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April 2019

• “ONE OF MEDICINE’S MORE DRAMATIC MOMENTS”. 2019-04-01

March 2019

• I MAKE A CLASSIC MONTY PYTHON MISTAKE. 2019-03-13
• DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME COMES TO STONEHENGE. 2019-03-12
• TRIED AND TRUE POLICIES. 2019-03-11
• LOOKING BACK AT THE QUESTION: ” WHAT WOULD KEYNES DO”? 2019-03-10
• A JUXTAPOSITION. 2019-03-09
• PROFESSOR KRUGMAN ON FISCAL POLICY DURING THE TEN YEARS AFTER THE LEHMAN BANKRUPTCY. 2019-03-08 · 1 comment
• AGAINST AUSTERITY (COMMENTS). 2019-03-07
• LEASHES FOR TODDLERS. 2019-03-06 · 1 comment
• FINDING MORE AT STONEHENGE. 2019-03-05
• WHERE SOME OF THE STONES FOR STONEHENGE CAME FROM. 2019-03-04 · 1 comment
• A SEQUEL TO THE ONE L LLAMA (COMMENT). 2019-03-03
• STEROIDS COME TO COMPETITIVE BRIDGE. 2019-03-02 · 1 comment
• A FAMILY STORY ABOUT BANK RUNS. 2019-03-01 · 1 comment

February 2019

• WHEN BERNANKE DID NOT FOLLOW BAGEHOT. 2019-02-28
• WALTER BAGEHOT’S ADVICE TO CENTRAL BANKERS FROM 1873. 2019-02-27 · 3 comments
• TOOZE ON THE LEHMAN BANKRUPTCY—PAGE 177. 2019-02-26
• JOLABOKAFLOD—“CRASHED”. 2019-02-25
• FLIES AND ZEBRAS. 2019-02-24
• HOW THE ZEBRA GOT ITS STRIPES. 2019-02-23
• PAINTED HOUSES IN A POLISH VILLAGE. 2019-02-22
• LIGHTSABER DUELING IS NOW AN OFFICIAL SPORT IN FRANCE. 2019-02-21
• WHY ATTEMPTS AT PRECISION ON ECONOMIC VARIABLES CAN BE GOOD THINGS 2019-02-20
• WHY PRECISION ON MACROECONOMIC VARIABLES IS BAD. 2019-02-19
• “I’VE BEEN ROOKED”. 2019-02-15
• FOR MARY JANE. 2019-02-14 · 2 comments
• THE WOOD IN ATHENS (COMMENT). 2019-02-13
• THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A WOOD AND A FOREST (COMMENT). 2019-02-12
• UNDERSTANDING THE “ROOKY WOOD” (COMMENT). 2019-02-11
• MAYBE I SHOULD TRY MORE ROBUSTA. 2019-02-10
• COMPARING ARABICA AND ROBUSTA. 2019-02-09
• ROBUSTA VERSUS ARABICA. 2019-02-08 · 3 comments
• TUQUES AND HOODIES—-SOLUTIONS TO AN IMPORTANT DESIGN PROBLEM. 2019-02-07 · 1 comment
• THE MEATBALL UNIT OF MEASUREMENT. 2019-02-06 · 1 comment
• “CECI N’EST PAS UNE RUE”. 2019-02-05
• “COMPLACENCY, AFFABILITY, AND CONDESCENSION TO ALL”. 2019-02-04
• NOMADS AND FARMERS (COMMENT). 2019-02-03
• KILLING OPENLY. 2019-02-02
• A CIA HANDBOOK ON POLITICAL ASSASSINATION. 2019-02-01

January 2019

• DIPLOMATIC MURDERS—TWELVE YEARS LATER. 2019-01-31
• MY FATHER’S THEORY OF WHERE MY ANCESTORS CHOSE TO LIVE. 2019-01-30
• HOW DID THE YAMNAYA —WHO WERE LATE ARRIVALS— PREVAIL? 2019-01-29 · 1 comment
• MASS MIGRATION—THE YAMNAYA. 2019-01-28
• MIGRATION OR THE SPREAD OF CULTURE? 2019-01-27
• ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES BEING MADE RIGHT NOW. 2019-01-26
• JOLABOKAFLOD—ANCIENT DNA. 2019-01-25 · 1 comment
• BOCCE AND BASEBALL—FATHER AND SONS. 2019-01-24
• TWELVE YEARS OF COMPLAINING ABOUT THE WAY WE NOMINATE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES. 2019-01-23
• THE SPORT OF TEJO, WHERE SCORING IS DONE WITH GUNPOWDER. 2019-01-22 · 1 comment
• HOSPITALS AND SLEEP. 2019-01-21 · 1 comment
• WHAT “COCKABOODY” MEANS. 2019-01-18
• THE USEFULNESS OF CURSE TABLETS. 2019-01-17
• THE DISAPPOINTMENTS AND SUCCESSES OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS. 2019-01-14
• FRENCH BABIES LEARN TO EAT WELL. 2019-01-13
• JOLABOKAFLOD—-BRINGING UP BÉBÉ. 2019-01-12 · 1 comment
• “WHY 2018 WAS THE BEST YEAR IN HUMAN HISTORY.” 2019-01-11
• AN ACTUAL EXPERIENCE WITH A FIVE MAN INFIELD. 2019-01-10
• ONE OF BILLY MARTIN’S RULES FOR MANAGING. 2019-01-09
• “FEEL” FOR THE UNWRITTEN RULES (COMMENT). 2019-01-08
• EVERYBODY IN THE INFIELD (REVISITED). 2019-01-07
• THE FIVE MAN INFIELD. 2019-01-06
• RANDOMIZING PITCH SEQUENCES. 2019-01-05
• THE ONLY RULE IS IT HAS TO WORK. 2019-01-04
• JOLABOKAFLOD—THE ONLY RULE IS IT HAS TO WORK. 2019-01-03
• NONPARISIAN ACCENTS. 2019-01-01

December 2018

• GLOTTOPHOBIE. 2018-12-31
• CLOSE NEIGHBORS OF BIG LOTTERY WINNERS ARE MORE LIKELY TO GO BANKRUPT. 2018-12-30
• THE BEAUTIFUL FLATNESS OF ILLINOIS. 2018-12-29
• DIE HARD—-A CHRISTMAS MOVIE. 2018-12-28
• WAITING FOR THE RAPID CHESS ROUNDS (COMMENT). 2018-12-03
• AVOIDING ARMAGEDDON CHESS—CARLSEN VERSUS CARUANO. 2018-12-02
• HOW BAD WAS THE LONG WINTER? THE PHOTOGRAPH. 2018-12-01

November 2018

• THE LONG WINTER AND PRESERVING CIVILIZED MANNERS. 2018-11-30
• AN ANCIENT DANISH PRIVY. 2018-11-29
• WHAT’S LEFT TO LEARN—POMPEII AND HERCULANEUM. 2018-11-28
• ADAM SMITH ON THE POTATO—“STRONG MEN AND BEAUTIFUL WOMEN”. 2018-11-27
• ADAM SMITH AND THE POTATO. 2018-11-26
• AN UPDATE ON THE HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE OF THE POTATO. 2018-11-25
• THE THEFT OF THE UNPICKED GRAPES. 2018-11-24
• SLEDGE HAMMERS AND PRINTERS. 2018-11-23
• A THANKSGIVING STORY FROM 2008. 2018-11-22
• THANKSGIVING 2018. 2018-11-21
• AN UPDATED HISTORY OF THE GREEN BEAN CASSEROLE. 2018-11-19
• LEARNING BY WATCHING PARENTS DOING. 2018-11-17
• BRING YOUR PARENT TO WORK DAY. 2018-11-16
• THE WEDDINGS IN MEASURE FOR MEASURE. 2018-11-14
• OTHER CHANGES TO THE ENDING OF MEASURE FOR MEASURE. 2018-11-13
• THE ENDING OF MEASURE FOR MEASURE—THE DIRECTOR’S PREROGATIVE. 2018-11-12
• LITTLE ANNALISA’S MISTAKE ABOUT VETERANS DAY. 2018-11-11
• ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE ENDING TO MEAURE FOR MEASURE—PRESERVING THE NUN’S HONOR. 2018-11-10
• TWO MOSAICS FROM A CLASSICAL LATRINE. 2018-11-07
• OLDEST INTACT SHIPWRECK FOUND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BLACK SEA. 2018-11-06
• THE VIKING TAR INDUSTRY. 2018-11-05
• TAR AND VIKINGS. 2018-11-04
• ELEPHANTS AND BEES—BEE FENCES. 2018-11-03
• A TRIUMPH FOR DANISH BAKING—-AÆBLESKIVER. 2018-11-02

October 2018

• THE MARKETING OF THE FIRST FOLIO A CENTURY AFTER SHAKESPEARE DIED. 2018-10-31
• THE COMMERCIAL SUCCESS OF THE FIRST FOLIO IN THE 18TH CENTURY. 2018-10-30
• MARK TWAIN’S SENTENCES. 2018-10-29
• “LET’S GO TO THE TRANS-LUX AND HISS ROOSEVELT.” 2018-10-28
• FAT CATS AND THE NEW YORKER. 2018-10-27
• “BOSS E MAIL”. 2018-10-26
• GOING A MONTH WITHOUT USING EXCLAMATION POINTS. 2018-10-25
• A FRENCH PROPOSAL TO PROSCRIBE DISCRIMINATION BASED ON PRONUNCIATION. 2018-10-24
• OTHER THINGS CHANGED AND UNCHANGED IN THE EDITING OF GATSBY. 2018-10-23
• SOME STRUCTURAL CHANGES IN GATSBY. 2018-10-22
• THE SUCCESS OF A MORE KEYNESIAN POLICY? 2018-10-21
• iPHONES AND LIGHT. 2018-10-19
• AS WITH LIGHT, A LOT OF QUALITY CHANGES ARE NOT MEASURED. 2018-10-18
• THE PRICE OF ILLUMINATION IN LUMENS 2018-10-17
• NORDHAUS ON THE ECONOMIC HISTORY OF LIGHT. 2018-10-16
• NORDHAUS ON WHO BENEFITS FROM TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE. 2018-10-15
• AN ECONOMIST MEASURES THE USE OF “AND”. 2018-10-14
• PAUL ROMER AND THE USE OF “AND”. 2018-10-13
• A REBELLION BY ECONOMISTS AGAINST CLEAR COMMUNICATION? 2018-10-12
• ROMER’S VIVID WRITING ABOUT MACROECONOMICS. 2018-10-11
• WILLIAM NORDHAUS AND PAUL ROMER HAVE WON THE NOBEL PRIZE IN ECONOMICS. 2018-10-10
• “GOMAN YOUNG WEST”. 2018-10-09
• TINKERING WITH SCRABBLE RULES AND SCRABBLE DICTIONARIES. 2018-10-08
• A CLAIM THAT “SCRABBLE IS A LOUSY GAME”. 2018-10-07
• RECYCLING GLOSSY MAGAZINES. 2018-10-06
• WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO BE A DIVE BOMBER PILOT? 2018-10-05
• THE ONLY SUPERIOR AMERICAN WEAPON AT THE START OF WORLD WAR II. 2018-10-04
• THE DIVE BOMBERS AT MIDWAY. 2018-10-03
• REPAIRING BUILDINGS WITH LEGOS, REVISITED. 2018-10-02
• REPAIRING A TURTLE’S SHELL WITH LEGOS. 2018-10-01

September 2018

• SHAWN BRADLEY AS A BLACK SWAN. 2018-09-30
• SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS. 2018-09-29
• WHAT MADE SHAWN BRADLEY SEVEN SIX INCHES TALL? 2018-09-28
• TESLA AND TWAIN AND THE PLAYERS. 2018-09-27
• TESLA AND TWAIN AND TWAIN’S WHITE SUIT. 2018-09-26
• A HORSE THIEF’S SKULL AND THE SARAH BERNHARDT ROOM. 2018-09-25
• FAMOUS PLAYERS. 2018-09-24
• “SHAKESPEARE AND THE HEART’S DESIRE”—THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 27. 2018-09-23
• “JUDITH SHAKESPEARE HAS HER SAY”—WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 26. 2018-09-22
• “SHAKESPEARE RISING”—TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 25. 2018-09-21
• THE LIVES OF SHAKESPEARE, MARY JANE’S TRILOGY, WILL BE PERFORMED TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 25 THROUGH THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 27 AT THE PLAYERS CLUB. 2018-09-20
• ARE BERT AND ERNIE GAY? 2018-09-19
• WOLF TREES AND THE MARKET FOR TIMBER. 2018-09-18
• THE ROMANCE OF WOLF TREES. 2018-09-17
• A WOLF TREE. 2018-09-16
• “CROWN SHYNESS” —THE SHYNESS OF TREES. 2018-09-15
• CREOLE LANGUAGES 2018-09-14
• THE LOSS OF OLD LANGUAGES. 2018-09-13
• A STATE OF THE ART STATISTICAL STUDY OF EATING A MARSHMALLOW. 2018-09-12
• REPLICATING THE MARSHMALLOW EXPERIMENT WITH A LARGER SAMPLE. 2018-09-11
• SMALL SAMPLES. 2018-09-10
• NOBEL PRIZE WINNER IN ECONOMICS RETRACTS HIS ENDORSEMENT OF SOME STATISTICAL STUDIES. 2018-09-09
• ENFORCING THE LAW IN NEW YORK IN 1968. 2018-09-08
• WHY DON’T LOCAL GOVERNMENTS RAISE THE PRICE OF PARKING TO GET RID OF CONGESTION? 2018-09-07
• A FORESHADOWING FROM 2007 OF THE FATE OF THE VENEZUELAN ECONOMY. 2018-09-06
• COULD 1000 US MARINES CIRCA WWII DEFEAT 20,000 SPARTANS? 2018-09-05
• PREENING BIRDS. 2018-09-04
• INCREASED DEFENSIVE SHIFTING IS CHANGING BASEBALL FOR THE BETTER. 2018-09-03
• INCREASED DEFENSIVE SHIFTING IS CHANGING BASEBALL. 2018-09-02
• WHY I THINK THAT THE DISCOVERY OF AGRICULTURE WAS A GOOD THING. 2018-09-01

August 2018

• “HIDDEN MEDIEVAL DOOR LEADING TO SMUGGLERS’ CAVES DISCOVERED UNDERNEATH SCOTTISH CASTLE.” 2018-08-31
• “THE AROMA AND FULL-BODIED FLAVOR OF AN UNUSUAL BOTANICAL”. 2018-08-29
• THE ADVERTISING FOR MALÖRT. 2018-08-28
• JEPPSON’S MALÖRT—A SWEDISH DRINK FROM CHICAGO. 2018-08-27
• DOES AN ARTIST HAVE AN ENFORCEABLE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO THE ARTISTIC USE OF A COLOR? 2018-08-26
• STEPPING IN A BLACK HOLE. 2018-08-25
• VANTABLACK—THE NEW “BLACKEST BLACK”. 2018-08-24
• SHADES OF BLACK—MARS BLACK AND IVORY BLACK. 2018-08-23
• “MAMIHLAPINATAPEI” AND “GIGIL”. 2018-08-22 · 1 comment
• SELLING ICE TO PEOPLE WHO DON’T KNOW WHAT COLD IS. 2018-08-21
• HYPOCOGNITION 2018-08-20
• “CURSUS” MONUMENTS FOUND BY AERIAL ARCHAEOLOGY. 2018-08-19
• HOT WEATHER IS LEADING TO ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES. 2018-08-18
• A PLAYER CALLS FOR ROBOT UMPIRES TO CALL BALLS AND STRIKES. 2018-08-17
• WHY I RARELY USE EXCLAMATION POINTS. 2018-08-16
• EXCLAMATION POINTS AND E MAIL. 2018-08-15
• THE PLAYERS. 2018-08-14
• MARY JANE’S TRILOGY: THE LIVES OF SHAKESPEARE—- THIS FALL AT THE PLAYERS CLUB. 2018-08-13
• VERY LARGE PITCHERS. 2018-08-12 · 1 comment
• A DISCUSSION WITH ANNALISA ABOUT BASEBALL. 2018-08-11 · 1 comment
• JUSTIFICATIONS FOR THE BIZARRE EXTRA INNING RULE. 2018-08-10
• SCOTT FITZGERALD’S MISSING SECOND ACT IN AMERICAN LIVES. 2018-08-09
• WINNING A BASEBALL GAME WITHOUT GETTING A HIT OR A BASE ON BALLS. 2018-08-07
• COULD YOU STEAL A GOLD BRIDGE? 2018-08-06 · 1 comment
• THE GOLDEN BRIDGE. 2018-08-05
• A SUBWAY MAP OF ROMAN ROADS. 2018-08-04
• SENDING TRAFFIC TO A STREET WITH A 32 DEGREE GRADE. 2018-08-03
• MONET AND ARCHITECTURE. 2018-08-02
• TOLKIEN—A TRILOGY BASED ON MAPS. 2018-08-01

July 2018

• CONSTABLE AND CLOUDS. 2018-07-31
• CONSTABLE PAINTED WHAT HE SAW—THE WEATHER. 2018-07-30
• BASEBALL DREAMS—FRANK THOMAS. 2018-07-29
• BASEBALL DREAMS—REGGIE JACKSON. 2018-07-28
• CHEATING AT CANDY LAND REVISITED. 2018-07-27
• EGGS AS MONEY. 2018-07-26
• A HYPERINFLATION PREDICTION FOR VENEZUELA FROM TEN YEARS AGO. 2018-07-25
• REASONS FOR CHANGING THE ENDINGS OF MEASURE FOR MEASURE AND HAMLET. 2018-07-24
• DIRECTORS CHANGING THE ENDINGS OF SHAKESPEARE’S PLAYS. 2018-07-23
• ENDING HAMLET BY SHOOTING HORATIO. 2018-07-22
• HIDDEN MESSAGES ON ANCIENT GREEK VASES. 2018-07-20
• THE THEFT OF PARMESAN CHEESE. 2018-07-19
• BASEBALL AND COMPROMISE. 2018-07-18
• BASEBALL IS NOT THE BEAUTIFUL GAME. 2018-07-17
• FRANCE’S COACH DEFENDS THEIR WORLD CUP VICTORY. 2018-07-16
• OFFENSE IN SOCCER IS BEAUTIFUL; DEFENSE IS NOT. 2018-07-15
• WINNING WITH STYLE IN THE BEAUTIFUL GAME. 2018-07-14
• IMPLEMENTING THE BACHELOR’S DIET PLAN. 2018-07-13 · 3 comments
• A SUGGESTION FOR SOCCER TIE BREAKS. 2018-07-12

March 2018

• POSTURAL CONTROL. 2018-03-15
• HOW DO FLAMINGOS STAND ON ONE LEG? 2018-03-14
• A VIKING WOMAN WARRIOR AFTER ALL. 2018-03-13
• “DUCK, DUCK, GRAY GOOSE” AND THE PERSISTENCE OF FOLKWAYS. 2018-03-12
• ANOTHER MURDER WHICH WILL PROBABLY NOT BE A DIPLOMATIC INCIDENT. 2018-03-11
• “DUCK, DUCK, GRAY GOOSE” AND POLITICAL THEORY. 2018-03-10 · 1 comment
• “DUCK, DUCK, GRAY GOOSE.” 2018-03-09
• A PENGUIN DANCING. 2018-03-08
• PENGUINS ALL AROUND. 2018-03-07
• THE FIRST TIME I USED COLORED TENNIS BALLS. 2018-03-06 · 1 comment
• TENNIS BALLS—THE RETURN OF THE BLUE DRESS. 2018-03-05
• TENNIS BALLS AND LANGUAGE. 2018-03-04
• WHAT COLOR IS A TENNIS BALL? 2018-03-03
• REPLICATION FAIL FOR A STUDY USING BASEBALL CARDS. 2018-03-02
• “HOW PUNDITS NEVER GET IT WRONG”—-THE 40% RULE. 2018-03-01

