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Celebrate freedom! Today (19 June) is officially “Juneteenth National Independence Day” in the U.S.: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juneteenth. Bonus track below: Update: alas, when my daughter and I visited the mall today (Americana at Brand), all the stores but one (Nike) were open … Continue reading →

For some unknown algorithmic reason, a strange essay published in The Atlantic in 2022 kept popping up in my Twitter feed this weekend. This obscure essay, which is titled “Why do rich people love quiet?“, immediately brought back memories of … Continue reading →

After attending the Manifest festival at Berkeley on June 7-9, where I met and befriended the founders of the Manifold prediction-market platform, I posted my first betting-market on their user-friendly website a few days ago; see here or tweet below: … Continue reading →

Performed by Ruslana Semeniuk (voice), Wesley Somers (baroque guitar and voice), and Avery Grethe (steel string guitar) at the Spring Chamber Music Concert, Recital Hall, UC Santa Cruz (4 June 2024).

Bonus link: a TikTok video of Anthony Bourdain’s 2002 visit to French Laundry.

Shout out to my colleague and friend Brian L. Frye, who offered to ghostwrite my next law review article!

One of my favorite Milton Friedman anecdotes is the following story in which Professor Friedman, while traveling somewhere overseas, reportedly spotted scores of road builders moving earth with basic shovels instead of modern machinery. When he asked why heavy tractors … Continue reading →

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein I joined the virtual #HotFrankSummer reading group last month and just finished reading Mary Shelley’s memorable novel Frankenstein today. (Our informal group read one chapter per day starting on May 15, a fateful day that I shall always remember, … Continue reading →

Wait, what are the “positive” aspects of royalty?

I dedicate this beautiful ballad to my loving wife Sydjia …