I really enjoy studying history. I've moved around time and the globe delving deeper into Mycenaean influences beyond Greece and studying the nuances of one particular commander who has been maligned in the Battle of Gettysburg. Every time I think I might find some historical event boring, I run into some fascinating element that grabs my attention.I would … [Read more...] about Amateur Historians
The Only Known Requirement
There's an animated video making its way around the legal blogosphere in which a cynical older lawyer tries to convince an idealistic prospective law student not to go to law school. As a non-lawyer, I'm probably missing half the jokes, but it's still pretty funny. I was more fascinated, however, by the web site used to create the video, xtranormal.com, which provides tools for … [Read more...] about The Only Known Requirement
Windy Investments
Mark's review of Michael Lewis's The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine sounds interesting. I generally find finance and economics difficult to read about, but I may give the book a go.From the sound of it, the author and I seem to have a couple of similar arguments about what is wrong with the efficient market. One premise I like to start with is that efficient … [Read more...] about Windy Investments
The Big Short, and a Modest Proposal
To my co-blogger Ken: I haven't seen you in a while, so we haven't had time to talk about any of the usual stuff, therefore I'm taking this opportunity to submit a modest proposal for your consideration. As you know, one of the areas where we disagree about economics issues is the subject of the efficient market hypothesis. I tend to believe those economists who say that the … [Read more...] about The Big Short, and a Modest Proposal
Registration Folly
All the way from Suffolk County, New York, I now present the newest trick for the legislature that has solved all other problems, the animal abuser registry: Suffolk County has officially become the first county in the nation to pass a bill to establish a public animal abuser registry. Authored by the legislature's majority leader, Jon Cooper, D-Lloyd Harbor, the … [Read more...] about Registration Folly