February 2018

• COMPARING THE PIZZA STUDIES TO SHOWING GREEN JELLY BEANS CAUSE ACNE. 2018-02-28
• HOW TO MASSAGE DATA FOR PUBLICATION. 2018-02-27 · 1 comment
• A BUNT DERBY FOR ALL-STAR FESTIVITIES. 2018-02-26
• PITCH TUNNELING. 2018-02-25
• TALEB VERSUS PINKER. 2018-02-24
• ARE HISTORICAL BOOKS ABOUT PROGRESS “COMFORT HISTORY?” 2018-02-23
• THE REJECTION OF THE WHIG THEORY OF HISTORY. 2018-02-22
• EURISH—A BUREAUCRAT’S LANGUAGE. 2018-02-21
• EURISH. 2018-02-20
• ANOTHER USE FOR PHILOSOPHY. 2018-02-19 · 1 comment
• ‘OUMUAMUA. 2018-02-18
• AN EXPLANATION FOR WHY SO MANY DISEASE SYMPTOMS ARE SIMILAR (COMMENT). 2018-02-17
• JAMES JOYCE COMES TO MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL. 2018-02-16
• MONEYBALL AND BASEBALL PROSPECTUS. 2018-02-15 · 1 comment
• THE RUM CAKE—A VALENTINE’S STORY. 2018-02-14
• WARNING SIGNS OF SEPSIS—GO TO A HOSPITAL IMMEDIATELY ! 2018-02-13
• WAS IT A GREAT MISTAKE FOR HUMANS TO BECOME FARMERS? 2018-02-12
• YOURS FAITHFULLY 2018-02-11
• DICK AND JANE AND CERBERUS AND PUFF. 2018-02-10
• “THE WALK BY SWANN’S HOUSE”. 2018-02-09
• MEDITATION COMES TO PATERFAMILIAS. 2018-02-08
• AN INSTANCE WHERE FICTION HAS REPLACED HISTORY. 2018-02-07
• PADDINGTON 2. 2018-02-06
• HAMLET AND BREAKING BAD (COMMENT). 2018-02-05
• TRIVIA QUESTION ABOUT POPULAR MOVIES. 2018-02-04
• BIG DATA COMES TO PREDICTIONS OF PATIENT OUTCOMES. 2018-02-03
• THE HAPPYORNOT BUTTON—-AN EXPERIMENT WITHOUT ANY CONTROLS. 2018-02-02
• MAYBE SHAKESPEARE NEEDED A COMPLICATED BLOODBATH AT THE END OF “HAMLET”. 2018-02-01 · 1 comment

January 2018

• WHY I REJECT BRECHT’S THEORY. 2018-01-31
• BRECHT’S THEORY THAT A LOT OF THE SCENES IN HAMLET ARE OUT TAKES. 2018-01-30
• WHY SO LITTLE EXCITEMENT ABOUT THE FLU? 2018-01-29
• “FLU” AND “FLU-LIKE SYMPTOMS”. 2018-01-28
• USING LANGUAGE FOR RESEARCH ON PAST WEATHER—THE FROZEN MUSKOXEN. 2018-01-27
• CREATING A SMELL FOR A HOTEL. 2018-01-26
• MONTAIGNE’S SUPPORT FOR DRINKING MEDIOCRE WINE. 2018-01-25
• IF YOUR FLU SYMPTOMS GET BETTER AND THEN GET WORSE, CALL YOUR DOCTOR IMMEDIATELY !!! 2018-01-24 · 1 comment
• THINGS TO LEARN ABOUT THE FLU. 2018-01-23
• HOW AN AIRLINE CUT COSTS. 2018-01-22 · 1 comment
• SCANDINAVIAN EGG COFFEE. 2018-01-21
• DEBRA TANNEN: EVERY USE OR NONUSE OF TEXTING SENDS OUT METAMESSAGES. 2018-01-20 · 1 comment
• WHAT MESSAGE DO YOU SEND BY HOW QUICKLY YOU RESPOND TO A TEXT MESSAGE? 2018-01-19
• ACKNOWLEDGING LONELINESS. 2018-01-18
• LONELINESS RECOGNIZED AS A MAJOR SOCIAL PROBLEM. 2018-01-17
• “A BEACHED WHALE” IS A “STROKE OF GOOD LUCK”. 2018-01-16
• EMMA RICE AND THE GLOBE—-EPILOGUE. 2018-01-15
• MY DEFENSE OF EMMA RICE. 2018-01-14
• WHO CARES ABOUT SHAKESPEARE’S WORDS? 2018-01-13
• EMMA RICE’S PENULTIMATE SHAKESPEARE PRODUCTION AT THE GLOBE. 2018-01-12 · 1 comment
• EMMA RICE’S LAST SHAKESPEARE PLAY AT THE GLOBE. 2018-01-11
• SOME LINGUISTS LOOK AT PERIODS IN TEXTING. 2018-01-10
• HOW BUILDING A SET OF STEPS ILLUSTRATES “A FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTY OF THE UNIVERSE”. 2018-01-09 · 1 comment
• MY EFFORTS TO REPLACE A SET OF STEPS. 2018-01-08 · 1 comment
• WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TO BUILD A SET OF STEPS. 2018-01-07
• AN INFLATABLE IRISH PUB. 2018-01-06 · 1 comment
• SOME PROPOSED EXPLANATIONS FOR WHY IT TOO SO LONG TO INVENT ROPE. 2018-01-05
• WHAT IF I HAD HAD TO INVENT ROPE? 2018-01-04
• WHY DID IT TAKE SO LONG TO INVENT ROPE? 2018-01-03
• MAYBE THE APPENDIX IS USEFUL AFTER ALL. 2018-01-02
• EQUUS—CHANGES IN WHAT IS SHOCKING IN THE THEATER. 2018-01-01

December 2017

• “A FLEA AND A FLY IN A FLUE”. 2017-12-31
• “NOBODY, NOT EVEN THE RAIN, HAS SUCH SMALL HANDS”. 2017-12-30 · 1 comment
• HOW MARY JANE, ANNALISA, AND I HEAR “WESTRON WYNDE”. 2017-12-29
• “WESTRON WYNDE” AND WESTERN LITERATURE. 2017-12-28
• “AMID ALL THE POETIC RICHES OF ENGLISH LITERATURE, FOUR SHORT LINES STAND OUT.” 2017-12-27
• THE LINGUISTICS OF “UM” AND “UH”. 2017-12-26
• THE RESILIENCE OF FRUITCAKE. 2017-12-25
• ALGORITHMS SENDING TRAFFIC TO BUSY STREETS. 2017-12-24
• BASEBALL AND GENDER POWER IN PALAU. 2017-12-23
• SOME WAYS THAT BASEBALL IN PALAU IS DIFFERENT. 2017-12-22
• PALAU—A NATION GOVERNED BY BASEBALL PLAYERS. 2017-12-21
• “WHEN PRETTY GIRLS T-E-A-S-E-D MEN INTO MARRIAGE!” 2017-12-20
• A CHILD’S OBSESSION WITH BRAID. 2017-12-19
• MY OBSESSION WITH GARBAGE TRUCKS. 2017-12-18
• A CHILD’S OBSESSION WITH GARBAGE TRUCKS. 2017-12-17
• COSAGACH. 2017-12-16
• JOLABOKAFLOD. 2017-12-15
• TRIVIA QUESTION ABOUT AN OLD MOVIE. 2017-12-14
• THE GOOSE STORY. 2017-12-13
• PEDLARS AND HOLY CARDS—A REMINISCENCE. 2017-12-12
• PEDLARS AND HOLY CARDS. 2017-12-11 · 1 comment
• THE HISTORY OF PEDLARS—CELESTINE. 2017-12-10
• SOME OF THE RANKINGS BY WINS ABOVE REPLACEMENT FOR GENERALS. 2017-12-09
• MONEYBALL COMES TO RANKING GENERALS. 2017-12-08
• WHAT WOULD ROBOT UMPIRES SOUND LIKE? 2017-12-07
• HOW DO FANS FEEL ABOUT ROBOT UMPIRES CALLING BALLS AND STRIKES? 2017-12-06 · 1 comment
• A COSMOLOGIST SAYS THAT ASTRONOMY IS “FAR SIMPLER” THAN THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. 2017-12-05
• RULES FOR MAILING LIVE ANIMALS. 2017-12-04
• WHAT THE GRAVITATIONAL WAVE DISCOVERY CONFIRMED. 2017-12-03
• PLACING THE GRAVITATIONAL WAVE IN OUR TIME FRAME. 2017-12-02
• HERE ARE SOME OF THE ISLAY TASTING NOTES THAT DROPS OF WATER WILL INTENSIFY. 2017-12-01

November 2017

• WHY YOU SHOULD ADD A FEW DROPS OF WATER TO YOUR WHISKEY. 2017-11-30
• CHURCHILL’S UNUSUAL ARGUMENT. 2017-11-29
• HISTORY WITH THE HERO AND VILLAIN OFFSTAGE. 2017-11-28
• WHAT WAS AT STAKE AT DUNKIRK. 2017-11-27
• THE KINDS OF RELATIVES THE ACTORS CAN PORTRAY. 2017-11-26
• AN ACTOR PREPARES TO BE A RELATIVE—-THE ORDER FORM GOVERNS. 2017-11-25
• HIRING AN ACTOR TO BE YOUR CHILD’S PARENT. 2017-11-24 · 1 comment
• TURNING Ph.D DISSERTATIONS OF PEOPLE I KNOW INTO DANCES. 2017-11-23
• TURNING A Ph.D THESIS INTO A DANCE. 2017-11-22
• THE GOLD IN MY WEDDING RING AND NEUTRON STAR MERGERS. 2017-11-21
• GRAVITATIONAL WAVES. 2017-11-20 · 1 comment

May 2017

• BENEVENTUM. 2017-05-05
• VICTOR HUGO AT THE BARRICADES (SPOILER ALERT). 2017-05-03
• FLAVOR NOTES FOR BOG BUTTER. 2017-05-02
• IDENTIFYING ANCIENT DNA IN MUD. 2017-05-01

April 2017

• EFFORTS TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT BOG BODIES. 2017-04-30
• THE UNCANNY NATURE OF BOGS. 2017-04-29
• COMPETING AT BAKING. 2017-04-28 · 2 comments
• OGDEN NASH AND BASEBALL HISTORY. 2017-04-27
• PLAYING BASEBALL USING 19TH CENTURY RULES. 2017-04-26
• THE OLDEST FANTASY BASEBALL LEAGUE BEGINS ITS NEW SEASON. 2017-04-25 · 1 comment
• A BASEBALL POEM BY OGDEN NASH. 2017-04-24
• SOME OGDEN NASH POEMS. 2017-04-23
• THE ONE-L LAMA. 2017-04-22
• THE ETIQUETTE OF EATING PEAS (COMMENT). 2017-04-21 · 1 comment
• EATING PEAS WITH HONEY (COMMENT). 2017-04-20
• HORSESHOE CRABS DONATING BLOOD. 2017-04-19
• HORSESHOE CRAB BLOOD. 2017-04-18
• THE DANNY MURTAUGH STORY. 2017-04-17
• MOSQUITOS AND EVIDENCE (COMMENT). 2017-04-16
• HOW A COMPUTER CHOOSES ITS NEXT CHESS MOVE. 2017-04-15
• OTHER APPLICATIONS OF FORENSIC ENTOMOLOGY. 2017-04-14
• A MOSQUITO AND DNA. 2017-04-13 · 1 comment
• BEER MADE WITH BASEBALL BAT SHAVINGS. 2017-04-12
• AND JOSEPH LANGLAND. 2017-04-11
• AND WALTER DE LA MARE. 2017-04-10
• HUNTERS IN THE SNOW—WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS. 2017-04-09
• HUNTERS IN THE SNOW—THE POEM. 2017-04-08
• HUNTERS IN THE SNOW (WINTER)—THE PAINTING. 2017-04-07 · 1 comment
• 17 SECONDS PER WORK OF ART. 2017-04-06
• A TRADITIONALIST REMAINS UNCONVINCED (COMMENT). 2017-04-05
• USING THE SINGULAR “THEY” BECAUSE IT’S TRADITIONAL. 2017-04-04
• VINDICATION FOR “THEY” AS A GENDER-NEUTRAL SINGULAR PRONOUN. 2017-04-03
• ECONOMICS IS “A COLLECTION OF FUNNY STORIES ABOUT UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES”. 2017-04-02 · 1 comment
• “WHAT DO ECONOMISTS ACTUALLY KNOW?” 2017-04-01

March 2017

• SO WHY ARE THEY CALLED “IDENTIFICATION PROBLEMS”? 2017-03-31
• IDENTIFICATION PROBLEMS IN ECONOMICS. 2017-03-30
• IDENTIFICATION PROBLEMS ARE THE REASON “NATURE DOES NOT RUN VERY GOOD EXPERIMENTS.” 2017-03-29
• AN ECONOMIST LOOKS AT “THE TROUBLE WITH MACROECONOMICS”. 2017-03-28
• RECONSTRUCTING THE ROOF OF A PALACE IN HERCULANEUM. 2017-03-27
• A STORY ABOUT CONCRETE. 2017-03-26
• HETEROPHASIA—IT’S THE PANTHEON THAT HAS A CONCRETE DOME (COMMENT). 2017-03-25
• STATES WHICH REQUIRE THE OXFORD COMMA IN STATUTES. 2017-03-24
• A COURT CASE TURNING ON THE USE—OR NONUSE—OF THE OXFORD COMMA. 2017-03-23
• A BIZARRE BASEBALL RULE CHANGE IS IMPLEMENTED (COMMENT). 2017-03-22 · 1 comment
• THERE’S A LOT OF SPACE DUST ON EARTH. 2017-03-21
• THE KEY TO FINDING SPACE DUST IS TO FIND OUT WHICH PARTICLES NOT TO PAY ATTENTION TO. 2017-03-20
• THE PROBLEM WAS THAT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AVOIDED USING PROBABILITIES IN THEIR FORECASTS. 2017-03-19
• SHOULD THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PERSIST IN A WEATHER FORECAST THAT IT KNOWS IS WRONG? 2017-03-18
• BOATY MCBOATFACE’S FIRST ANTARCTIC MISSION. 2017-03-17
• COMPARING THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION TO A BUSINESS STARTUP. 2017-03-16
• IN PRAISE OF THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION. 2017-03-15
• ACTORS INTONING. 2017-03-14
• RIDICULING THE NEAT ROOMMATE. 2017-03-13
• REVISITING THE MESSY ROOMMATE THEORY OF NATO. 2017-03-12
• WORKPLACE HUMOR—JOGGING AROUND WASHINGTON SQUARE. 2017-03-11
• THE POTATO AND THE FUTURE CONQUEST OF SPACE. 2017-03-10
• UPDATE ON FIRST SLEEP/SECOND SLEEP. 2017-03-09
• “GOING FROM ZERO TO EPSILON,,,,” 2017-03-08
• ARBITRARILY. 2017-03-07
• MATISSE AND PATTERNS. 2017-03-06
• THE KILLER FOG OF 1952. 2017-03-05
• TURNER’S LIGHT. 2017-03-04
• THE EFFECT OF GEOGRAPHY ON THE IMPRESSIONISTS. 2017-03-03
• JOE BOB BRIGGS’ BRIEF HISTORY OF THE REDNECK. 2017-03-02
• SOME OF THE SYSTEM PROBLEMS AT THE OSCARS. 2017-03-01

February 2017

• DO MOUNTAINS PRODUCE WARS? 2017-02-28
• THE OSCARS MIXUP—IT’S THE SYSTEM, NOT THE PEOPLE. 2017-02-27
• HOW I LEARNED THE EXCLAMATION POINT IN HIGH SCHOOL. 2017-02-26
• WHY THE HATRED FOR THE EXCLAMATION POINT? 2017-02-25
• THE PHILOSOPHICAL REASONING UNDERLYING TOM WOLFE’S USE OF EXCLAMATION POINTS. 2017-02-24
• TOM WOLFE AND THE EXCLAMATION POINT. 2017-02-23
• WHICH WRITERS USE EXCLAMATION POINTS MOST—THE KEY. 2017-02-22
• GUESS WHICH OF THESE WRITERS USE EXCLAMATION POINTS THE MOST? 2017-02-21
• MAYBE STATINS SHOULD BE GIVEN TO TRY TO PREVENT ALZHEIMER’S. 2017-02-20
• WHAT SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT EVIDENCE THAT STATINS MAY DELAY ALZHEIMER’S? 2017-02-19
• “ŚMIGUS-DYNGUS”—A GOOD WORD FOR THE DICTIONARY GAME. 2017-02-18 · 1 comment
• CHOOSING THE RIGHT LAB MICE FOR AN EXPERIMENT. 2017-02-17
• ARMAGEDDON FOOTBALL—-AN AUCTION TO SEE WHO GETS THE BALL FIRST IN OVERTIME IN THE SUPERBOWL? 2017-02-16
• WAS WINNING THE COIN FLIP THE MOST IMPORTANT PLAY IN THE 2017 SUPERBOWL? 2017-02-15
• A VALENTINE POEM BY JAMES TATE. 2017-02-14
• THE HISTORICAL RESEARCH BEHIND MONTY PYTHON’S ATTACK BUNNY. 2017-02-13
• GIANT MEDIEVAL ATTACK RABBITS. 2017-02-12
• ARMAGEDDON CHESS AND “ARMAGEDDON BASEBALL”. 2017-02-11 · 1 comment
• A BIZARRE PROPOSED BASEBALL RULE CHANGE. 2017-02-10 · 1 comment
• THE THREE LITTLE POLGAR GIRLS. 2017-02-09
• A RANDOM EVENT? 2017-02-08
• A CHESS SCANDAL—OR A RANDOM EVENT? 2017-02-07
• A CHESS SCANDAL? 2017-02-06
• AN AARHUS JOKE. 2017-02-05
• PEAT. 2017-02-04
• OCTOMORE—THE WORLD’S MOST HEAVILY PEATED SINGLE MALT. 2017-02-03
• THE BRUICHLADDICH DISTILLERY. 2017-02-02
• “A BRIEF HISTORY OF CASKS, PART ONE” (PINGBACK). 2017-02-01

January 2017

• BEFORE THE “THE WAR ON PIRATES”. 2017-01-31
• PIRATES WHO JUST WANTED TO FIND A PLACE IN THE HIGHER REACHES OF COLONIAL SOCIETY. 2017-01-30
• HAS A SECOND VIKING SETTLEMENT IN NORTH AMERICA BEEN FOUND? 2017-01-29
• THE CANADIAN SPORT OF AXE THROWING. 2017-01-28
• MINNESOTA NICE. 2017-01-27
• MINNESOTA NICE AND THE ZIPPER MERGE. 2017-01-26
• HOW JET LAG AFFECTS BASEBALL GAMES. 2017-01-25 · 1 comment
• ECONOMIC ANALYSES OF WORKING THE REFEREES. 2017-01-24
• EVIDENCE THAT YELLING AT REFEREES WORKS. 2017-01-23
• WHY THE PARTHENON HAS LASTED FOR CENTURIES. 2017-01-22 · 1 comment
• IN PRAISE OF CONCRETE. 2017-01-21
• CHICAGO IS GETTING A WOODEN SKYSCRAPER. 2017-01-20
• “THE TROPE OF THE FALLEN LEAVES”. 2017-01-19
• EZRA POUND’S SEMI-COLON. 2017-01-18
• KIM KARDASHIAN—“THE AMERICAN WOMAN”. 2017-01-17
• “THE GRANDDAD GANGSTERS”. 2017-01-16
• POUND’S ACCOUNT OF HOW 30 LINES WERE REDUCED TO TWO (OR 3). 2017-01-15
• “IN A STATION OF THE METRO”. 2017-01-14
• THE KARDASHIAN CAPER—ANOTHER MAJOR CRIME COMMITTED BY OLDER PROFESSIONALS. 2017-01-13
• WHY I MARKED BOOKS. 2017-01-12
• THE HAWKING INDEX FOR SOME WELL-KNOWN BOOKS. 2017-01-11
• THE HAWKING INDEX. 2017-01-10
• GEORGE WASHINGTON’S IRON SELF CONTROL. 2017-01-09
• THE ANGER OF GEORGE WASHINGTON—THE BATTLE FOR MANHATTAN. 2017-01-08 · 1 comment
• THE ANGER OF GEORGE WASHINGTON—A CABINET MEETING. 2017-01-07
• WHY CARLSEN’S FINAL MOVE WAS BRILLIANT. 2017-01-06
• QH6CH!! 2017-01-05
• YOU TOO CAN WORK OUT CARLSEN’S BRILLIANT FINAL MOVE. 2017-01-04
• YOU TOO CAN FIND MICROMETEORIC DUST IN THE GUTTERS OF YOUR HOUSE. 2017-01-03
• A NONSCIENTIST FINDS DUST FROM SPACE IN CITY GUTTERS. 2017-01-02
• MICROMETEORIC DUST FROM OUTER SPACE. 2017-01-01

