dead?
Why aren’t any of the postseason games at Wrigley Field day games? Because the suits at Major League Baseball and the TV networks are greedy bastards. In the words of sportswriter Ryan Fagan: … it’s known start times are heavily … Continue reading
All politics is local (Electoral College reform edition)
Instead of wasting time with term limits, codes of ethics, or campaign finance reform laws, what if we redesigned the federal electoral process by allocating electoral college votes by county, with one county = one electoral college vote? In the … Continue reading
Greer on Thucydides (part 1)
Via Tyler Cowen (once again), we discovered this beautiful introduction to the work of Thucydides (written up by T. Greer, who blogs at zenpundit.com). Here is an excerpt: Thucydides earned a place at my “internal council” table. A spot has … Continue reading
A tax on rudeness
Have you noticed how more and more cafes and bakeries are employing the strategy pictured below? But who is acting more rudely? The customer or the business owner? After all, isn’t it just as rude to charge higher prices to … Continue reading

