prior probability

That is the title of this erudite 68-page law review article by Eric R. Claeys, a law professor at George Mason University. (See also Professor Claeys’s book with the same title.) Alas, Professor Claeys makes no mention of the greatest theft of natural property rights of all time: the spring 2020 lockdown orders by State governments in the U.S. in response to the spread of the Wuhan virus.

Pam “The-Epstein-Client-List-Is-on-My-Desk” Bondi needs to divulge her law school transcripts so we can verify whether she is even qualified for the position of Attorney General. While discussing the assassination of Charlie Kirk on an episode of “The Katie Miller Podcast“, Bondi announced that hate speech is now a crime. It’s not; hate speech is protected speech under the First Amendment. More details are available here, via the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE).

Franz Gürtner was Hitler’s first Minister of Justice from 1933 until his death in 1941. (He was also Justice Minister in the governments of Franz von Papen and Kurt von Schleicher.) Among other things, Gürtner helped Hitler find legal justification for the Nazi’s repression of political dissidents. For more details about Gürtner’s role in justifying Adolf Hitler’s consolidation of power, see pp. 71-73 of the 2013 book The Law in Nazi Germany: Ideology, Opportunism, and the Perversion of Justice.

In addition to the Detroit Institute of Art, the Motown Museum, and the Fox Theater, my wife Sydjia and I also visited a hidden gem: the original Ford factory on Piquette Avenue (Wikipedia page here), the birthplace of the first mass-produced automobile, the revolutionary Ford Model T. In its heyday, Henry Ford’s historic factory employed over 1,000 workers (men and women!) from all over the world. Highly recommended! Our tour guide, Jerry Elmy, is a local treasure. (Among other things, we learned that the origins of such terms and phrases as cranky, self-starter, and want a lift? can be traced back to these first-generation cars.)

My wife Sydjia and I visited the Motown Museum on West Grand Boulevard in Detroit this past weekend. In honor of our visit, here is one of my all-time favorite Motown hits: the original 1967 version of “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” by Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell.

We also attended Jeezy’s concert at the Fox Theatre on Friday night (12 Sept. 2025). Below the fold is Jeezy’s “Tiny Desk” concert recorded on 21 Feb. 2024:

My wife Sydjia and I will be visiting the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) later today. Among other things, we want to see the iconic “Detroit Industry Murals” by Mexican painter Diego Rivera.

Or to be more precise, what did Osama bin Laden’s evil 9/11 attack and George Bush’s knee-jerk “war on terror” response to this attack accomplish? I am tempted to say absolutely nothing, except lost lives, two pointless wars, and billions of wasted hours in security lines, so I asked Google Gemini this very question. Below the fold is the AI’s automated response to my query:

Charlie Kirk was a prominent pro-MAGA activist, author, and media personality who co-founded Turning Point USA, a conservative campus organization. Live updates regarding this brazen political assassination are available here via BBC News as I do not trust the mainstrain media in the U.S.

Update: This op-ed/eulogy by Ezra Klein is worth reading.

Update #2 (12 Sept.): Now that we know who the suspect is, my next questions are: did he act alone, and how could his own father turn him in?

Legally speaking, who should have the property right to the baseball in the film clip below: (A) the lady who was standing right in front of the ball and was just about to grab it, or (B) the man who ran across an entire row of seats and grabbed the ball the first? Most people have been siding with the dad, but when I first saw the video I thought the woman was right to be upset because the ball was heading right toward her. I therefore think it’s totally unfair to call her the “Philly Karen,” let alone try to get her fired from her job. P.S.: I have blogged about the case of Pierson v. Post before (see here).