December 2016

• KNIGHTS FIGHTING SNAILS REVISITED. 2016-12-31
• RESTORING ROTHKO PAINTINGS WITH LIGHT. 2016-12-30
• PAINTING WITH UNSTABLE PAINT. 2016-12-29
• REPORT ON THE CHRISTMAS SENTIMENTALITY CHALLENGE. 2016-12-28
• THE ESSENCE OF HYGGE. 2016-12-27
• HYGGE—DANISH CHRISTMAS PLATES. 2016-12-26
• HYGGE—“COCOA BY CANDLELIGHT”. 2016-12-25
• “SQUAWKING GULPS—AS IF A SALT MARSH WERE GIVEN A VOICE”. 2016-12-24
• MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER DARK MATTER EXISTS. 2016-12-23
• BRUTALISM—IS IT THE OUTSIDE OR THE INSIDE THAT MATTERS MOST? 2016-12-22
• IT’S ALL ABOUT THE CONCRETE. 2016-12-21
• THE REHABILITATION OF BRUTALISM? 2016-12-20
• “AGENCY IN CHARACTERS” REVISITED. 2016-12-19
• E M FORSTER ON LOVE IN THE NOVEL. 2016-12-18
• WRITE ABOUT WORK, NOT SEX. 2016-12-17
• AN ALGORITHM WHICH PREDICTS WHETHER A NOVEL WILL BE A BLOCKBUSTER. 2016-12-16
• “PEOPLE JUST DON’T EXPLORE HILLS ENOUGH!” 2016-12-15
• A FORCED MATE OF 51 MOVES. 2016-12-14
• IS ARMAGEDDON CHESS FAIR? 2016-12-13
• ARMAGEDDON CHESS. 2016-12-12
• MAGNUS CARLSEN DEFEATS SERGEY KARJAKIN. 2016-12-11
• THE THEFT OF THE BUCKET OF GOLD. 2016-12-10
• FLYTING. 2016-12-09
• “DONALD TRUMP, EPIC HERO” 2016-12-08
• THE CULTURAL DIVIDE ON PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING. 2016-12-07
• HOW TRUMP PLAYED “THE HEEL”. 2016-12-06
• HOW THE MEDIA PLAYED THE FOIL TO TRUMP’S “HEEL” CHARACTER. 2016-12-05
• IS THERE DARK MATTER? 2016-12-04
• SOME RHYMING FLOURISHES IN HAMILTON. 2016-12-03
• THE INFLUENCE OF RAP ON BROADWAY MUSICALS. 2016-12-02
• AN ABUNDANCE OF INTERNAL RHYMES. 2016-12-01

November 2016

• PERFECT RHYME PURISTS. 2016-11-30
• ANALYZING THE POETRY OF HAMILTON. 2016-11-29
• THE POWER OF RAP. 2016-11-28
• WHY CALLING IT TARGETING IS A MISTAKE. 2016-11-27
• PLACEBO BUTTONS. 2016-11-26
• REVISITING MY THANKSGIVING POST FROM TEN YEARS AGO.. 2016-11-25
• AN AMERICAN EXPRESSION OF GRATITUDE. 2016-11-24
• WHAT IS UNDERGROUND IN A FOREST. 2016-11-23
• A TREE BIG ENOUGH TO HOLD A BANQUET INSIDE IT. 2016-11-22
• “PEBCAK”. 2016-11-21
• ALES TO MARK IMPORTANT LIFE EVENTS. 2016-11-20 · 1 comment
• MARKING THE END OF THE BLOG’S TENTH YEAR. 2016-11-20
• RESEARCH SHOWING THAT WE WORK A LOT HARDER THAN OUR ANCESTORS DID. 2016-11-19
• WHAT IS IMPORTANT IF CAMPAIGNS ARE NOT? 2016-11-18
• DO POLITICAL CONSULTANTS MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE?—A CONTROLLED EXPERIMENT. 2016-11-17
• DO POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS MAKE A DIFFERENCE? 2016-11-16
• NATURE DOESN’T RUN ENOUGH ELECTIONS. 2016-11-15
• EXPLAINING WHY TRUMP WON THE ELECTION. 2016-11-14
• TREEBEARD AND OTHER ENTS. 2016-11-13
• ANTHROMORPHIZING TREES. 2016-11-12
• TREES WHO ARE TRUE FRIENDS. 2016-11-11
• HOW DO TREES COORDINATE THEIR ACTIVITIES? 2016-11-10
• DO TREES COORDINATE THEIR ACTIVITIES ? 2016-11-09
• WHY DO OAKS HAVE MAST YEARS? 2016-11-08
• LOTS OF ACORNS AND LOTS OF CHIPMUNKS. 2016-11-07
• I THINK APPOINTING A NEW DIRECTOR OF THE GLOBE IS FOR THE BEST FOR EVERYBODY. 2016-11-06
• THE CONTROVERSY AT THE GLOBE—-MAYBE IT WAS REALLY ABOUT THE LIGHTING AFTER ALL. 2016-11-05
• THE CONTROVERSY AT THE GLOBE—PRESERVING THE GLOBE EXPERIENCE. 2016-11-04
• THE CONTROVERSY AT THE GLOBE—-WAS IT “SNOBBERY” TO CHANGE ARTISTIC DIRECTORS? 2016-11-03
• THE DIRECTOR OF THE GLOBE THEATRE, WHO SAID THAT SHAKESPEARE MAKES HER “VERY SLEEPY”, WILL LEAVE HER POSITION. 2016-11-02
• MISS PIGGY AND DRACULA—HALLOWEEN MEMORIES. 2016-11-01

October 2016

• MEMORIES OF THE GREENWICH VILLAGE HALLOWEEN PARADE. 2016-10-31
• A UTOPIAN FANTASY. 2016-10-30
• “UNTIL YOU JUST POUND THEM INTO THE TURF….UNTIL THEIR HEAD HURTS”. 2016-10-29
• WHEN I PLAYED CHESS AGAINST A GRANDMASTER. 2016-10-28 · 3 comments
• CATCHING A GRAPE IN YOUR MOUTH DROPPED FROM 101 FEET HIGH. 2016-10-27
• CUTE FERAL CATS KILLING RATS. 2016-10-26 · 1 comment
• FERMI PROBLEMS. 2016-10-25
• A STATISTICAL METHOD FOR ESTIMATING HOW MANY PIANO TUNERS THERE ARE IN CHICAGO. 2016-10-24
• A STATISTICAL METHOD FOR ESTIMATING THE NUMBER OF RATS IN NEW YORK CITY. 2016-10-23
• MORE VINDICATION FOR ULYSSES GRANT. 2016-10-22
• THERE ARE TEN TIMES MORE GALAXIES IN THE UNIVERSE THAN PREVIOUSLY BELIEVED. 2016-10-21
• TW0 WASHINGTON SQUARE HUSTLERS PLAY THE BEST CHESS PLAYER IN THE WORLD. 2016-10-20
• SUGGESTIONS FOR ARTISTS WHO WANT TO DESTROY SOME OF THEIR ART. 2016-10-19
• WHEN ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG DESTROYED HIS OWN ART. 2016-10-18 · 1 comment
• USING THE WRONG ALGORITHM (COMMENT). 2016-10-17
• SHOOTING AT THE WRONG TARGET. 2016-10-16 · 1 comment
• CONCEPTUAL ART—DESTROYING THE GIANT HEAD. 2016-10-14 · 2 comments
• CONCEPTUAL ART—THE GIANT HEAD. 2016-10-13 · 1 comment
• ARE FACES SYMMETRICAL? 2016-10-12
• THE AMBIGUITY OF THE BUDDHA’S FACES. 2016-10-11
• “…LITTLE BOXES MADE OF TICKY TACKY….” 2016-10-10
• A HISTORY OF THE RANCH HOUSE. 2016-10-09
• IS OUR HOUSE A MCMANSION? 2016-10-08 · 1 comment
• RYBCZYNSKI ON MCMANSIONS 2016-10-07
• A BLOG ENTITLED “WORST OF MCMANSIONS”. 2016-10-06
• IDENTITY, HUSBANDS AND WIVES, AND DROPS OF WATER. 2016-10-05
• IDENTITY, TWINS AND DROPS OF WATER. 2016-10-04
• BIG DATA AND ROTATOR CUFF INJURIES. 2016-10-03
• BIG DATA AND REDUCING AIRLINE ACCIDENTS ON THE GROUND. 2016-10-02
• CHILDREN ARE “PROMISCUOUSLY NORMATIVE”. 2016-10-01

September 2016

• RULES AND USAGE IN PUTTING ADJECTIVES IN ORDER. 2016-09-30
• TOLKIEN’S “GREEN GREAT DRAGON”. 2016-09-29
• “A LOVELY LITTLE OLD RECTANGULAR GREEN FRENCH SILVER WHITTLING KNIFE”. 2016-09-28
• HOPE FOR READING THE SCROLLS AT HERCULANEUM. 2016-09-27
• COUNTING AND CLASSIFYING MILLIONS OF GALAXIES. 2016-09-26
• MORE SUCCESSES OF NONSCIENTISTS HELPING WITH LABOR-INTENSIVE SCIENCE. 2016-09-25
• AN ARGUMENT FOR DIGGING UP EVERY MOUND IN BRITAIN. 2016-09-24
• A PINTEREST BOARD FOR BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGY. 2016-09-24
• THE MYSTERIES OF THE TIMBERS AT DURRINGTON WALLS. 2016-09-23
• AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISAPPOINTMENT AT DURRINGTON WALLS. 2016-09-22
• MORE GROSS SCIENCE—ANCIENT POOP. 2016-09-21 · 1 comment
• “GROSS SCIENCE”— THE PROS AND CONS OF INCEST (COMMENT). 2016-09-20
• DIVERSITY AND THE SURVIVAL OF THE PANDA SPECIES (COMMENT). 2016-09-19
• PEOPLE IN PANDA SUITS SOAKED IN PANDA URINE. 2016-09-18 · 1 comment
• EVIDENCE THAT AMERICANS NEVER DID TALK POLITICS WITH PEOPLE THEY DISAGREED WITH. 2016-09-17
• SHOULD IT BE A DEBATE OR A PRESS CONFERENCE? 2016-09-16
• A HISTORY OF TELEVISED PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES. 2016-09-15
• WELLS FARGO—OVER 1.5 MILLION UNAUTHORIZED ACCOUNTS. 2016-09-14 · 1 comment
• THE LANGUAGE WEIRDNESS INDEX. 2016-09-13
• “THE GREAT ESKIMO VOCABULARY HOAX”. 2016-09-12
• A THEORY OF TU AND VOUS. 2016-09-11
• DICTEE COMPETITIONS. 2016-09-10
• “SCHNAPSIDEE” AND “KUMMERSPECK”. 2016-09-09
• NINNYHAMMERS. 2016-09-08
• “CLERICAL FLUBS”. 2016-09-07
• TRUANT OFFICERS. 2016-09-06
• DANIEL MURPHY’S GREAT HITTING CONTINUES. 2016-09-05 · 3 comments
• THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR—ONE TIME WHEN THE LOSING SIDE WROTE THE HISTORY. 2016-09-04
• ULYSSES S. GRANT—-A CIVIL RIGHTS PRESIDENT. 2016-09-03 · 2 comments
• HOW NORTH KOREA OBTAINS TEACHERS BY KIDNAPPING—AN UPDATE. 2016-09-02
• THE EFFECTS OF MINOR VARIATIONS IN THE ENVIRONMENT ON GENETIC EXPERIMENTS. 2016-09-01

August 2016

• LOOKING BACK AT THE SIXTIES—-“NATURE DOESN’T RUN VERY GOOD EXPERIMENTS.” 2016-08-31
• ECONOMIC RESEARCH IN THE LAST 30 YEARS—-MORE DATA; LESS THEORY. 2016-08-30
• CHICAGO—FIRST IN SKYSCRAPERS. 2016-08-29
• A MYTH ABOUT NEW YORK SKYSCRAPERS? 2016-08-28
• ELM SHAKESPEARE’S MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM. 2016-08-27
• REVENGE IN SHAKESPEARE’S COMEDIES. 2016-08-26
• ARE MOST SHAKESPEARE PLAYS REVENGE PLAYS? 2016-08-25
• “BLUE HERON, WALKING”. 2016-08-24
• THE PRECISE WORDS FOR DIFFERENT KINDS OF BOGS. 2016-08-23 · 1 comment
• LOST FOREST WORDS. 2016-08-22
• SUBPUNCTING. 2016-08-21
• LOOKING BACK AT CAT BONDS AND BLACK SWANS. 2016-08-20
• THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THINGS THAT DIDN’T HAPPEN. 2016-08-19
• NOT LOOKING FOR KING ARTHUR. 2016-08-18
• ‘QUITE HONESTLY, WE SEE THIS A LOT.” 2016-08-17
• THE ROOMBA AND THE POOP. 2016-08-16 · 1 comment
• “10-TRILLIONTHS OF YOUR SUNTAN COMES FROM GALAXIES BEYOND THE MILKY WAY.” 2016-08-15
• BAYESIAN STATISTICS AND DENTAL FLOSS. 2016-08-14
• ‘WHAT IS A PLACEBO FOR DENTAL FLOSS?” 2016-08-13 · 2 comments
• T S ELIOT’S FIRST WIFE. 2016-08-12
• WHO WROTE THIS? 2016-08-11
• HOW TO TELL IF THE CAUSE OF YOUR TROUBLES IS THE MALOCCHIO. 2016-08-10
• RESEARCH ON MALOCCHIO. 2016-08-09
• I ASKED MARY JANE ABOUT CURSES. 2016-08-08
• WHY ARE BRITISH CURSES SO CONCERNED WITH PROPERTY? 2016-08-07
• THE BATH CURSE TABLETS. 2016-08-06
• OVER 2000 ROMAN DOCUMENTS FOUND IN BRITAIN IN 40 YEARS (INCLUDING CURSE TABLETS). 2016-08-05
• ROMAN FORM FILES. 2016-08-04
• CHEATING AT THE ORIGINAL OLYMPICS. 2016-08-03
• WHO WROTE EDWARD III?—WHAT’S MY OPINION? 2016-08-02
• IS EDWARD III GOOD ENOUGH TO BE BY SHAKESPEARE? 2016-08-01

July 2016

• HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHETHER SHAKESPEARE WROTE EDWARD III? 2016-07-31
• WHO WROTE EDWARD III?—-SOME CANDIDATES. 2016-07-30
• A COMPLETIST GOES FOR EXTRA CREDIT. 2016-07-29
• MY ANNUAL RANTS ABOUT OUR PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION PROCEDURES (COMMENT). 2016-07-28
• IS UNANIMITY AN INDICATION THAT SOMETHING HAS GONE WRONG? 2016-07-27
• COFFEE IN SPORTS—WHAT CAN’T IT DO? 2016-07-27
• THE EFFECTS OF PLACEBOS ON PARTICULAR DISEASES. 2016-07-26 · 2 comments
• PLACEBOS—THE MOST STUDIED DRUGS. 2016-07-25
• STEVE MARTIN’S TAKE ON PLACEBOS. 2016-07-24
• IT MATTERS WHO DOES THE EXPERIMENT. 2016-07-23
• THE MUSIC MAN AND THE ECONOMICS OF ADVERTISING. 2016-07-22 · 1 comment
• MY GRANDFATHER AND THE MUSIC MAN. 2016-07-21
• SKI JUMPING FOR FUN. 2016-07-20
• SKI JUMPING AND SOCIAL CLASS. 2016-07-19
• WHATEVER HAPPENED TO EDDIE THE EAGLE? 2016-07-18
• WHY MOVIES SHOW HOW THE MAGIC TRICK WAS DONE. 2016-07-17
• A STUDY SHOWING KNIGHTS COULD MOVE PRETTY WELL IN THEIR ARMOR. 2016-07-16
• THE BRITISH POMPEII. 2016-07-15
• THE STRANGE WEAPONRY OF GLADIATORS. 2016-07-14
• WOMEN GLADIATORS. 2016-07-13
• HOW GLADIATORS FOUGHT. 2016-07-12
• THE BURIAL MOUNDS AT STONEHENGE. 2016-07-11
• ARCHAEOLOGY WITHOUT DIGGING. 2016-07-10
• A CROWD-FUNDED PROJECT MAKES A FIND ON LINDISFARNE. 2016-07-09
• “I SOLD MY FARM TO BUY MY CROWN.” 2016-07-08
• “THE WORLD IS IN GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM….” 2016-07-07
• SHAKESPEARE FAVORED MULTIPLE MEANINGS EVERY CHANCE HE GOT. 2016-07-06
• THINKING IN A WORLD WITHOUT STANDARD SPELLING. 2016-07-05
• DISAMBIGUATING SHAKESPEARE. 2016-07-04
• THE AIR BITES “SHROUDLY”—DOES SHAKESPEARE’S SPELLING MATTER? 2016-07-03
• HAMLET—A YOUNG MAN’S VOICE. 2016-07-02
• BREXIT—THE UNITED KINGDOM TREASURY WAS WRONG ABOUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO INTEREST RATES. 2016-07-01

June 2016

• “MISBEHAVING”—FAILING TO ACT WITH ECONOMIC RATIONALITY. 2016-06-30
• A MAXIMUM SCORE OF 137 2016-06-29
• MARY JANE DREAMS OF SMALL BUNNIES. 2016-06-28
• BREXIT AND EUROPEAN DISUNITY—A CYNICAL VIEW. 2016-06-27
• TWO THEORIES ON WHETHER THE BREXIT POLLS WERE WRONG. 2016-06-26
• DID THE BETTING AT BOOKIES PREDICT BREXIT? 2016-06-25
• BREXIT—A MINSKY MOMENT. 2016-06-24
• ANOTHER PERFECT ALIBI. 2016-06-23
• CIPRO—MILLIONS OF PRESCRIPTIONS, SPARSE DATA. 2016-06-22
• DRUG WARNINGS SHOULD INCLUDE NUMBERS IN ADDITION TO VAGUE WORDS—CIPRO. 2016-06-21
• GOLF—“IT SEEMS LIKE IT INVOLVES A LOT OF LUCK.” 2016-06-20
• HOW DIFFICULT IS SHAKESPEARE? 2016-06-19
• PEOPLE SHOULDN’T BE TOLD THEY WON’T LIKE SHAKESPEARE. 2016-06-18
• BLACKADDER’S OPINION OF CUTTING HAMLET. 2016-06-17
• IF YOU’RE TRANSLATING SHAKESPEARE INTO CURRENT ENGLISH, WHY NOT GO ALL THE WAY ?—- “I THINK SHAKESPEAR NEEDS TO TALK IN MODERN ENGLISH, INNIT, BRUV?” 2016-06-16
• I’M OK WITH CHANGING THE GENDER OF SHAKESPEARE’S CHARACTERS, TRANSLATING SHAKESPEARE, AND CUTTING SHAKESPEARE, IF IT ENLARGES THE AUDIENCE FOR SHAKESPEARE. 2016-06-15
• THE CONTROVERSY OVER THE GLOBE DIRECTOR’S LOW OPINION OF SHAKESPEARE. 2016-06-14
• THE NEW DIRECTOR OF THE GLOBE THEATRE SAYS SHAKESPEARE MAKES HER “VERY SLEEPY” 2016-06-13
• FITBIT CONTESTS. 2016-06-12
• WHY NOT PUT BASEBALL’S “UNWRITTEN RULES” INTO WRITING? 2016-06-11
• WHAT WE KNOW WITH CERTAINTY ABOUT THE FIRST SECOND AFTER THE “BIG BANG”. 2016-06-10
• THE BIG BANG—“THE TIME AT WHICH WE DON’T KNOW WHAT THE UNIVERSE WAS DOING”. 2016-06-09
• THE “ENIAC GIRLS”. 2016-06-08
• THE WOMEN OF BLETCHLEY PARK. 2016-06-07
• “THE DEB WHO SANK THE BISMARCK”. 2016-06-06
• MUHAMMAD ALI—MASTER OF LANGUAGE. 2016-06-05
• THE BUSINESS ACTIVITIES OF THE NEW ROMAN COLONISTS. 2016-06-04
• NEW “DOCUMENTS” FOUND IN ONE OF THE UNDERGROUND RIVERS OF LONDON. 2016-06-03
• “FEELING LONESOME DOWN THERE?” 2016-06-02
• TWINS—MEMORIES OF POURING ORANGE JUICE IN MY EAR. 2016-06-01

