I agree with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that cellphones probably don’t belong in classrooms. They are likely to distract from learning, to impede socialization, or both. But Kennedy has a different concern. He recently told Fox & Friends that he’s worried the phones will case “neurological damage to kids” and “even cancer.” The difference between Kennedy and me—well, there are many, but the key difference for our purposes today—is that I don’t mistake my […]
The Law School Admission Test (LSAT) has undergone significant changes over the past two decades–changes in its composition, administration, and score reporting–that may be affecting its reliability as a predictor of law school performance. In addition, US News has changed its weighting and treatment of LSAT scores, altering the incentives for law schools to prioritize the LSAT scores of applicants, though it is not clear many law schools have altered their admissions practice accordingly (at least not yet). Derek […]
O ex-presidente Jair Bolsonaro afirma que “só um imbecil ou um canalha” acredita na existência de um plano para assassinar o presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva em 2022. Por meio de suas redes sociais, Bolsonaro destaca que o governo utiliza “cortinas de fumaça” para encobrir os fracassos da gestão petista. “Só um imbecil ou um canalha compra esse papo de plano de assassinato”, disse o político. “A única pessoa que tentaram matar fui eu, em uma ação […]
On Inauguration Day, President Donald Trump vowed to “forge a society that is colorblind and merit-based.” Less than two weeks later, Vice President J.D. Vance’s office hired Buckley Carlson—the 24-year-old son of former Fox News host and popular conservative pundit Tucker Carlson—as deputy press secretary. At least young Buckley can be certain that he didn’t get the job because of the color of his skin. The dismantling of the federal government’s various so-called diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) […]
I had a great time talking with my old buddy, Jim O’Shaughnessy, about market history and where investors go awry. Jim and I go way back, and we discuss how people make bad decisions and why… Transcript here Source: Make Fewer Errors, Make More Money (Ep. 261) My conversation with Barry Ritholtz, Jim O’Shaughnessy Infinite Loops, March 27, 2025 XZXXXX The post Infinite Loops: Make […]
(NA) Back in February, I explained why Trump’s planned use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 (IEEPA) to wage a massive trade war against Canada and Mexico is vulnerable to challenge under the nondelegation and major questions doctrines. Georgetown law Prof. Jennifer Hillman has an excellent Lawfare article laying out the major questions argument against Trump’s IEEPA tariffs in greater depth and detail: The U.S. Supreme Court’s articulation of the major questions doctrine may have […]
Once upon a time, I was an avid social media user. Now, not so much. Social media make up a minimal part of my news diet and my day. I can pinpoint several reasons for this. But its effects are harder to gauge. Has cutting back on social made me or my life better? I’m not sure. I’m definitely happier overall now than I was in my most prolific social media days, but my life has changed in […]