Here is a picture that does not seem to matter much: They are all well known rulers of various localities (I almost said nations). The modern ones in the bottom…

Forgive me, I beg, the odd, breezy posting schedule this week. I reasoned that many would still be on vacation and wanted to save the (for a word) denser material…

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Briggs: As a natural accompaniment to Ianto's article, please do not miss Richard Greenhorn's explanation of SCOTUS's latest misery: "Justice Thomas's 14th Amendment: The culmination of a career, and testament…

I was just a kid. I wore an Uncle Sam costume my mom made, and my sister was Lady Liberty, complete with torch. My dad helped me rig up this…

There will be no Class this week or next because of the Fourth. But to tide you over, this short video instructing you never to use of trust "P-values". P(agan)-values…

Some fellow who got rich once he was in office, Ro Khana, claims Elon Musk, who got rich outside office, is responsible for some preposterous number of deaths, something into…

Jim Franklin hosted this classic essay of the late David Stove’s for many years. But he received a complaint from one of the intellectually Tolerant. As Franklin said, “An authorized officer…