May 2016

• ST. AUGUSTINE—NEWLY FOUND SERMONS FROM OVER 1500 YEARS AGO. 2016-05-31
• ELIZABETHAN RECORDS THAT WERE “ALMOST UNTOUCHED”. 2016-05-30
• BASEBALL DEFENSES—POINTS ON A GRID. 2016-05-29
• THE PROBLEM OF MIXED DNA. 2016-05-28
• THE PROBLEM WITH “TOUCH DNA”. 2016-05-27
• THE UNCERTAINTIES OF DNA EVIDENCE. 2016-05-26
• OFFENSIVE SCRABBLE. 2016-05-25
• THE TACTICAL VALUE OF AN “E” TILE. 2016-05-24
• “RACK MANAGEMENT”. 2016-05-23
• MONEYBALL COMES TO SCRABBLE. 2016-05-22
• ANOTHER EXPLANATION FOR DANIEL MURPHY’S STREAK. 2016-05-21
• DID THE GENDER OF LATIN WORDS AFFECT THEIR MEANING? 2016-05-20
• ELIOT THE EX-MID BANK CLERK. 2016-05-19
• ELIOT, THE “MOST BANK-CLERKY OF ALL BANK CLERKS”. 2016-05-18
• T.S.ELIOT—AN EX-MID ASPIRES TO BE EUROPEAN. 2016-05-17
• IS THERE AN EXPLANATION FOR WHY DANIEL MURPHY’S HOT STREAK HAS CONTINUED? 2016-05-16
• THREE PROBLEMS WITH THE BIG BANG THEORY. 2016-05-15
• SUMMARIZING WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE BIG BANG. 2016-05-14
• SUMMARIZING EVIDENCE FOR THE BIG BANG. 2016-05-13
• A STARBUCKS PIPELINE. 2016-05-12
• A BEER PIPELINE IN BRUGES. 2016-05-11
• THE 23RD PSALM—HOW ENGLISH HAS CHANGED IN THE LAST 1000 YEARS. 2016-05-10
• THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD AND ACHILL ISLAND. 2016-05-09
• THE PLAYBOY RIOTS. 2016-05-08
• THE REMOTE ARAN ISLANDS. 2016-05-07
• THE FIRST PAPER BASED ON DOMINANT WRITING CONTRIBUTIONS BY NON-EXPERT CITIZEN SCIENTISTS. 2016-05-06
• UPDATE ON COMPUTER GAMES AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH. 2016-05-05
• HOW MANY PLAYS DID SHAKESPEARE WRITE? 2016-05-04
• REWRITING SHAKESPEARE’S SONNETS. 2016-05-03
• WHAT WAS EZRA POUND UP TO? 2016-05-02
• WHAT WAS SANTAYANA UP TO? 2016-05-01

April 2016

• A FOLLOWER OF EZRA POUND REWRITES SONNET 30. 2016-04-30
• SANTAYANA REWRITES SONNET 29. 2016-04-29
• SOME EVIDENCE THAT DEFENDING AGAINST A HOT HAND CAN BE WORTHWHILE. 2016-04-28
• DEFENDING AGAINST A HOT HAND. 2016-04-27
• PREDICTING DANIEL MURPHY’S BATTING STATISTICS FOR 2016. 2016-04-26
• DANIEL MURPHY—NO HOT HAND IN THE WORLD SERIES.. 2016-04-25
• SHAKESPEARE DID NOT WRITE IN OLD ENGLISH. 2016-04-24
• A MODERN TRANSLATION OF SONNET 18 INTO OLD ENGLISH. 2016-04-23
• BANK DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY HAS IMPROVED. 2016-04-22
• DO THE BANK ROBBING TECHNIQUES OF THE 1970’s AND 1980’S STILL WORK? 2016-04-21
• BANK-ROBBING TECHNIQUE IN THE 1870’S. 2016-04-20
• MAYBE THE PLAYERS SHOULD WEAR DRESSES. 2016-04-19
• SAFETY AT SECOND BASE. 2016-04-18
• THE SWEDES HAVE A WORD FOR “NOT TO SAY SOMETHING”. 2016-04-17
• THEORIES FOR USING SEMI-C0L0NS. 2016-04-16
• CAN OUTSIDERS ANALYZE COMPLEX DATA MEDICAL DATASETS? 2016-04-15
• “RESEARCH PARASITES”. 2016-04-14
• WHEN THE COMMUNIST PARTY FOOLED SARTRE INTO THINKING HE HAD FREE WILL. 2016-04-13
• IMAGINING SARTRE AS AN AUTHENTIC WAITER. 2016-04-12
• LEAR—THE STORM WITHIN AND A STORM WITHOUT. 2016-04-11
• THE OLDEST ROTISSERIE LEAGUE HOLDS ITS 35TH DRAFT TODAY. 2016-04-10
• WHERE THE WORD FOR AUTOMOBILE IS: “THAT IT HAS WRINKLED FEET”. 2016-04-09
• A THEORY THAT SOME LANGUAGES HAVE BEEN MADE DIFFICULT SO THAT OUTSIDERS WON’T LEARN THEM. 2016-04-08
• A CHILD WHO SAW THE SKY AS COLORLESS. 2016-04-07
• CAN AN ENGLISH SPEAKER DISTINGUISH SHADES OF GREEN WITHOUT HAVING LOTS OF WORDS FOR GREEN? 2016-04-06
• CAN A PERSON WHO SPEAKS A LANGUAGE WITH NO WORD FOR BLUE DISTINGUISH BLUE FROM GREEN? 2016-04-05
• THE STRONG AND THE WEAK WHORFIAN HYPOTHESIS. 2016-04-04 · 1 comment
• A WHORFIAN COMES TO BASEBALL. 2016-04-03
• THE NEED FOR STATISTICS WHICH DEAL WITH PITCH SEQUENCES. 2016-04-02
• THE IMPORTANCE OF PITCH SEQUENCES. 2016-04-01

March 2016

• SIGNALING IN BASEBALL IS MORE SOPHISTICATED THAN ILLEGAL SIGNALING IN BRIDGE. 2016-03-31
• CHEATING IN CHAMPIONSHIP BRIDGE. 2016-03-30 · 1 comment
• UNFINISHED ART. 2016-03-29
• IRISH MOOR MUD—“A 9,000 YEAR-OLD BEAUTY SECRET”. 2016-03-28
• A COMIC IN WHICH JOHN RAWLS, ROBERT NOZICK AND KARL MARX DISCUSS TIPPING. 2016-03-27
• WHAT SABERMETRICS CAN DO IN 2016. 2016-03-26
• ALL OF SHAKESPEARE’S PLAYS ARE GOOD. 2016-03-25 · 1 comment
• WHAT I LEARNED AS A COMPLETIST. 2016-03-24
• EXPERIENCING PERICLES. 2016-03-23 · 1 comment
• SMALL SAMPLES IN ARCHAEOLOGY. 2016-03-22
• DID CELTIC LANGUAGE AND CULTURE SPREAD FROM IRELAND INTO EUROPE? 2016-03-21
• WERE THE IRISH IN IRELAND BEFORE ANY CELT INVASION? 2016-03-20
• CAPITALISM AND TIME ZONES. 2016-03-19
• SOME WAYS MEN USED TO TELL TIME. 2016-03-18
• A “LIMPIDLY BEAUTIFUL PLAY”. 2016-03-17
• MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT GOING TO SEE PERICLES. 2016-03-17
• HOW IS “WONDERFUL” DIFFERENT FROM “MARVELOUS”? 2016-03-16
• MAYBE YOU DON’T HAVE A FIXED AMOUNT OF WILLPOWER. 2016-03-15
• “THE ABSENCE OF ABSENCE”. 2016-03-14
• REPLACING THE DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM WITH “BODY AND SOUL”. 2016-03-13
• “THE RUSTLE OF INDEX CARDS”. 2016-03-12
• HOW LINNAEUS INVENTED THE INDEX CARD. 2016-03-11
• WATCHING ALI SPAR. 2016-03-10
• AN ENTRY FOR THE INCOMPREHENSIBILITY PRIZE. 2016-03-09
• TREVOR NUNN’S COMPLETIST AGENDA. 2016-03-08
• A COMPLETIST PREPARES TO DECLARE VICTORY. 2016-03-07 · 2 comments
• WOULD SHAKESPEARE BE WRITING FOR VIDEOGAMES IF HE WERE WRITING TODAY? 2016-03-06 · 1 comment
• HOW SHAKESPEARE WROTE FOR MOVIES. 2016-03-05
• DO STUDENTS TODAY EXPERIENCE SHAKESPEARE DIFFERENTLY? 2016-03-04
• CONSTABLE KNEW THE SKY. 2016-03-03
• THE DISCOVERY OF A NEW BLUE PIGMENT. 2016-03-02
• “THE BAYONNE BLEEDER”. 2016-03-01

February 2016

• ANOTHER HORATIO ALGER HERO WHO IS REALLY A “STRIVER” 2016-02-29
• “IT’S ONLY A BOMB.” 2016-02-28
• THE CHICKEN STORY. 2016-02-27
• THE PRIMAL SCREAM. 2016-02-26
• EXPLAINING “THE END OF THE REIGN OF STATISTICS”. 2016-02-25
• “THE END OF THE REIGN OF STATISTICS”—TONIGHT ON PBS. 2016-02-24
• ELECTIONEERING ADVICE IN THE AGE OF CICERO. 2016-02-23
• WHERE WOULD YOU DIG? 2016-02-22 · 1 comment
• DID IT MATTER WHO WAS THE EMPEROR? 2016-02-21
• HOW WICKED WERE THE WICKED EMPERORS? 2016-02-20 · 2 comments
• BEING THE ROMAN EMPEROR WAS HARD WORK. 2016-02-19
• WHY ROME AND NOT A DIFFERENT ITALIAN CITY? 2016-02-18
• MARY JANE DREAMS OF PAM. 2016-02-17
• GALAXIES. 2016-02-16
• WHAT CAME BEFORE WHATEVER CAME BEFORE THE BIG BANG? 2016-02-15
• SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS THAT CAN DETECT GRAVITATIONAL WAVES. 2016-02-14
• FAKE ONLINE LOCKSMITHS—A WARNING ABOUT SEARCH ENGINE RESULTS. 2016-02-13
• “SANDWICH”. 2016-02-12
• CAN A THEORY BE ESTABLISHED BY A LARGE NUMBER OF EXPERIMENTS THAT CAN’T BE REPLICATED? 2016-02-11
• “THE CRUSADE AGAINST MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS”. 2016-02-10
• HOW SHOULD SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGISTS REACT IF THERE ARE REPRODUCIBILITY PROBLEMS WITH TWO THIRDS OF STUDIES?. 2016-02-09
• A NEW JOURNAL ON THE REPRODUCIBILITY OF EXPERIMENTS. 2016-02-08
• “KNEELING UPON THE KNEES OF MY HEART”. 2016-02-07
• THE THIRD PLAY OF MARY JANE’S SHAKESPEARE TRILOGY. 2016-02-06
• REWORDING LORD ACTON. 2016-02-05
• HENRY VIII AND FOOTBALL HEAD INJURIES. 2016-02-04
• PUTTING THE MISSING POST IN SEQUENCE. 2016-02-03
• THE MISSING POST—“…IT IS DIFFERENT WHEN IT IS YOUR MOTHER.” 2016-02-02
• JUDGING THE SUCCESS OF THE CONSTITUTION (COMMENT). 2016-02-01

January 2016

• ONE REASON WHY OUR CONSTITUTION IS SO SUCCESSFUL. 2016-01-31 · 1 comment
• HOW MUCH IS YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER WORTH? 2016-01-30
• “THIS AGED WOMAN….” 2016-01-29
• WHAT DID QUEEN ELIZABETH THINK OF GRACE O’MALLEY? 2016-01-28
• GRACE O’MALLEY MEETS QUEEN ELIZABETH. 2016-01-27
• MY VIOLENT HERITAGE—VIKINGS AND O’MALLEYS. 2016-01-26 · 3 comments
• PHILIP SIDNEY’S FATHER MEETS GRACE O’MALLEY. 2016-01-25
• GRACE O’MALLEY THREATENS QUEEN ELIZABETH’S REPRESENTATIVE. 2016-01-24
• PUTIN’S OPEN AND NOTORIOUS ROLE IN THE MURDER. 2016-01-23
• HOW TO COMMIT THE OPPOSITE OF A PERFECT CRIME. 2016-01-22
• FINALLY, A JUDGMENT ON AN OPEN AND NOTORIOUS MURDER. 2016-01-21
• “STRIVERS”. 2016-01-20
• DAVID FROST’S “HUMDRUM” BEGINNINGS. 2016-01-19
• RABBIT SHOWJUMPING. 2016-01-18
• YET ANOTHER PLEA FOR CONTESTED CONVENTIONS. 2016-01-17
• REDUCING CONCUSSIONS BY TACKLING THE WAY RUGBY PLAYERS DO. 2016-01-16
• THE SPIKE AND FOOTBALL CONCUSSIONS. 2016-01-15
• NOT TAKING CONCUSSIONS SERIOUSLY. 2016-01-14 · 1 comment
• REMOVING THE LAUGHS FROM THE FUNNIEST PLAY EVER WRITTEN. 2016-01-13
• UTILITARIANISM BEGAN AS A COMPASSIONATE THEORY. 2016-01-12
• IT IS DIFFERENT WHEN IT IS YOUR WIFE. 2016-01-10
• “THE BOOK OF MY ENEMY HAS BEEN REMAINDERED”—REVISITED. 2016-01-09
• A FAREWELL POEM BY CLIVE JAMES. 2016-01-08
• “HAIL AND FAREWELL.” 2016-01-07
• THE SPARROW. 2016-01-06
• “BANTERING CHAPS”. 2016-01-05
• LESBIA AND CLODIA. 2016-01-04
• “I HATE AND I LOVE.” 2016-01-03
• CLIVE JAMES WRITES A POEM BASED ON POEMS OF CATULLUS. 2016-01-02
• KNIGHTS FIGHTING SNAILS. 2016-01-01

December 2015

• WHY GOLIATH WAS AN UNDERDOG. 2015-12-31
• A WORD TO REPLACE “CAPITALISM”. 2015-12-30
• INVENTING SCIENCE BY INTRODUCING THE WORD “DISCOVERY”. 2015-12-29
• A SUMMARY DESCRIPTION OF THE BIG BANG. 2015-12-28
• LISTERINE—-GOOD TO THE LAST DROP. 2015-12-27 · 2 comments
• REPORT ON THE 2015 SENTIMENTALITY CHALLENGE. 2015-12-26 · 1 comment
• UNEXPECTED FAMILY RESEMBLANCES—KIDNEYS. 2015-12-25 · 1 comment
• THE SENTIMENTALITY CHALLENGE—-2015. 2015-12-24
• POETS HATING POETS. 2015-12-23
• LUTEFISK. 2015-12-22
• AMERICANS TRYING NORWEGIAN CHRISTMAS FOOD. 2015-12-21 · 2 comments
• “GET REAL, MISS LUZZO.” 2015-12-20 · 1 comment
• FOOD CAN AFFECT INDIVIDUALS VERY DIFFERENTLY. 2015-12-19
• DECIDING ABOUT A PAINTING AS QUICK AS A FLASH. 2015-12-18
• “WEIRD BRITISH SPORTS”. 2015-12-17
• SNOOKER AND WOMEN’S INTERNATIONAL DARTS. 2015-12-16
• ANOTHER ARGUMENT AGAINST SCROOGENOMICS. 2015-12-15
• ENSAMHET. 2015-12-14
• WHAT IS LANDSCAPE? 2015-12-13
• ANNALISA’S ART—TWO RECENT PAINTINGS.. 2015-12-12
• THE EVOLUTION OF A SPECIES CAN HAPPEN QUICKLY. 2015-12-11 · 1 comment
• TIME IMMEMORIAL. 2015-12-10
• THE FIGHT AGAINST INVASIVE SPECIES. 2015-12-09
• MORE DISCOVERIES ABOUT STONEHENGE. 2015-12-08
• THE THREE DIMENSIONS OF THE PAINTING SURFACE. 2015-12-07
• THE DISCOVERY OF PRUSSIAN BLUE. 2015-12-06
• A PHONETIC RAILWAY SIGN FOR Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. 2015-12-05
• APPARENTLY WE STILL DON’T KNOW WHY THE GIRAFFE GOT ITS LONG NECK. 2015-12-04
• HOW DID THE GIRAFFE GET ITS LONG NECK? 2015-12-03
• BILLIONS AND BILLIONS—“WHEN I HEARD THE LEARNED ASTRONOMER….” 2015-12-02
• “SCHAEFER UNIVERSITY”. 2015-12-01

November 2015

• “RISKY STORIES”. 2015-11-30
• THE DESIRE FOR CLOSURE IN STORIES. 2015-11-29
• STORIES WITHOUT AN ENDING. 2015-11-28
• THE FIRST TIME I WORE GLASSES. 2015-11-27
• SHOWING GRATITUDE FOR EYEGLASSES. 2015-11-26
• GIVING THANKS FOR MAGNA CARTA. 2015-11-25
• HENRY’S CHOICE OF GOOD GROUND. 2015-11-24
• OR MAYBE THE FRENCH WERE BLUFFED INTO MOVING FIRST. 2015-11-24
• WAR GAMING AGINCOURT. 2015-11-23
• “STUDIES SHOW….”—GREEN JELLY BEANS. 2015-11-22
• “SO THE MUSIC OF THE SPHERES TURNS OUT TO BE STATIC.”. 2015-11-21
• THE MUSIC OF THE SPHERES. 2015-11-21
• THE COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND. 2015-11-20
• THE LIBRARY AT HERCULANEUM. 2015-11-19
• HOW THE WAR BETWEEN CANADA AND DENMARK IS BEING CONDUCTED. 2015-11-18
• THE LONG-RUNNING WAR BETWEEN CANADA AND DENMARK. 2015-11-17 · 2 comments
• THE POETRY OF HARRY POTTER (SPOILER ALERT). 2015-11-16
• IMMIGRANTS BRING A “FRAGMENT” OF THEIR SOCIETY WITH THEM. 2015-11-15 · 1 comment
• “GABAGOOL”. 2015-11-14
• THE LINGUISTIC PRINCIPLES THAT LEAD TO “PRUH-ZHOOT”. 2015-11-13
• WHY THE ITALIAN ACCENTS OF ITALIAN-AMERICANS DIFFER SO MUCH. 2015-11-12
• “MICROACCENTS” IN ITALY. 2015-11-11
• THE TIMIDITY OF THE BRONTE SISTERS. 2015-11-10
• EMILY BRONTE PUNCHED THE FAMILY DOG. 2015-11-09
• “THE FOODS OF TODAY’S LOWER MIDDLE CLASS ARE THE FOODS OF YESTERDAY’S TYCOONS.” 2015-11-08
• STUDIES SHOW THAT ALCOHOL REDUCES THE RISK OF DEMENTIA. 2015-11-07
• PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES—IF YOU GET RID OF THE MODERATOR, THERE WOULD BE NO MORE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE QUESTIONS. 2015-11-06
• YEATS AND THE POET VOICE. 2015-11-05
• AGAINST POETS USING THE “POET VOICE”. 2015-11-04
• THE IMPORTANCE YEATS GAVE TO METER IN READING HIS POETRY. 2015-11-03
• HOW POE RECITED THE RAVEN. 2015-11-02
• THE INSISTENT METER OF POE’S RAVEN. 2015-11-01

October 2015

• CHRISTOPHER WALKEN AND THE METER OF THE RAVEN 2015-10-31
• AGINCOURT—“THIS STORY SHALL THE GOOD MAN TEACH HIS SON….” 2015-10-30
• AGINCOURT—600 YEARS AND FOUR DAYS AGO. 2015-10-29
• APPLYING THE PRINCIPLES OF FORECASTING TO DANIEL MURPHY. 2015-10-28
• AND A PREDICTION FOR THE WORLD SERIES. 2015-10-27
• THE 2015 WORLD SERIES— DANIEL MURPHY’S EXPERIMENT IN RANDOMNESS. 2015-10-27
• I WISHED SOMEBODY WOULD WRITE A BOOK…. 2015-10-26
• PREDICTIONS SHOULD USE NUMBERS. 2015-10-25
• HOW THE PREDICTION CONTEST WAS RUN. 2015-10-24
• “SUPERFORECASTERS”— CAN SOME PEOPLE PREDICT? 2015-10-23
• ECONOMICS HAS A DIFFERENT REPLICATION PROBLEM. 2015-10-22
• 29 WAYS OF DESIGNING AN EXPERIMENT. 2015-10-21
• PUNCTUATION AS AN “ORATORICAL STAGE DIRECTION”. 2015-10-20
• SCORSESE’S “AFTER HOURS”—WHAT NEW YORK WAS LIKE 30 YEARS AGO. 2015-10-19
• THE DETECTIVE STORY WRITER AND THE HISTORIANS. 2015-10-18
• CURRENT THINKING ON THE DEATHS OF THE PRINCES IN THE TOWER. 2015-10-17
• WHAT THE BILL OF ATTAINDER DIDN’T SAY. 2015-10-16
• A TRANSLATOR ADDING DETAILS. 2015-10-15
• THE EXCITING GAME WITHOUT ANY RULES—FOR COLLISIONS NEAR SECOND BASE. 2015-10-14
• THE TROUBLE I PREDICTED HAS TURNED OUT WORSE THAN I HAD THOUGHT. 2015-10-13
• THE RULE PROBLEM AT SECOND BASE. 2015-10-12
• RECOVERING THE KINGS MISSING FROM THE FACADE OF NOTRE DAME. 2015-10-11
• A CLEAR AND DISTINCT IDEA OF GOD. 2015-10-10
• ASSERTIONS THAT HAMLET CAN’T BE FAT. 2015-10-09
• IS HAMLET FAT? 2015-10-08
• MARY JANE HAS FINISHED THE THIRD PLAY IN HER SHAKESPEARE TRILOGY. 2015-10-07
• TURNING POP SONGS INTO SHAKESPEARIAN SONNETS. 2015-10-06 · 1 comment
• HOW HEAVY IS A LARGE TREE? 2015-10-05
• HOW NERO’S GOLDEN HOUSE INFLUENCED THE RENAISSANCE. 2015-10-04
• HOW THE GOLDEN HOUSE SURVIVED UNDERGROUND. 2015-10-03
• NERO’S GOLDEN HOUSE WAS UNDERFOOT. 2015-10-02
• A DANISH PIRATE QUEEN. 2015-10-01

