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We dodged a bullet last month when Hurricane Helene veered toward North Florida, but now another major storm (Milton) is heading our way, so I won’t be blogging for the next few days.

I have just posted a revised and corrected draft of “Adam Smith in the City of Light“. Among other things, I have added my colleague and friend Alain Alcouffe as a co-author, for we have collaborated closely on this paper … Continue reading →

To commemorate the first anniversary of the October 7 massacre:

Via YouTube channel Great Art Explained; hat tip: Kottke.

The stark landscape, the humble simplicity of Father Anatoly, the remoteness of the monastery on the White Sea, and the miracles of his redemption converge into a timeless snapshot of lived spirituality. The Patriarch of Moscow, Alexei II, praised The Island for its profound … Continue reading →

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coin_rotation_paradox See also this 2023 Scientific American article describing an infamous SAT college entrance exam question that everyone got wrong! (It involves the coin rotation paradox.)

Can you imagine an alternate reality in which both Cuba and Cancun (as well as Baja California and most of northern Mexico!) were all part of the United States? What happened?

Via Smithsonian Magazine: “A previously unknown piece of music composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart when he was probably in his early teens has been uncovered at a library in Germany.”