September 2015

• USES FOR HAIR TAPE—HAMSTERS. 2015-09-30
• WHY CAN’T ROMANCE NOVELS GET ANY LOVE? 2015-09-29
• MY FIRST ROMANCE NOVEL. 2015-09-28
• HOW I BECAME A READER OF ROMANCE NOVELS. 2015-09-27
• FIRENADO AT A JIM BEAM POND. 2015-09-26
• AMERICAN CHIC IN FRANCE. 2015-09-25
• BROOKLYN CHIC IN PARIS. 2015-09-24
• THE IG NOBELS RECOGNIZE THE DISCOVERY THAT “HUH” IS A UNIVERSAL WORD. 2015-09-23
• “I CAN’T RELATE TO THE GOVERNMENT’S ARGUMENT.” 2015-09-22
• DESIGNING TYPEFACES FOR COMPUTERS AS WELL AS HUMANS. 2015-09-21
• SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ADRIAN FRUTIGER DID TO SOLVE LEGIBILITY PROBLEMS. 2015-09-20
• SOME CHALLENGES FOR TYPE DESIGNERS. 2015-09-19
• WHAT ARE THE CULTURAL IMPLICATIONS OF SERIFS? 2015-09-19
• SERIFS AND COMPUTER SCREENS. 2015-09-18
• IT’S NOT A SCOOP UNLESS OTHERS REPORT ON IT. 2015-09-17
• GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE GETS THE SCOOP ON THE WRIGHT BROTHERS. 2015-09-16
• HOW DID THE VIKINGS GET TO AUSTRALIA? 2015-09-15
• DID THE VIKINGS SPREAD CIVILIZATION TO AUSTRALIA? 2015-09-14
• HOW TO PRONOUNCE Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. 2015-09-13
• THE STONEHENGE HIDDEN LANDSCAPE PROJECT. 2015-09-12
• THE DISCOVERY OF SUPERHENGE. 2015-09-11
• PLANNING FOR A WAR BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. 2015-09-10
• WHY DO UMPIRES LET CATCHERS FRAME PITCHES SO OFTEN? 2015-09-09
• RECOGNIZING THAT THE STRIKE ZONE HAS THREE DIMENSIONS. 2015-09-08
• MORE SUPPORT FOR HAVING COMPUTERS CALL BALLS AND STRIKES. 2015-09-07
• SOME REASONS WHY THE REPRODUCIBILITY PROJECT WAS BOUND TO FIND SOME STUDY RESULTS THAT DON’T HOLD UP. 2015-09-06
• WHY THE REPRODUCIBILITY PROJECT RESULTS ARE A GOOD THING. 2015-09-05
• THE REPRODUCIBILITY PROJECT. 2015-09-04
• HOW THE BALLPOINT KILLED CURSIVE. 2015-09-03
• WHAT HAPPENED TO CURSIVE? 2015-09-02
• HUSBANDS FROM OUTER SPACE. 2015-09-01

August 2015

• FALSTAFF, SNOOPY, DOCTOR WHO, AND SHERLOCK HOLMES. 2015-08-31
• SHERLOCK HOLMES AS HAMLET. 2015-08-30
• HAMLET, SHERLOCK HOLMES, AND DOCTOR WHO. 2015-08-29
• STARTING HAMLET WITH “NATURE BOY”. 2015-08-28
• IS IT A MISTAKE TO BEGIN HAMLET WITH “TO BE OR NOT TO BE”? 2015-08-27
• STARTING HAMLET WITH “TO BE OR NOT TO BE”…. 2015-08-26
• NIGHT HERON POOP. 2015-08-25
• WORDS SHAKESPEARE INVENTED THAT DIDN’T CATCH ON. 2015-08-24
• ANSWER TO THE SALACIOUS LITERARY TRIVIA QUESTION. 2015-08-23
• NOW YOU CAN EXPERIENCE WHAT THE FIRST FLIGHT WAS LIKE. 2015-08-22
• THE WRIGHT BROTHERS SOLVING THE SCIENTIFIC PROBLEMS OF HOW TO FLY. 2015-08-21
• WEDGWOOD—A BUSINESSMAN DOING SCIENCE. 2015-08-20
• TIME AND MOTION STUDY COMES TO BANK ROBBERY. 2015-08-19
• SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS THAT GOES UNRECOGNIZED AS SCIENCE (COMMENT). 2015-08-18 · 1 comment
• THE PERRY MASTODON. 2015-08-17
• FINALLY DIGGING UP THE YORKTOWN MASTODON. 2015-08-16
• SOME SALACIOUS LITERARY TRIVIA. 2015-08-15
• FAT PITCHERS (COMMENT). 2015-08-14
• WAS THE CHOICE FOR ENGLISH LITERATURE BETWEEN SHAKESPEARE AND BEN JONSON? 2015-08-13 · 1 comment
• WAS MY PROBLEM WITH ROMULUS THAT IT WAS A EUROPEAN PLAY? 2015-08-12 · 2 comments
• ROMULUS—WHAT I HOLD AGAINST GORE VIDAL. 2015-08-11 · 1 comment
• VIDAL VERSUS BUCKLEY. 2015-08-10 · 1 comment
• ROBERT CONQUEST’S REVISION OF SHAKESPEARE. 2015-08-09
• ROBERT CONQUEST, THE HISTORIAN. 2015-08-08 · 2 comments
• A LIMERICK ABOUT COMMUNISM BY AN HISTORIAN OF COMMUNISM. 2015-08-07 · 1 comment
• QUESTIONING ALL NUTRIENT STUDIES. 2015-08-06
• IT’S GOING TO BE OFFICIALLY OK TO EAT EGGS—AFTER OVER 30 YEARS. 2015-08-05
• WHY SO MANY VOWEL SHIFTS? 2015-08-04
• THE CANADIAN VOWEL SHIFT. 2015-08-03
• HOW I TAUGHT ANNALISA “THE MOST DEMANDING TASK MOST DRIVERS WILL EVER FACE”. 2015-08-02
• IS THE COMPUTER BETTER THAN THE UMPIRES? 2015-08-01

July 2015

• HAVING A COMPUTER CALL BALLS AND STRIKES. 2015-07-31
• BIG DATA AND MEDICINES. 2015-07-30
• PUBLISHING THE RESULTS OF ALL CLINICAL TRIALS. 2015-07-29
• A CHILD’S PET ANTS. 2015-07-28
• AN ADDITION TO THE HISTORY OF ANT MOVIES. 2015-07-27
• WHORFIANISM AGAIN. 2015-07-26
• “IMPRISONED IN ENGLISH”. 2015-07-25
• ARE THERE ONLY 65 WORDS THAT ARE FOUND IN EVERY LANGUAGE? 2015-07-24
• WHY DECENTRALIZED STATES ARE MORE STABLE. 2015-07-23
• WHAT ITALY’S CHANGES OF GOVERNMENT MEAN (COMMENT). 2015-07-22
• WHY ITALY IS A STABLE STATE. 2015-07-21 · 1 comment
• LETTING CONSUMERS VALUE IMPROVEMENTS. 2015-07-20
• AN ATTEMPT TO MEASURE INCREASES IN COMPUTER PRODUCTIVITY. 2015-07-19
• TERRY FORSTER—THE BEST HITTER OF THE LAST 75 YEARS? 2015-07-18 · 1 comment
• CONTROLLING TRAFFIC BY INFORMAL MEANS. 2015-07-17
• WHAT THE MIMES DID. 2015-07-16
• IS POST HOC SOMETIMES EVIDENCE?—THE MIME EXPERIMENT. 2015-07-15
• THE TWO ATTICUS FINCHES. 2015-07-14
• “IF I HAD BEEN THE ONE WHO WAS THERE.” 2015-07-13
• WHAT’S NO LONGER WEIRD ENOUGH TO MAKE THE NEWS. 2015-07-12
• THE PESAPALLO SCANDAL. 2015-07-11
• PESAPALLO—THE FINNISH VERSION OF BASEBALL. 2015-07-10
• COCKABOODY. 2015-07-09 · 1 comment
• WHY I THINK SHAKESPEARE SHOULD GET FULL CREDIT FOR HENRY VIII. 2015-07-08
• WHAT HENRY VIII LEAVES OUT. 2015-07-07
• DID SHAKESPEARE WRITE THE GOOD PARTS OF HENRY VIII AND FLETCHER THE BAD? 2015-07-06
• THE POLITICAL DANGERS OF SHAKESPEARE’S HENRY VIII. 2015-07-05
• A COMPLETIST ADDS HENRY VIII. 2015-07-04
• WHEN MARY JANE TOOK DOWN A REFRIGERATOR. 2015-07-03 · 1 comment
• YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERONS. 2015-07-02 · 2 comments
• ONE BUCK CHUCK. 2015-07-01

June 2015

• AN ARGUMENT FOR ALIEN PLANTS. 2015-06-30
• A HAPPY ENDING FOR ALL’S WELL. 2015-06-29
• DOES “ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL” END WELL? 2015-06-28
• PEOPLE HATE BERTRAM. 2015-06-27
• FORMULA 1 AND TREATING HEART ATTACKS. 2015-06-26 · 3 comments
• REDUCING DEATHS FROM HEART ATTACKS WITHOUT A SCIENTIFIC BREAKTHROUGH. 2015-06-25 · 1 comment
• EVIDENCE THAT THE FRENCH DON’T “COPE” WITH PROBLEMS. 2015-06-24
• A KNIGHT TAKING OFF HIS HELMET. 2015-06-23
• THE TOURNAMENT EXPLOITS OF WILLIAM MARSHAL. 2015-06-22
• JOUSTS WERE DIFFERENT FROM TOURNAMENTS. 2015-06-21
• WILLIAM MARSHAL—THE GREATEST KNIGHT. 2015-06-20
• BUILDING SUPPORT FOR MAGNA CARTA. 2015-06-19
• THE GREATNESS OF THE GREAT CHARTER. 2015-06-18
• MAGNA CARTA AND COMMERCE. 2015-06-17
• ENFORCING MAGNA CARTA. 2015-06-16
• MAGNA CARTA—EIGHT HUNDRED YEARS AGO TODAY. 2015-06-15
• MY EYE LOOKS AT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE PICTURE. 2015-06-14
• DOES THE ARTIST GUIDE YOUR EYE? 2015-06-13
• “HEADLESS BODY IN TOPLESS BAR” AUTHOR DIES. 2015-06-12
• A GIANT CHICKEN SOUND (COMMENT). 2015-06-11
• “AMPHIBIOUS PITCHER MAKES DEBUT”. 2015-06-10
• THE NIGHT THEY INVENTED ORIENTALISM. 2015-06-09
• ORIENTALISM AND THE KING AND I. 2015-06-08
• A SINGLETON BEING MISTAKEN FOR TWINS. 2015-06-07
• AN AMBIDEXTROUS PITCHER SUCCEEDS IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL. 2015-06-06
• A BABY DISCOVERS HIS MOTHER HAS A TWIN. 2015-06-05
• TAKING LONGER THAN 11 SECONDS. 2015-06-04
• HOW LONG DOES THE AVERAGE PERSON LOOK AT THE MONA LISA? 2015-06-03
• JOEY VOTTO TAKES A THREE BALL WALK! 2015-06-02
• BREAST SELF EXAMINATION AND RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED EXPERIMENTS. 2015-06-01

May 2015

• SCIENCE VERSUS THE HEALTH OF PATIENTS. 2015-05-31
• IS THE “GOLD STANDARD” THE ONLY TEST? 2015-05-30
• THE CHINESE EYEGLASS EXPERIMENT. 2015-05-29
• THE LESSON FROM THE GARAGE. 2015-05-28
• PASSING WARNINGS ALONG. 2015-05-27
• THE CHICKADEE’S SONG. 2015-05-26
• TUFTED TITMICE—“THE FOREST’S CROSSING GUARDS”. 2015-05-25
• THE BAD NEWS IS THAT THE DICTIONARY IS DESCRIPTIVE. 2015-05-24
• THE LOSS OF NATURE WORDS. 2015-05-23
• CHILDREN SHOULD PLAY MORE PICK UP BALL GAMES. 2015-05-22
• “EXPLAINING WHY CHILDREN ARE ABANDONING BASEBALL”. 2015-05-21
• THE SKITTISHNESS OF CHICKENS—A STORY OF LOST LOVE. 2015-05-20 · 1 comment
• THE MEERKAT AND JELLYFISH WEB CAMS AT THE MARITIME AQUARIUM IN NORWALK. 2015-05-19 · 1 comment
• THE SKITTISHNESS OF MEERKATS. 2015-05-18 · 2 comments
• WHAT EFFECT DID THE TWO MURDERS HAVE ON SHAKESPEARE? 2015-05-17
• THE TWO MURDERS IN SHAKESPEARE’S HOUSE. 2015-05-16
• SHAKESPEARE’S BIRTHPLACE AMERICA. 2015-05-15 · 1 comment
• THE IMPORTANCE FOR ME OF FREUD AND MARX. 2015-05-14
• “A FREUDIAN FANTASY” (COMMENT). 2015-05-13
• THE CRUELTY OF THE SUPER-EGO. 2015-05-12 · 2 comments
• “AGAINST SELF-CRITICISM”. 2015-05-11
• MY BACHELOR DIET PLAN THEORY. 2015-05-10
• THE NEW NORDIC DIET. 2015-05-09
• THOUSANDS OF HOSPITAL DEATHS BECAUSE OF DIRTY HANDS OF DOCTORS AND NURSES. 2015-05-08
• HOW A KIDNEY TRANSPLANT SWAP WORKS. 2015-05-07
• “THE GREAT AMERICAN KIDNEY SWAP”. 2015-05-06
• PIGEONS AND THE CLIFFS OF VENICE. 2015-05-05
• SHOULD ALL THE PRISONERS WHOSE TRIALS WERE AFFECTED BY FORENSIC ERRORS GO FREE? 2015-05-04
• THE SCALE OF THE PROBLEMS CAUSED BY FLAWED TESTIMONY BY FBI EXPERTS. 2015-05-03
• THE NATURE OF THE FBI’S STATISTICAL ERRORS. 2015-05-02
• AN EMERGENCY IN AMERICA’S JUSTICE SYSTEM. 2015-05-01

April 2015

• TAKING A PHILOSOPHICAL VIEW OF CRICKET. 2015-04-30
• BASEBALL GETS MORE DATA. 2015-04-29
• THE “WHISPERING GALLERY”. 2015-04-28
• THE SONNET PROJECT’S INTERPRETATIONS OF SONNETS 116, 117 AND 118. 2015-04-27
• SONNETS 117 AND 118 AS PARTS OF A SEQUENCE. 2015-04-26
• SONNET 116 (“LET ME NOT TO THE MARRIAGE OF TRUE MINDS”) AS PART OF A SEQUENCE. 2015-04-25
• DO SHAKESPEARE’S SONNETS HAVE A PLOT? 2015-04-24
• THE SONNET PROJECT OF THE NEW YORK SHAKESPEARE EXCHANGE. 2015-04-23
• JOHN LOCKE AND THE USE OF “LIKE” TO REFLECT SURMISE OR APPROXIMATION. 2015-04-22
• CHANGING MY MIND ABOUT USING “LIKE”. 2015-04-21
• A NEW ARCHAEOLOGICAL DATING TECHNIQUE. 2015-04-20
• HOW DID THE VIKING RAIDERS FIND THE MONASTERIES? 2015-04-19
• EVIDENCE THAT SOME VIKING TRADERS MAY HAVE ARRIVED IN IRELAND BEFORE THE RAIDERS. 2015-04-18
• MARY JANE’S DREAM ABOUT SHAKESPEARE AND TOTO. 2015-04-17
• MARY JANE’S 24 HOUR PLAY FESTIVAL. 2015-04-16
• MARY JANE’S NEW BLOG ABOUT SHAKESPEARE. 2015-04-15
• SYNESTHESIA AND FISHER-PRICE REFRIGERATOR LETTERS. 2015-04-14
• A WAY TO MAKE BASEBALL HIGH SCORING LIKE FOOTBALL. 2015-04-13
• THE KENDRICK PERKINS NINE STEP TRAVEL. 2015-04-12
• THE ARCHITECT’S PLEA. 2015-04-11
• GREAT ARCHITECTURE AND BUDGETS REVISITED. 2015-04-10
• A STAR ARCHITECT DEFENDS HIS WORK. 2015-04-09
• ANOTHER RECENT ARCHITECTURAL ICON UNDER ATTACK. 2015-04-08
• FAILURES OF PEER REVIEW AT JOURNALS WITH LEGITIMATE PUBLISHERS. 2015-04-07
• HUNDREDS OF FAKE SCIENTIFIC PAPERS IN BOGUS JOURNALS. 2015-04-06 · 1 comment
• POLITICKING ABOUT BIRTHDAY WISHES FOR GEORGE WASHINGTON. 2015-04-05 · 1 comment
• THE RED DOT. 2015-04-04
• HOW FANTASY BASEBALL HAS GOTTEN BETTER OVER TIME. 2015-04-03 · 1 comment
• BRITISH TREES THAT ARE HUNDREDS OF YEARS OLD. 2015-04-02 · 1 comment
• YEATS READS THE LAKE ISLE OF INNISFREE. 2015-04-01 · 1 comment

March 2015

• THE LAKE ISLE OF INNISFREE. 2015-03-31 · 1 comment
• A CONTENTION THAT ENGLAND NEEDS MORE FOREST MANAGEMENT BY POLLARDING AND COPPICING. 2015-03-30
• COPPICING. 2015-03-29
• POLLARDING. 2015-03-28 · 1 comment
• A VIDEO OF A MAN EATING SURSTROMMING FOR THE FIRST TIME. 2015-03-27 · 2 comments
• MY MOTHER’S GUIDE TO TOASTING IN DANISH. 2015-03-26
• SCANDINAVIAN CUSTOMS. 2015-03-25 · 1 comment
• ROTISSERIE BASEBALL AND USA TODAY. 2015-03-24
• ANOTHER ROTISSERIE LEAGUE THAT IS AS OLD AS OURS. 2015-03-23
• THE OLDEST ROTISSERIE LEAGUE? (COMMENT). 2015-03-22
• SAMUEL BECKETT—”A KIND OF CONTROLLED, CONSENSUAL CRUELTY”. 2015-03-21
• THE TEXAS RANGERS WILL HAVE A FRIED FOOD STAND. 2015-03-20 · 2 comments
• FERRET RACING. 2015-03-19
• EXPLAINING REFEREEING DECISIONS. 2015-03-18
• CHECKING A SAMPLE OF THE NBA’S REPORTS ON REFEREEING. 2015-03-17
• WHAT TODAY’S HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS KNOW. 2015-03-16 · 2 comments
• CULTURAL LITERACY REVISITED. 2015-03-15 · 1 comment
• A PSYCHOLOGY JOURNAL BANS THE USE OF SIGNIFICANCE TESTS. 2015-03-14
• HOW HOCKEY HAS REDUCED VIOLENCE. 2015-03-13
• A COMPETITION IN WALKING LIKE A PENGUIN. 2015-03-12 · 1 comment
• PENGUINS HAVING DIFFICULTY WALKING. 2015-03-11 · 1 comment
• HOW TO WALK LIKE A PENGUIN. 2015-03-11
• ALBERS AND COLOR. 2015-03-10
• HERE IS WHAT A REVIEW OF REFEREEING LOOKS LIKE. 2015-03-09 · 1 comment
• LAURA INGALLS WILDER’S BLIZZARD. 2015-03-08
• WHERE DID THE WORD “BLIZZARD” COME FROM? 2015-03-07
• IT HAPPENED! THE NBA ADMITS ERROR. 2015-03-06
• THE SCIENCE OF WHY THE DRESS CHANGES COLOR. 2015-03-05
• IS THIS DRESS BLUE WITH A BLACK FRINGE OR WHITE WITH A GOLD FRINGE? 2015-03-04
• WHEN ANNOUNCING A GOAL IS ENOUGH TO ACHIEVE IT. 2015-03-03
• THE NBA WILL MAKE PUBLIC ITS REVIEWS OF CALLS IN THE LAST TWO MINUTES OF CLOSE GAMES. 2015-03-02
• LSMFT—“LORD SAVE MACARTHUR FROM TRUMAN”. 2015-03-01

February 2015

• SCHOOL CLOSINGS BACK IN THE DAY. 2015-02-28
• “WATCHED BY THE FATHER”—SLEDDING. 2015-02-27 · 2 comments
• THE JOY OF SNOW—PANDAS AND SLEDDERS. 2015-02-26 · 1 comment
• THE BEAUTY OF SNOW. 2015-02-25
• RECITING POETRY BY THE FIRE. 2015-02-24
• ENJOYING A NEW ENGLAND WINTER BACK IN THE DAY—SNOW-BOUND. 2015-02-23
• A MAN GIVES MEDICINE TO PANDAS. 2015-02-22
• HOW ANNALISA AND ADAM GOPNIK LEARNED TO DRIVE. 2015-02-21 · 1 comment
• ATHLETES LEARNING FROM HOW OTHER ANIMALS DO IT. 2015-02-20
• OLOJUWON AND STEVE NASH PLAYING OTHER SPORTS. 2015-02-19
• YOUNG ATHLETES PLAYING SEVERAL SPORTS. 2015-02-18
• OVERWHELMING POPULAR SUPPORT FOR GREECE’S NEGOTIATING STRATEGY. 2015-02-17
• AN APPRAISAL OF GREECE’S NEGOTIATING STRATEGY. 2015-02-16
• USING THEATER TO DISTRACT FREE THROW SHOOTERS. 2015-02-15
• WHAT DO SCIENTISTS MEAN NOW BY “THE BIG BANG”? 2015-02-14
• COULD THE UNIVERSE HAVE NO BEGINNING AND NO END? 2015-02-14
• THE DIFFICULTY OF ELIMINATING ALTERNATIVE COSMOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONS. 2015-02-13
• COSMIC DUST SPOILS A COSMOLOGICAL FINDING. 2015-02-12
• WHY NOT HOT BEER FOR COLD NIGHTS? 2015-02-11
• WHY IT WAS THE VIKINGS WHO INVENTED THE BARREL. 2015-02-10
• COMPARING AMERICA’S NEW ARISTOCRACY WITH BRITAIN’S OLD ONE. 2015-02-09
• VIRNA VAN DER WALT—A HEROINE. 2015-02-09
• HOW THE “GHOST BOY” WAS TRAPPED IN HIS BODY FOR OVER A DECADE. 2015-02-08
• IS GREXIT A CHICKEN GAME? (COMMENT). 2015-02-07 · 1 comment
• PATTERNS IN ROCK PAPER SCISSORS AND IN FOOTBALL. 2015-02-06
• SECOND GUESSING ROCK PAPER SCISSORS. 2015-02-05
• REDUCING THE MURDER RATE IN CHICAGO. 2015-02-04
• BEACHY HEAD—CUTTING THE SUICIDE RATE IN HALF. 2015-02-03
• WHY ANNOUNCE AN AUTO RECALL ON A SATURDAY? 2015-02-02
• RADIOACTIVE POISONING—AN INTERNATIONAL INCIDENT EIGHT YEARS LATER. 2015-02-01

January 2015

• EZRA POUND ON WINTER. 2015-01-31
• SNOW POEMS. 2015-01-30
• ANOTHER CHICKEN GAME—GREXIT. 2015-01-29 · 1 comment
• BANKERS AND DOCTORS—RISKY PROFESSIONS. 2015-01-28
• WHY WOULD THE POOR CHOOSE TO ACCEPT A NEGATIVE INTEREST RATE ON THEIR MONEY? 2015-01-27
• WHY WOULD THE RICH CHOOSE TO ACCEPT A NEGATIVE RETURN ON THEIR MONEY? 2015-01-26
• THE COMMISSIONER PROPOSES TO RESTRICT SHIFTING IN BASEBALL—A TERRIBLE IDEA. 2015-01-25
• SONATA FORM AND SIT COMS. 2015-01-24
• THE RULES FOR WRITING SITCOMS. 2015-01-23
• TIMES NEW ROMAN IN THE COMPUTER AGE. 2015-01-22
• WHEN TIMES NEW ROMAN WAS NEW. 2015-01-21
• DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES OF THE WIZARD OF OZ. 2015-01-20
• “WHY YOU SHOULD TAKE YOUR KIDS TO SCARY MOVIES”. 2015-01-19
• BALDRICKING YOURSELF. 2015-01-18
• WHIPLASH—”…THE NEUROTIC VOICE OF DOUBT PRESENT IN ALL OF US WHEN WE PERFORM.” 2015-01-17 · 3 comments
• HOW EXTRA WEIGHT HELPS A SINGER. 2015-01-16
• A CONTRARIAN VIEW OF DANISH HAPPINESS. 2015-01-15
• THE LAW OF JANTE. 2015-01-14
• HOW VIKING GROWNUPS CREATED ENGLISH. 2015-01-13
• IS ENGLISH DEVELOPING A NEW WAY OF EXPRESSING THE FUTURE TENSE? 2015-01-12
• VINCE LOMBARDI, THE TEACHER. 2015-01-11
• LETTING FOOTBALL FANS KNOW ABOUT MISTAKES REFEREES MAKE. 2015-01-10
• THE ICE BOWL AND POKER. 2015-01-09
• ANOTHER ICE BOWL? 2015-01-08
• NOT EXPLAINING WHAT WAS NOT EXPLAINED DURING THE GAME. 2015-01-07
• FOOTBALL OFFICIALS REVERSING THEMSELVES. 2015-01-06
• NUCLEAR SECURITY BACK IN THE DAY. 2015-01-05
• GUARDING THE “GLOBAL STRATEGIC RESERVE FACILITY” FOR MAPLE SYRUP. 2015-01-04
• MY FAVORITE MARIO CUOMO SPEECH. 2015-01-03
• WHY “TO FOLD” CAME TO HAVE A DIFFERENT MEANING IN ROMANIAN THAN IT DOES IN PORTUGUESE. 2015-01-02
• WOULD ROCK PAPER SCISSORS BE MORE RANDOM IF “ROCK” WERE CALLED “A”, AND PAPER AND SCISSORS WERE CALLED “B” AND “C”? 2015-01-01
• SOME PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS FOR PLAYING ROCK PAPER SCISSORS. 2015-01-01

December 2014

• A HIGH STAKES GAME OF ROCK PAPER SCISSORS. 2014-12-31
• WINNING THE LOTTERY TIME AFTER TIME AFTER TIME. 2014-12-30
• THE SENTIMENTALITY CHALLENGE. 2014-12-29
• HOW CAN GLOBAL LIFE EXPECTANCY HAVE INCREASED BY SIX YEARS WHEN LIFE EXPECTANCY HAS DECREASED IN SO MANY COUNTRIES? 2014-12-28
• COUNTRIES WHERE LIFE EXPECTANCY HAS NOT INCREASED (COMMENT). 2014-12-27
• TIME AND A CHRISTMAS CAROL 2014-12-26
• CHRISTMAS RITUALS. 2014-12-25
• OUR INFLATABLE PENGUIN. 2014-12-24
• HOCKEY TAKES ACTION AGAINST FLOPPING. 2014-12-23
• LOW TECH SOUND EFFECTS. 2014-12-22
• IN THE LAST 25 YEARS, LIFE EXPECTANCY IN THE UNITED STATES HAS INCREASED BY FOUR YEARS. 2014-12-21
• IN THE LAST 25 YEARS, GLOBAL LIFE EXPECTANCY HAS INCREASED BY SIX YEARS. 2014-12-20
• “THE LOMBARDI OF TEEN RUNNING”. 2014-12-19
• A HIGH SCHOOL TEAM WITH OVER 200 MEMBERS. 2014-12-19
• JUDITH SHAKESPEARE HAS HER SAY. 2014-12-18
• THE SECOND PLAY IN MARY JANE’S SHAKESPEARE TRILOGY HAS BEEN READ IN NEW YORK. 2014-12-17
• PHOTOGRAPHS OF BUBBLES FREEZING IN MIDAIR. 2014-12-16
• CHRIS ROCK—THE ISOLATION OF BEING RICH AND BLACK. 2014-12-15
• INTEGRATING BASEBALL TEAMS AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS.. 2014-12-14
• MINOSO, SLAUGHTER, AND INTEGRATING BASEBALL. 2014-12-13
• BILL JAMES ON SLAUGHTER AND MINOSO. 2014-12-12
• MINNIE MINOSO IS NOT IN THE HALL OF FAME; ENOS SLAUGHTER IS. 2014-12-11
• THE RIGHT OF CONQUEST. 2014-12-10
• NEW FALSE PATERNITY ISSUES IN THE WAR OF THE ROSES. 2014-12-09
• “FLEABAG TIMES SQUARE HOTEL”. 2014-12-08
• “LAST-CHANCE NEW YORK”. 2014-12-07
• STEROIDS PRODUCE LONG–LASTING IMPROVEMENTS IN STRENGTH. 2014-12-06
• WHAT DIFFERENCE DO STEROIDS MAKE IN ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE? 2014-12-05
• CURTAINS AND THE IDEA OF HOME. 2014-12-04
• WINTER AND HYGGE. 2014-12-03
• THE GOD THOR COMES TO EARTH AND DISCOVERS COFFEE. 2014-12-02
• BUTTER IN COFFEE—IT’S AS TERRIBLE AS IT SOUNDS. 2014-12-01

November 2014

• PALEO COFFEE. 2014-11-30
• TASTING JEFFERSON’S OCEAN. 2014-11-29
• AGING BOURBON AT SEA. 2014-11-28
• HYGGE. 2014-11-27
• NATE SILVER: POLITICAL POLLS THAT ARE NOT RANDOM. 2014-11-26
• BASEBALL STATISTICS “SHOULD COME WITH A MATHEMATICAL EXPRESSION OF THEIR PRECISION….” 2014-11-25
• WHEN SPY AGENCIES CHOOSE NOT TO ACT SECRETLY. 2014-11-24
• WHAT IT’S LIKE TO HAVE THE KGB AFTER YOU. 2014-11-23
• ZERSETZUNG—HOW THE KGB LEARNED FROM THE STASI. 2014-11-22
• THE FOLLOWERS OF BILL JAMES. 2014-11-21
• EIGHT YEARS. 2014-11-20
• HEARING THE BOOS. 2014-11-19 · 1 comment
• MORGENTHALER’S WONDERFUL LINOTYPE MACHINE. 2014-11-18
• ETAOIN SHRDLU. 2014-11-17
• THE FIRST TIME I SAW TELEVISION. 2014-11-16 · 2 comments
• NORTHWESTERN VERSUS NOTRE DAME. 2014-11-16
• THE SPIKE COMES TO OUR FAMILY CAR. 2014-11-15
• THE WRIGHT BROTHERS AS SCIENTISTS. 2014-11-14
• SKEPTICISM ABOUT BICYCLE MECHANICS. 2014-11-13
• PERFECTING THE GLIDER. 2014-11-12
• AN AIRPLANE IS LIKE A BICYCLE. 2014-11-11
• THERE ARE STILL WAYZGOOSES. 2014-11-10
• ONFIM’S SCHOOLWORK. 2014-11-09
• A MEDIATED SETTLEMENT RECORDED ON BIRCH BARK. 2014-11-08
• WRITING ON BARK. 2014-11-07
• HOW TELEVISION AND MOVIES FILL THE EMPTY SPACES IN OUR LIVES. 2014-11-06
• MOST OF WHAT MOVIE DIRECTORS DO IS TO LIMIT WHAT YOU SEE. 2014-11-05 · 1 comment
• HAVE POST COMMUNIST COUNTRIES BECOME “NORMAL COUNTRIES’? 2014-11-04
• GERMAN OPINONS ON REAGAN AND SOCIALISM. 2014-11-03
• MORE ON THE EAST GERMANY/ WEST GERMANY EXPERIMENT. 2014-11-02
• THE VOICES OF UNDER MILKWOOD. 2014-11-01

October 2014

• CHRISTOPHER WALKEN READS THE RAVEN. 2014-10-31
• “…WILL THE CLEMATIS STRAY DOWN, BEND TO US….” 2014-10-30
• FROST/ELIOT. 2014-10-30
• WHEN ELIOT BESTRODE THE WORLD LIKE A COLOSSUS. 2014-10-29
• T S ELIOT—THE AGED EAGLE IN THE BOX. 2014-10-28
• DYLAN THOMAS—100 YEARS. 2014-10-27
• USING BASEBALL ANALOGIES TO PROVIDE A YARDSTICK FOR COMPARING PROBABLITIES. 2014-10-26
• GARDEN PATH SENTENCES IN SHAKESPEARE. 2014-10-25
• HOW MACBETH WORKS WITHOUT THE AUDIENCE NOTICING. 2014-10-24
• ARGUING THAT SHAKESPEARE CAN’T BE TRANSLATED BECAUSE THERE IS NO SINGLE “MEANING”. 2014-10-23
• IMAGINING AN AT BAT AS A COIN FLIP. 2014-10-22
• THE PLAYOFFS AS AN EXAMPLE OF SMALL SAMPLES. 2014-10-21
• A SCHOOL PROGRESS REPORT FOR THE YOUNG BRONTE SISTERS. 2014-10-20
• TURNING RIGHT TO OPTIMIZE. 2014-10-19
• MISSING A PITCH CALL BY A FOOT. 2014-10-18
• EAST GERMANY AND WEST GERMANY—THE NATURAL EXPERIMENT. 2014-10-17
• MISTAKING THE CHARACTER FOR THE ACTOR—AN UP TO THE MINUTE EXAMPLE. 2014-10-16
• THE F****ING BOTTLE. 2014-10-15
• ATTACKING AN ACTRESS FOR WHAT HER CHARACTER DOES. 2014-10-14
• ATTACKING THE ACTRESS FOR THE FLAWS OF THE CHARACTER. 2014-10-13
• THE STRIKE ZONE 60 YEARS AGO. 2014-10-12
• TED WILLIAMS ON HOW LOW PITCHES ARE HARDER TO HIT. 2014-10-11
• CAMERAS LOWERED THE STRIKE ZONE. 2014-10-10
• HAS MAKING THE STRIKE ZONE MORE CONSISTENT RUINED BASEBALL? 2014-10-09
• A DANISH JOKE ABOUT MIND AND BODY. 2014-10-08 · 1 comment
• AN ANCIENT ROMAN JOKE ABOUT MIND AND BODY. 2014-10-07
• THE RETURN OF THE REDHEADED LEAGUE. 2014-10-06
• THE VOICE OF THE LITTLE HOUSE BOOKS. 2014-10-05
• A LETTER SHOWING HOW THE LITTLE HOUSE BOOKS WERE WRITTEN. 2014-10-04
• WHO WROTE THE LITTLE HOUSE BOOKS? 2014-10-03
• VIKINGS—RAIDERS OR TRADERS—OR FARMERS. 2014-10-02
• HOW STEEL TANKS REPLACED BARRELS FOR BEER. 2014-10-01

September 2014

• USING BARRELS TO CHANGE THE FLAVOR OF BEERS. 2014-09-30 · 1 comment
• HENRY VIII WAS A BAD MAN. 2014-09-29 · 1 comment
• THE EFFORT REQUIRED TO LEARN A NEW WALK. 2014-09-28 · 1 comment
• THE DEBUTANTE SLOUCH. 2014-09-27
• WEIRD WALKS OF TODAY. 2014-09-26 · 1 comment
• A 1905 FASHION IN WALKING (COMMENT). 2014-09-25
• ANOTHER NINETEENTH CENTURY CRAZE—THE GRECIAN BEND. 2014-09-24 · 1 comment
• RECORDS AND RULES FOR WOBBLES. 2014-09-23
• WHEN WALKING WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT SPECTATOR SPORT. 2014-09-22
• THE WISDOM OF SCOTT FITZGERALD. 2014-09-21 · 1 comment
• WHAT FITZGERALD MEANT WHEN HE WROTE THAT THERE ARE NO SECOND ACTS IN AMERICAN LIFE. 2014-09-20
• A CYNICAL LOOK AT THE PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENT FROM COMPUTERS. 2014-09-19 · 2 comments
• SMALL ACTS OF DIETARY REBELLION. 2014-09-18
• THE TwinX AND CALORIE BUDGETS. 2014-09-17 · 1 comment
• THE “TwinX”. 2014-09-16 · 1 comment
• CHANGING THE BURDEN OF PROOF—NOT “CONCLUSIVELY”. 2014-09-15 · 1 comment
• BILL JAMES: “THE FRANK ROBINSON SOLUTION”. 2014-09-14
• REVISITING BILL JAMES’S HISTORY OF THE BEANBALL. 2014-09-13
• UPTALK AND PERSUASION (COMMENT). 2014-09-12 · 1 comment
• THE PROFESSIONAL KABADDI LEAGUE—A “CRAZE”. 2014-09-11
• UPTALK AS AN INSTRUMENT OF POWER. 2014-09-10
• THE HISTORY OF UPTALK. 2014-09-09 · 2 comments
• A JUSTIFICATION FOR THE MURDER AT THE END OF THE COMEDY. 2014-09-08
• CHANGING MEASURE FOR MEASURE—A MURDER AT THE END OF THE COMEDY. 2014-09-07
• CHANGING MEASURE FOR MEASURE—A TOPLESS SCENE FOR A NUN. 2014-09-06
• CHANGING MEASURE FOR MEASURE—ELIMINATING CLAUDIO’S SPEECH. 2014-09-05
• REDUCING RUBBERNECKING. 2014-09-04
• 15 MORE UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES AT STONEHENGE. 2014-09-03
• A NEW DISCOVERY AT STONEHENGE. 2014-09-02
• THE UTAH SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL—PLAY DEVELOPMENT. 2014-09-01

August 2014

• WHY IGNORE THE MUD? 2014-08-31 · 1 comment
• MUD—AGINCOURT AND BANNOCKBURN. 2014-08-30
• GOOD GROUND—BANNOCKBURN 700 YEARS LATER. 2014-08-29
• HOTSPUR POINTS OUT THAT CORRELATION DOES NOT IMPLY CAUSATION. 2014-08-28
• WHEN RICHARD BURTON CLAIMED TO MAKE UP HIS OWN SHAKESPEARE LINES. 2014-08-27
• “REMEMBER, THIS WASN’T OUR IDEA.” 2014-08-26
• WANTING TO PLAY ALL THE PARTS—NICOL WILLIAMSON. 2014-08-25
• NICOL WILLIAMSON—WHEN STAGE FIGHTS ARE REAL. 2014-08-24
• BEANBALLS AND REVENGE CODES (COMMENT). 2014-08-23
• THE PROVISO YARDS. 2014-08-22
• AN UNHERALDED WAR HERO. 2014-08-21
• WHEN GRAND CENTRAL WAS A NAZI MILITARY TARGET. 2014-08-20
• WHAT IS UNDERNEATH GRAND CENTRAL? 2014-08-19
• THE REFURBISHMENT OF GRAND CENTRAL. 2014-08-18
• THE “NEAR-DEATH” OF GRAND CENTRAL. 2014-08-17
• TELEVISING CHILDREN’S GAMES. 2014-08-16
• CHILDREN’S GAMES AS SPORTS—DODGEBALL. 2014-08-15
• OUR “C’EST NORMAL” STORY. 2014-08-14
• “C’EST NORMAL”. 2014-08-13
• TOO COMPLEX TO FAIL—-LIVING WILLS. 2014-08-12
• MEDICAL INTERPRETATIONS OF KING LEAR. 2014-08-11
• KING LEAR AS A POLITICAL PLAY (COMMENT). 2014-08-10
• ‘LET US SIT UPON THE GROUND….” 2014-08-09
• DO AMERICANS ACT SHAKESPEARE DIFFERENTLY? 2014-08-08
• BEANBALL WARS AND ACCIDENTS. 2014-08-07
• MUSICAL TWINS. 2014-08-06
• PASCAL: TWINS ARE FUNNY. 2014-08-05
• IS THERE A NARRATOR IN “SEPTEMBER 1, 1939″? 2014-08-04
• WHEN AUDEN DISAVOWED AN ENTIRE POEM. 2014-08-03
• AUDEN’S DISAVOWAL OF HAPPY ACCIDENTS. 2014-08-02
• WHY THE PRINTER’S VERSION WAS BETTER. 2014-08-01

July 2014

• WHEN AUDEN LET A PRINTER REVISE HIS POEM. 2014-07-31
• MINNESOTA AND WASHINGTON ENDORSE THE ZIPPER MERGE. 2014-07-30 · 1 comment
• NEWS FOR YOUR NEXT WATER BALLOON FIGHT. 2014-07-29 · 1 comment
• CHEMISTRY COMES TO THE DELPHIC ORACLE. 2014-07-28
• WAS THE DELPHIC ORACLE A SCAM? 2014-07-27
• DELPHI—HOW THE GOD APOLLO SPOKE TO THE GREEKS. 2014-07-26 · 1 comment
• OUR GEE WHIZ MORTGAGE. 2014-07-25 · 1 comment
• THE GREAT INFLATION. 2014-07-24
• PRAISE FOR THE ECONOMIC RESULTS OF 1979 TO 1982. 2014-07-23
• DID FEDERAL RESERVE POLICY FROM 1979 TO 1982 HAVE “MISERABLE RESULTS”? 2014-07-22
• THE STRUGGLE TO GET HOSPITAL PERSONNEL TO WASH THEIR HANDS. 2014-07-21 · 2 comments
• WHATEVER HAPPENED TO PLAYING A BASEBALL GAME UNDER PROTEST? 2014-07-20 · 1 comment
• TATTOO NIGHT—A “BRYCE HARPER BOBBLEHEADESQUE” SUCCESS. 2014-07-19 · 1 comment
• THE PHILOSOPHY OF IMPRESSIONISM. 2014-07-18
• MONDRIAN’S REJECTION OF NATURE. 2014-07-17
• LIVING INSIDE A MONDRIAN PAINTING. 2014-07-16
• MANHATTANHENGE. 2014-07-15
• DOING RESEARCH TO KEEP DISTILLING THE SAME. 2014-07-14
• A HISTORY OF SCOTCH WHISKEY. 2014-07-13
• HOW OFTEN SHOULD A SOVEREIGN DEFAULT ON ITS DEBT? 2014-07-12
• HOW LONG UNTIL THE NEXT FINANCIAL CRISIS? 2014-07-11 · 1 comment
• TEACHING A BABY BIRD THE FINE POINTS OF FLYING. 2014-07-10
• HOW MARY JANE’S GREAT UNCLE SAW HIS FIRST MATTRESS. 2014-07-09
• MUSICAL COMEDY AND INTERNATIONAL PROTESTS. 2014-07-08
• DEBATING A PERIOD IN THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. 2014-07-07
• MUSICAL COMEDY AND HISTORICAL FACT. 2014-07-06
• ADVICE FOR JANE AUSTEN. 2014-07-05
• WRITERS CONSULTING FAMILY AND FRIENDS. 2014-07-04
• ANNALISA’S INTERPRETATION OF SHAKESPEARE’S “BLUNDER”. 2014-07-03
• SHAKESPEARE AND THE LEVITATION MAGIC TRICK. 2014-07-02
• SHAKESPEARE’S “BLUNDER” ? (SPOILER ALERT). 2014-07-01

June 2014

• CAN SHAKESPEARE BLUNDER? 2014-06-30
• DID SHAKESPEARE BLUNDER? 2014-06-29
• FINDS AT THE JAMESTOWN FORT. 2014-06-28
• RECREATING THE WEDDING OF POCAHONTAS AND JOHN ROLFE. 2014-06-27
• WALT WHITMAN AND THE LEARNED ASTRONOMER (COMMENT). 2014-06-26
• TRYING TO AVOID COSMIC DUST. 2014-06-25
• INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AN INSTANT AFTER THE BIG BANG—A CORRECTION. 2014-06-24
• TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA—A TRIUMPH FOR SHAKESPEARE ON THE SOUND. 2014-06-23
• TWO GENTLEMEN—THE “LEAST REGARDED OF SHAKESPEARE’S COMEDIES”. 2014-06-23
• THE SECOND HALF OF MEASURE FOR MEASURE. 2014-06-22
• DOES SHAKESPEARE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE SECOND HALF OF HIS TRAGEDIES? 2014-06-22
• HERE IS THE HEAD, I’LL CARRY IT MYSELF. 2014-06-21
• STAGE BLOOD AND MOVIE BLOOD. 2014-06-20
• IS SHAKESPEARE TOO VIOLENT? 2014-06-19
• A THEORY FOR WHY THE CON MAN TOLD WHOPPERS. 2014-06-18
• COULD THE JOURNALIST HAVE BELIEVED THE CON MAN? 2014-06-17
• ARE ALL JOURNALISTS CON MEN? 2014-06-16
• DID A JOURNALIST CON THE CON MAN? 2014-06-15
• DAVID LEE ROTH EXPLAINS THE ECONOMICS OF THE BROWN M&M CLAUSE. 2014-06-14
• FREAKONOMICS AND M&M’S. 2014-06-13
• TERMS OF ENDEARMENT IN YORKSHIRE. 2014-06-12
• PUNNING IN SHAKESPEARE. 2014-06-11
• A COMPLETIST ANTICIPATES TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA. 2014-06-10
• KERNING PAIRS. 2014-06-09
• FATHERS AND CHILDREN TALKING BASEBALL. 2014-06-08
• THE ORIGIN OF “THE CATBIRD SEAT” (COMMENT). 2014-06-07
• MONEYBALL COMES TO THE WORLD CUP. 2014-06-06
• TECHNOLOGY COMES TO GRASS TENNIS COURTS. 2014-06-05
• THE PLATE UMPIRE SHOULD NEVER MAKE A CALL ON CHECKED SWINGS. 2014-06-04
• MIKE SCHMIDT—UMPIRES SHOULD NOT CALL BALLS AND STRIKES. 2014-06-03
• SUGGESTIONS FOR BASEBALL BROADCASTS. 2014-06-02
• WHY DID IT TAKE SO LONG FOR BASEBALL TO START USING ALL THOSE SHIFTS? 2014-06-01

May 2014

• IT’S HOW THOUGHTS ARE ORGANIZED AND IDEAS ARE EXPRESSED (COMMENT). 2014-05-31
• “TRANSLATIONS OF IMPORTANT POETRY AND LITERATURE”. 2014-05-30
• THE SPECTRE OF BENJAMIN LEE WHORF. 2014-05-29
• IS EVERYTHING TRANSLATABLE? 2014-05-28 · 1 comment
• CAPS AND SHRIMPS. 2014-05-27
• ASPARAGUS AS YOU LIKE IT. 2014-05-26
• BEANS AND STRAWBERRIES. 2014-05-26
• IN DEFENSE OF UGLY PROOFS. 2014-05-25
• WHAT IS SCIENTIFIC BEAUTY, ANYWAY? 2014-05-24
• IS BEAUTY TRUTH, TRUTH BEAUTY? 2014-05-23
• CONCEPTUAL ART AND SYMMETRY. 2014-05-22
• A SMALL VICTORY FOR WHITE SOX FANS. 2014-05-21
• WHAT DOES SWAN TASTE LIKE? 2014-05-20
• IS SWAN OFF THE MENU BECAUSE SWANS BELONG TO THE QUEEN? 2014-05-19
• WHY DO PEOPLE NO LONGER EAT SWAN? 2014-05-18
• REAL MONEY BACK IN THE DAY. 2014-05-17
• CHEAP HORSES AND EXPENSIVE HORSES. 2014-05-16
• SAGGY AND JOPPY. 2014-05-15
• MARY JANE ON HOW SHAKESPEARE IS MORE HELPFUL TO ACTORS THAN BRECHT AND BECKETT ARE. 2014-05-14
• HOW IS SHAKESPEARE MORE HELPFUL TO ACTORS THAN BRECHT OR BECKETT ARE?—FIRST ATTEMPT. 2014-05-13
• CHEESE CONSUMPTION AND DEADLY BEDSHEETS. 2014-05-12
• THE CATBIRD SEAT—THE BLOG. 2014-05-11 · 1 comment
• THE “INTERESTING ACTION” BETWEEN PITCHER AND BATTER”. 2014-05-10
• ARE THERE TOO MANY STRIKE OUTS IN BASEBALL? 2014-05-09 · 1 comment
• SMALL SAMPLE PROBLEMS—AND MONEYBALL. 2014-05-08
• THE FILE DRAWER EFFECT. 2014-05-07
• WHAT THE “WHEN I’M 64” EXPERIMENT WAS DESIGNED TO SHOW. 2014-05-06
• HOW THE EXPERIMENT WAS DONE. 2014-05-05
• A PRANK ON PSYCHOLOGY THAT FOLLOWED THE SOKAL HOAX. 2014-05-04
• IMPROVED STRATEGIES FOR ROCK PAPER SCISSORS. 2014-05-03
• DOORKNOBS AND LOBBYING. 2014-05-02
• THE DANGERS OF DOORKNOBS. 2014-05-01

April 2014

• MORE ON “AUNT”. 2014-04-30
• “CREEK”—THE FULL DIALECT QUIZ (122 QUESTIONS). 2014-04-29
• PRONOUNCING “AUNT”. 2014-04-28
• HOW THE DIALECT QUIZ WORKED FOR ME. 2014-04-27
• WHICH DIALECT DO YOU SPEAK? 2014-04-26 · 2 comments
• TOM SHIPPEY’S JUDGMENT ON “RAIDERS OR TRADERS”. 2014-04-25
• THE MARKET FOR LEMONS. 2014-04-24
• REPLAY CAN’T COUNT BALLS AND STRIKES CORRECTLY. 2014-04-23
• OTHER PEOPLE KNOW MORE ABOUT THEMSELVES THAN YOU DO. 2014-04-22
• “MANY THINGS THAT ARE DESIRABLE ARE NOT FEASIBLE.” 2014-04-21
• ECONOMICS IN 335 WORDS. 2014-04-20
• PITCH FRAMING—WHAT ABOUT THE POOR BATTER? 2014-04-19
• HOW IMPORTANT ARE UMPIRE ERRORS ON BALLS AND STRIKES? 2014-04-19
• THE IMPORTANCE OF PITCH FRAMING. 2014-04-18
• HOW CATCHERS FRAME PITCHES. 2014-04-17
• MOST PITCHES IN AN AT BAT—LUKE APPLING. 2014-04-16
• WHAT FRAMING A PITCH DOES. 2014-04-15
• CONTAINERS AND GLOBALIZATION. 2014-04-14
• THE DIFFERENCE THAT CONTAINERIZATION MAKES. 2014-04-13
• BRAVING CHEKHOV’S STORIES. 2014-04-12
• WHY I SHRINK FROM READING NOVELS. 2014-04-11 · 1 comment
• A REVIEWER WHO SHRINKS FROM READING MOST NOVELS. 2014-04-10
• AN INSTITUTE TO STUDY HOW RESEARCH IS DONE. 2014-04-09
• FAN BOBBLEHEAD NIGHT. 2014-04-08
• A BASEBALL GAME WITHOUT UMPIRES. 2014-04-07
• TATTOO NIGHT AT THE BALLPARK. 2014-04-06
• WHEN THOREAU BURNED DOWN THE WOODS AND DIDN’T REGRET IT. 2014-04-05
• JAVERT AND VALJEAN DONE BY ACTORS. 2014-04-04
• KEEPING UP WITH THE NEWS IN THE 19TH CENTURY. 2014-04-03
• POSITIONING AGAINST INDIVIDUAL BATTERS. 2014-04-02
• WHY DON’T MORE BATTERS HIT THE BALL AWAY FROM THE SHIFT? 2014-04-01

March 2014

• OPENING DAY. 2014-03-31
• BASEBALL’S NEW COMPLEX DEFENSES. 2014-03-30
• SAVING MONEY ON FONTS. 2014-03-29
• THE INFLUENCE OF LEAVE IT TO BEAVER. 2014-03-28
• BEING YELLED AT. 2014-03-27
• THE SCIENCE OF THE WIFFLE BALL. 2014-03-26
• HOW THE PHYSICISTS CHECKED THEIR EXPERIMENT. 2014-03-25
• WHEN I HEARD THE LEARNED ASTRONOMER…. 2014-03-24
• LARGE AND SMALL NUMBERS. 2014-03-23
• INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AN INSTANT AFTER THE BIG BANG. 2014-03-22
• “ORNAMENT AND CRIME”. 2014-03-21
• REQUIRING BUILDINGS TO BE WHITE. 2014-03-21
• WHY ARE THE COLORS OF ROMAN BUILDINGS SO OFTEN OCHRE? 2014-03-20
• THE NBA SAYS IT WILL BE MORE OPEN ABOUT REFEREEING. 2014-03-19
• HOW GOOD A JOB DO UMPIRES DO IN CALLING BALLS AND STRIKES? 2014-03-18
• MORE EXPLANATIONS OF “LAGOM”. 2014-03-17
• PAUL BLAIR’S JUMPS. 2014-03-16
• MEASURING JASON HEYWARD’S JUMP ON A BALL. 2014-03-15
• BIG DATA COMES TO MONEYBALL. 2014-03-14
• PROUST’S LAST THOUGHTS. 2014-03-13
• THE NOVEL THAT WAS NOT FINISHED. 2014-03-12
• WHICH PATCH OF YELLOW WALL? 2014-03-11
• THE LITTLE PATCH OF YELLOW WALL. 2014-03-10
• ANOTHER ARTIST WITH DAMAGED EYESIGHT—CHUCK CLOSE. 2014-03-09
• HOW TEDDY ROOSEVELT STOPPED A CRIME WAVE. 2014-03-08
• HOW A GREAT REPORTER STARTED A CRIME WAVE, 2014-03-07
• KITTY GENOVESE REVISITED—DO STRANGERS CARE? 2014-03-06
• “IN BOCCA AL LUPO”. 2014-03-05 · 1 comment
• GEORGE CARLIN ON GOING HOME. 2014-03-04
• THE SYMBOLISM OF HOME PLATE. 2014-03-03
• BASEBALL DECIDES NOT TO OUTLAW HOME PLATE COLLISIONS. 2014-03-02
• ACTING: “BIG HAIR AND FUNNY PROPS”. 2014-03-01

February 2014

• THE WISDOM OF CADDYSHACK. 2014-02-28
• MUHAMMAD ALI, THE POET. 2014-02-27
• WHAT HAPPENED AT THE FIGHT. 2014-02-26
• MUHAMMAD ALI VERSUS SONNY LISTON—-50TH ANNIVERSARY. 2014-02-25
• BAD LIP READING. 2014-02-24
• A MUSICIAN PREPARES. 2014-02-23
• ANOTHER JURY STORY. 2014-02-22
• DID I MAKE A MISTAKE? (COMMENT). 2014-02-21
• “THE STUPIDEST ANSWER”. 2014-02-20
• A PROFESSOR PREPARES. 2014-02-20 · 2 comments
• ANOTHER HARVARD LAW SCHOOL MODEL FOR PROFESSOR KINGSFIELD (COMMENT). 2014-02-19
• COMPARING RUSSIAN AND AMERICAN TRIALS. 2014-02-18
• MARY JANE’S SERVICE ON AN ARMED ROBBERY JURY. 2014-02-17
• MY FRIEND’S SERVICE ON A MURDER JURY. 2014-02-16
• GIVING UP ON A LIFETIME GOAL—JURY DUTY. 2014-02-15 · 3 comments
• A VALENTINE THOUGHT REVISITED. 2014-02-14 · 1 comment
• MARK RYLANCE’S TWELFTH NIGHT. 2014-02-13
• VIOLA—A “STRANGELY, MOVINGLY PASSIVE HEROINE”? 2014-02-12
• THE “INCANTATORY” RHETORIC OF RICHARD III. 2014-02-11
• RICHARD III AS VICE. 2014-02-10
• RYLANCE’S “DEEPLY UNCONVENTIONAL” RICHARD III. 2014-02-09
• MARY JANE’S INTUITIONS ABOUT MATHEMATICS. 2014-02-08
• THE EXTERNAL REALITY HYPOTHESIS. 2014-02-07
• ARE WE ALL PART OF A GIANT MATHEMATICAL OBJECT? 2014-02-06
• WHY USE DASHES? 2014-02-05
• THE CONTROVERSY OVER THE EM DASH. 2014-02-04
• “MARLEY WAS DEAD: TO BEGIN WITH.” 2014-02-03
• GEORGE ELIOT’S BRILLIANT PUNCTUATION MARK. 2014-02-02
• GEORGE ELIOT CHALLENGES THE GOLDEN RULE. 2014-02-01

January 2014

• THE SUPER BOWL HAS TO KEEP THE REGULAR SEASON RULES. 2014-01-31
• UTAH SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL! 2014-01-30
• LA MORTADELLA. 2014-01-29
• HOW BEYOND THE MELTING POT AFFECTED ME. 2014-01-28
• AMERICANIZING TEVYA. 2014-01-27
• FIDDLER AND THE MELTING POT. 2014-01-26
• BRINGING FAMILY VALUABLES TO AMERICA. 2014-01-25
• SEEING FIDDLER ON THE ROOF. 2014-01-24 · 1 comment
• THOUGHTS OF JANUARY—WALLACE STEVENS. 2014-01-23
• A DATA REVOLUTION IN COSMOLOGY. 2014-01-22
• HOW IMPORTANT IS THE DATE OF A PAINTING? 2014-01-21
• “LE BRONING”—THE FAD OF FLOPPING. 2014-01-20
• A PASSION FOR FONTS—200,000 TYPEFACES. 2014-01-19
• A PASSION FOR FONTS—DESTROYING THE DOVES FONT. 2014-01-18
• MY MOTHER’S OPINION OF BEER. 2014-01-17
• MY FIRST TASTE OF BEER. 2014-01-17
• ANOTHER THEORY FOR WHY BEER FLAVORS BECAME SIMPLER. 2014-01-16
• BREWING ANCIENT SCANDINAVIAN BEER (“NORDIC GROG”) . 2014-01-15
• CHANGING THE RULES MIDSEASON. 2014-01-14
• NBA ACKNOWLEDGES ANOTHER END OF GAME MISTAKE—A CHANGE IN RULES? (COMMENT). 2014-01-13
• AN INFANT MEETING HER FATHER’S TWIN. 2014-01-12 · 2 comments
• FOOTBALL PLAYOFF GAME TODAY: WILL THE REFEREES PERMIT PASS INTERFERENCE FOULS ON ALMOST EVERY PLAY? 2014-01-11 · 1 comment
• AN ARGUMENT THAT SMAUG COULD HAVE PROVIDED AN ECONOMIC BENEFIT. 2014-01-10
• SMAUG AND MACROECONOMICS. 2014-01-09
• DECIMATION. 2014-01-08
• “LITERALLY”. 2014-01-07
• THE CURRENT LIMITS ON 3-D PRINTING. 2014-01-06
• SHOULD ONLY STARS GET CALLS AT THE END OF A GAME? 2014-01-05 · 1 comment
• THE NBA ACKNOWLEDGES THAT A CALL AT THE END OF A GAME WAS WRONG. 2014-01-04 · 2 comments
• A SCIENTIST AT WORK. 2014-01-03 · 1 comment
• REFORM—REDUCING COLLISIONS AT HOME PLATE. 2014-01-02
• THE SOKAL HOAX. 2014-01-01

December 2013

• “SCIENCE’S SOKAL MOMENT”. 2013-12-31
• IN FAVOR OF PUBLISHING MORE SCIENTIFIC PAPERS. 2013-12-30
• A BOYCOTT OF PRESTIGE SCIENCE JOURNALS. 2013-12-29
• IS THE NEW YORKER MIDDLEBROW? 2013-12-28
• VIRGINIA WOOLF SMITES THE MIDDLEBROWS. 2013-12-27
• SOME MORE ECONOMICS OF A CHRISTMAS CAROL. 2013-12-26
• TWO MINUTES THIRTY-SEVEN SECONDS 2013-12-25
• CHRISTMAS SENTIMENT. 2013-12-25
• CHRISTMAS EVE FEASTS. 2013-12-24 · 1 comment
• ECONOMISTS WEIGH IN ON WHETHER CASH GIFTS ARE THE BEST GIFTS. 2013-12-23
• CHRISTMAS THOUGHTS FROM ECONOMISTS. 2013-12-22
• A MUSICAL ABOUT COPY EDITING. 2013-12-21
• A CHILD’S CHRISTMAS IN A STRANGE LAND. 2013-12-20
• MVP—AN AWARD TREASURED BECAUSE NOBODY KNOWS WHAT IT MEANS (COMMENT). 2013-12-19
• MY FAVORITE MVP INJUSTICE. 2013-12-19
• WHY SMAUG IS A BETTER DRAGON THAN GRENDEL. 2013-12-18 · 1 comment
• THE LATIN ROOTS OF BELLATRIX LESTRANGE? 2013-12-17
• WHY DO THE ENGLISH APOLOGIZE SO MUCH? 2013-12-16
• ANOTHER GREAT BEGINNING FOR A BOOK—THE MANTICORE. 2013-12-15
• COMPETITIVE HUMAN TOWERS. 2013-12-14
• THE MIRACLE THAT ANNIE SULLIVAN AND HELEN KELLER WORKED. 2013-12-13
• ARE SHEEP MARKED TO PREVENT RUSTLING? 2013-12-12
• SHEEP RUSTLING IN THE FAMILY? 2013-12-11
• WHAT KIND OF BASKETBALL REFEREEING WOULD I WANT?—MOVING SCREENS (COMMENT). 2013-12-10
• WHAT KIND OF BASKETBALL REFEREEING WOULD I WANT?—TAKING THE BALL OUT OF THE BASKET. (COMMENT). 2013-12-09
• OTHER HUMBLE TECHNOLOGIES. 2013-12-08
• THE TECHNOLOGY OF THE HUMBLE BARREL. 2013-12-07
• THE CONTAINER—”ONLY A SIMPLE METAL BOX”. 2013-12-06
• WHICH CHANGED SOCIETY MORE—THE WASHING MACHINE OR THE INTERNET? 2013-12-05
• WHY THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INTERNET HAS HAD VERY LITTLE EFFECT ON GDP. 2013-12-04
• “AFTER THE LEAVES HAVE FALLEN….” 2013-12-03
• AMERICA—ACQUAINTANCES RATHER THAN FRIENDS. 2013-12-02
• THE VARIETIES OF CHOCOLATE. 2013-12-01

November 2013

• THINGS VISITORS NOTICE ABOUT AMERICA. 2013-11-30
• W.H. AUDEN—MANIPULATING THE OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY. 2013-11-29
• IN PRAISE OF THANKSGIVING DINNERS. 2013-11-28
• AUTHENTIC FOOD FROM THE FIFTIES. 2013-11-27
• CAN THE GREEN BEAN CASSEROLE BE IMPROVED? 2013-11-26
• INTERRUPTING AT DINNER. 2013-11-25
• IS INTERRUPTING A MATTER OF STYLE ? 2013-11-24
• DO GREEKS INTERRUPT A LOT BECAUSE OF GREEK GRAMMAR? 2013-11-23
• THEFTS OF LARGE AMOUNTS OF FOOD. 2013-11-22
• A BLOG FROM THE YEAR 2000 THAT USES A BLACKBOARD. 2013-11-21
• SEVEN YEARS. 2013-11-20
• PAINTING—“LOSING CURRENCY AS A WAY OF RESPONDING TO THE WORLD”. 2013-11-19
• IS PRETTINESS IN ART BAD? 2013-11-18
• CAN PEER REVIEW BE DISPENSED WITH? 2013-11-17
• “HOW SCIENCE GOES WRONG”. 2013-11-16
• IS “HUH” A WORD? 2013-11-15
• WHY IS “HUH” THE SAME IN SO MANY LANGUAGES? 2013-11-15
• IS “HUH” UNIVERSAL? 2013-11-14
• TRYING TO SING—REMAINING A CROW. 2013-11-13
• TRYING TO SING—THE EXPERIENCED TEACHER. 2013-11-13
• TRYING TO SING “ROW, ROW, ROW YOUR BOAT”. 2013-11-12
• MONDEGREENS—”…GENTLY DOWN THE STREET”. 2013-11-11
• “…TECHNOLOGY HAS AN EXTENSIVE PRESENCE IN TECHNOLOGY….” 2013-11-10
• CALLING MORE FOULS IN PRO BASKETBALL. 2013-11-09
• CALLING MORE FOULS IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL. 2013-11-08
• COMPETITIVE KNITTING. 2013-11-07
• AN ECONOMIC THEORY OF PIRACY. 2013-11-06
• A FINANCIAL REPORT ON THE PIRACY BUSINESS. 2013-11-05
• ANNALS OF TECHNOLOGY—HAMLET IS A VIOLENT PLAY. 2013-11-04
• ANNALS OF TECHNOLOGY—GLOVES. 2013-11-03 · 1 comment
• ANNALS OF TECHNOLOGY—LIGHTING A TOWN WITH MIRRORS. 2013-11-02
• LAPHROAIG—MAYBE IT’S THE ISLAY WEATHER, AFTER ALL. 2013-11-01

October 2013

• HOW THE BARREL AFFECTS WHISKEY. 2013-10-31
• A LOCKED ROOM—OR SEALED BARREL—MYSTERY. 2013-10-30
• “CAN CHEMISTRY EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BOURBON AND TENNESSEE WHISKEY?” 2013-10-29 · 1 comment
• NONFICTION VERSUS FICTION—42. 2013-10-28
• BILL DEWITT AND BASEBALL HISTORY. 2013-10-27
• NICHOLS AND MAY AND THE RHODE ISLAND ACCENT. 2013-10-26
• A STANDUP COMEDIAN’S DEMONSTRATION OF THE RHODE ISLAND ACCENT. 2013-10-25
• THE RHODE ISLAND ACCENT. 2013-10-24
• THE EXCITEMENT OF RECYCLING. 2013-10-23
• WHY WE DECIDED TO PAY OUR BABY SITTERS MORE THAN THE GOING RATE. 2013-10-22
• HOW TWO ECONOMISTS DECIDED HOW MUCH TO PAY THEIR BABY SITTERS. 2013-10-21
• ADOPTING COLLEGE RULES ON BASEBALL COLLISIONS. 2013-10-20
• INSTANT REPLAY AND PHANTOM DOUBLE PLAYS. 2013-10-19
• TREATING A DEBT CEILING NEGOTIATION AS A SIMPLE CHICKEN GAME. 2013-10-18
• THE ICEMAN HAS AT LEAST 19 LIVING RELATIVES. 2013-10-17
• LYME DISEASE IS OVER 5000 YEARS OLD. 2013-10-17
• WHAT’S THE BEST COLOR FOR A PAINTING? 2013-10-16
• GETTING CLOSER TO THE CLIFF. 2013-10-15
• IS THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT “TOO BIG TO FAIL”? 2013-10-14
• LAGOM—MODERATION. 2013-10-13
• LAGOM—”THE SINGLE WORD THAT SUMS UP THE SWEDISH PSYCHE”. 2013-10-12
• WHY ARE THERE SO FEW SMILES IN OLD PHOTOGRAPHS? THE BAD TEETH THEORY. 2013-10-09
• WHAT ARE THE ODDS OF YOUR BEING HERE? 2013-10-08
• IN DEFENSE OF BEAR MEAT. 2013-10-07
• HOW SCRIBES CREATED THE # SIGN. 2013-10-05
• A HAPPY ENDING FOR THE GLASS MENAGERIE? 2013-10-03
• NEW SUCCESS FOR MONEYBALL. 2013-10-02

September 2013

• EMPSON AND QUANTUM PHYSICS. 2013-09-30
• UNDERSTANDING “THE ROOKY WOOD”. 2013-09-29 · 1 comment
• EMPSON—EMBRACING ALL THE MEANINGS. 2013-09-28
• ORWELL—AMBIGUITY AND FREEDOM. 2013-09-27
• LITERARY CRITICISM AND ESPIONAGE. 2013-09-26
• THE CATCHER IN THE RYE AND BIOGRAPHY. 2013-09-25
• RONALD COASE AND PHRENOLOGY. 2013-09-24
• ECONOMISTS CHANGING THEIR MINDS. 2013-09-23
• WHEN COASE ARGUED THAT AUCTIONING VALUABLE GOVERNMENT RIGHTS WAS NOT LAUGHABLE. 2013-09-22
• THE COASE THEOREM IS NEUTRAL ON GOVERNMENT REGULATION. 2013-09-21
• THE COASE THEOREM. 2013-09-20 · 1 comment
• DILBERT AND THE COASE THEOREM. 2013-09-19
• A “FINANCIAL ARMAGEDDON”—FIVE YEARS LATER. 2013-09-17
• MARY JANE’S PLAY IS STAGED IN NEW YORK. 2013-09-16 · 3 comments
• THE DERIVATION OF “SPAM”. 2013-09-15
• A SPAM COOK OFF IN HAWAII. 2013-09-14 · 2 comments
• A SQUIRREL COOK OFF. 2013-09-13
• HOW IMPORTANT IS STRENGTHENING A WEAKNESS? 2013-09-12
• IS THERE MORE LUCK IN SOCCER THAN IN OTHER SPORTS? 2013-09-11
• PENN AND TELLER LOOK AT VERMEER. 2013-09-10
• TIM JENISON PAINTS A VERMEER. 2013-09-09
• THE HOCKNEY-FALCO THESIS—HOW THE OLD MASTERS DID IT. 2013-09-08
• A THEORY OF SPONTANEOUS HUMAN COMBUSTION. 2013-09-07
• THE PHYSICS OF COW TIPPING. 2013-09-06
• COW TIPPING DENIERS. 2013-09-05 · 1 comment
• DIGGING AT KIBWORTH. 2013-09-04
• HOW BIG IS THE CANDLE MARKET? 2013-09-03
• SEAMUS HEANEY. 2013-09-02
• A PLEA FOR PAYING MORE ATTENTION TO LYME DISEASE. 2013-09-01

August 2013

• THE VIEW THAT LYME DISEASE IS OVERDIAGNOSED. 2013-08-31
• LYME DISEASE—”A TREMENDOUS PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM IN THE UNITED STATES”. 2013-08-30
• WHAT DUCT TAPE CAN’T DO. 2013-08-29
• A PREDICTION ON HOW INSTANT REPLAY WILL CHANGE BASEBALL. 2013-08-28
• MORE EVIDENCE OF THE CIVILIZING ROLE OF THE VIKINGS (COMMENT). 2013-08-27
• CORRECTION OF ERROR IN YESTERDAY’S POST (COMMENT). 2013-08-26
• 29 WORDS WITH NO ENGLISH EQUIVALENT. 2013-08-25 · 1 comment
• A HISTORY OF ENGLISH IN TEN MINUTES. 2013-08-24 · 1 comment
• SIXTY WAYS OF SPELLING “NIGHT”. 2013-08-23
• A SUGGESTION FOR SABERMATRICIANS—STANDARDIZING WAR. 2013-08-22
• TROUT VERSUS CABRERA—2013 (COMMENT). 2013-08-21 · 1 comment
• THE HISTORY OF HOBOS. 2013-08-20
• HOW JOHN UPDIKE WATCHED BASEBALL. 2013-08-19
• THE PACE OF BASEBALL IS JUST FINE. 2013-08-19
• GOOD NEWS—MORE INSTANT REPLAY FOR BASEBALL. 2013-08-18 · 1 comment
• “NOUS TWITTERONS”. 2013-08-18
• THE TRANSCENDENT “INTERMEDIARY” STATUS OF TWINS (COMMENT). 2013-08-17 · 1 comment
• TWINS AND SALMON; TWINS AND VEGETABLES. 2013-08-16
• THE “LOGICAL CONNECTION” BETWEEN TWINS AND BIRDS. 2013-08-15 · 1 comment
• BINARY OPPOSITIONS AND TWINS. 2013-08-14
• TWINS AND BIRDS. 2013-08-13
• DIVINITY, TRINITY—A DOUBLE DACTYL. 2013-08-12
• LIGHT VERSE—CLERIHEWS. 2013-08-11
• RESISTANCE TO CHANGE—THE SEMMELWEIS REFLEX. 2013-08-10
• OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES SENIOR— ANESTHESIA AND ANTISEPSIS. 2013-08-09
• PERSUADING FARMERS TO CHANGE THEIR WAYS. 2013-08-08
• KIND WORDS FOR BIG PHARMA’S SALESMEN. 2013-08-07
• HOW DO YOU GET NURSES TO ADOPT A COSTLESS LIFESAVING IDEA? 2013-08-06 · 1 comment
• HOW MEDICAL INNOVATIONS ARE ADOPTED. 2013-08-05 · 1 comment
• USING ELLIPSES TO MAKE WRITING LIKE SPEECH. 2013-08-02
• THE SECRET BEHIND THE PERFECT ALIBI (SPOILER ALERT). 2013-08-01

July 2013

• TERROIR FOR COLAS. 2013-07-31
• THE HISTORY OF FONTS. 2013-07-30
• A REAL LIFE MURDER MYSTERY—THE PERFECT ALIBI. 2013-07-29
• WHAT IF THE ECONOMIC GROWTH SINCE 1750 WAS JUST LUCK? 2013-07-28
• HAS ECONOMIC GROWTH COME TO AN END? 2013-07-27 · 1 comment
• WHY NOT PLAY THE GAME UNDER PROTEST? 2013-07-26
• THE MAN WITH AN ORANGE FOR A HEAD CARTOON CAPTION. 2013-07-25
• JAMES FENTON READS. 2013-07-24
• DEPARTED FRIENDS. 2013-07-23
• THE KRETZMER INTERVIEW. 2013-07-22
• TWO SONGS—SAME MELODY. 2013-07-21 · 1 comment
• THE UNITY OF LES MIS—CHARACTERS. 2013-07-19
• ONE MAN SINGING ALL THE PARTS IN LES MIS. 2013-07-18
• MAKING BAD MOVIES—THE BUSINESS MODEL. 2013-07-17
• CATCHING A BASEBALL DROPPED FROM A HELICOPTER. 2013-07-16
• CATCHING A GRAPEFRUIT DROPPED FROM A GREAT HEIGHT. 2013-07-16
• WHY DO PEOPLE WATCH BAD MOVIES? MY THEORY. 2013-07-15
• THE LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS. 2013-07-15
• WHY DO PEOPLE WATCH BAD MOVIES? SHARKNADO. 2013-07-14
• CLOSING THE CASE OF THE BOSTON STRANGLER. 2013-07-13
• AT LAST, SOME WASHINGTON GOSSIP. 2013-07-12
• WHAT IS EXPECTED WHEN AN INTERVIEW IS GRANTED. 2013-07-11
• THE DOG AND THE FRISBEE—LEVERAGE RATIOS. 2013-07-10
• HOW “THE BEDROOM AT ARLES” HAS CHANGED. 2013-07-09
• WHAT HAPPENED TO VAN GOGH’S COLORS. 2013-07-08
• THE LOSS OF VAN GOGH’S COLORS. 2013-07-06
• GENERAL MEADE’S VICTORY AT GETTYSBURG. 2013-07-05 · 1 comment
• SOME HISTORY OF NOODLING. 2013-07-04
• WOMAN SETS NOODLING RECORD. 2013-07-04
• THE FDA GOES AFTER CHEESE MITES. 2013-07-03 · 1 comment
• JOKING WITH THE DALAI LAMA. 2013-07-02
• TWO PHILOSOPHICAL JOKES. 2013-07-01

June 2013

• INTELLECTUAL JOKES. 2013-06-30 · 1 comment
• THE POWER OF “THE MAN WITH AN ORANGE FOR A HEAD” (COMMENT). 2013-06-29
• PLAYING ROSALIND AS A GIRL. 2013-06-28
• SHAKESPEARE ON THE SOUND DOES A WONDERFUL “AS YOU LIKE IT”. 2013-06-28
• “WHAT IF PEOPLE TOLD EUROPEAN HISTORY LIKE THEY TOLD NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY?” 2013-06-27
• METAL DETECTORS AND “PRODUCTIVE SITES”. 2013-06-26
• LOCAL MARKETS—THE NEW VIEW OF THE DARK AGES ECONOMY IN ENGLAND. 2013-06-25
• PLACE NAMES THAT ARE GUIDES TO ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDS—“MIDDLETON” AND “MELTON”. 2013-06-24
• LINKING WITH SURREY MEDIEVAL. 2013-06-23
• AN ANCIENT SPORT—IRISH ROAD BOWLING. 2013-06-22
• HOW FONTS INFLUENCE THE WAY WE READ AND THINK. 2013-06-21 · 1 comment
• DOES YOUR LANGUAGE AFFECT HOW MUCH YOU SAVE? (COMMENT) 2013-06-19
• HOW THE BRITISH COULD HAVE FOUND OUT PAUL REVERE. 2013-06-16
• JANE AUSTEN’S FAMILY SCANDAL. 2013-06-15
• HOW IMPORTANT IS CLEAR TITLE TO PROPERTY? 2013-06-14
• THE DEATH OF A TUNISIAN BUSINESSMAN WHO HAD NO PROPERTY RIGHTS. 2013-06-13
• A COUNTRY WITHOUT PROPERTY RIGHTS—GREECE. 2013-06-12
• THE MARSHMALLOW EXPERIMENT AND ECONOMIC HISTORY. 2013-06-11 · 1 comment
• SOMETIMES EATING THE MARSHMALLOW IMMEDIATELY MAKES SENSE. 2013-06-10
• A MAP OF PANGEA. 2013-06-09 · 1 comment
• ADVENTURES IN FOOD—MARTYR’S BLOOD. 2013-06-08
• FAT BIRDS. 2013-06-07
• “OU SONT LES CICADAS D’ANTAN?” 2013-06-07
• YU DARVISH’S DECEPTIVE MOTION. 2013-06-06
• MIGUEL CABRERA’S PLATE COVERAGE. 2013-06-06
• SOME OF THE DEFINITIONS THAT COURTS HAVE NEEDED. 2013-06-04
• COURTS RECOGNIZING THE URBAN DICTIONARY. 2013-06-03
• FRENCH PHILOSOPHERS AND A CHICAGO WRITER. 2013-06-01

May 2013

• NELSON ALGREN AND THE MURDERER. 2013-05-31
• HOW THE WHITE SOX-CUB RIVALRY CHANGED NELSON ALGREN’S LIFE. 2013-05-30
• LEBRON’S “11 WORST NBA FLOPS”. 2013-05-29
• OF COURSE, THERE’S A WHITE SOX—CUBS RIVALRY. 2013-05-28
• NOTES ON COOKING CICADAS. 2013-05-27
• TASTING CICADAS. 2013-05-26
• A LEBRON FLOP—AND A WINK. 2013-05-25
• FLOPPING IS NOW BEING PENALIZED. 2013-05-25
• SAVING A LIFE WITH 3-D PRINTING 2013-05-24
• DANGEROUS PLAYS IN BASKETBALL. 2013-05-23
• BOG SNORKELLING. 2013-05-22
• PUBS AND MONEY. 2013-05-21
• WHAT HAPPENS WHEN ALL OF A COUNTRY’S BANKS CLOSE? 2013-05-20
• THE “SHORTAGE” OF TOILET PAPER IN VENEZUELA. 2013-05-18
• THE IMPORTANCE OF BARK. 2013-05-17
• THE 23 WORDS THAT MAY BE 15,000 YEARS OLD. 2013-05-16
• HOW LONG DO WORDS LAST? 2013-05-15
• THE RISE AND DECLINE OF “SWELL”. 2013-05-14
• IS “WHOM” DOOMED? 2013-05-13
• COMPETITIONS AMONG WINE TEAMS. 2013-05-12
• WINE EXPERTS FAILING TESTS. 2013-05-11
• “TO BE A HEDONIST WITH BAD TASTE…” 2013-05-10 · 2 comments
• WHAT HOCKEY GETS RIGHT ABOUT DANGEROUS PLAYS. 2013-05-08
• TWITTER MESSAGES AS AN AMERICAN ART FORM. 2013-05-07
• ORWELL—WRITING SHOULD BE LIKE SPOKEN LANGUAGE. 2013-05-06 · 1 comment
• “LOL” FULFILLS AN HISTORIC NEED. 2013-05-05
• “INNIT, BRUV” AS GRAMMAR. 2013-05-04
• DOES “LOL” HAVE A MEANING? 2013-05-03
• GATSBY GOES TO A BASEBALL GAME. 2013-05-02
• WAITING YEARS FOR A DROP OF LIQUID. 2013-05-01

April 2013

• A BLOG THAT REPORTS ON RETRACTIONS. 2013-04-30
• A PREFERENCE FOR CLEAR RATHER THAN MESSY RESULTS. 2013-04-29
• MARSHALL MCLUHAN AND THE INTERNET. 2013-04-28 · 2 comments
• IS THIS “THE MOST LITERATE AGE IN HISTORY”? 2013-04-27
• WILL YOUTUBE REPLACE WRITING? 2013-04-26
• IS WRITING LIKE LATIN ON THE EVE OF THE RENAISSANCE? 2013-04-25
• NONUNIFORM BASEBALLS (COMMENT). 2013-04-24
• A VINDICATION OF THOMAS MORE’S HISTORY. 2013-04-23
• SPREADSHEET ERRORS (COMMENT). 2013-04-22
• BASEBALL’S SECRET RUBBING MUD. 2013-04-21
• HOW BASEBALLS ARE MADE. 2013-04-20 · 1 comment
• POACHING MAPLE SAP TREE BY TREE. 2013-04-19
• STEALING REFRIGERATORS. 2013-04-18
• IRONING SHOE LACES. 2013-04-17
• DRESSING FOR DINNER. 2013-04-17
• THE CARBOHYDRATE DIET—POLITICAL CAMPAIGNING IN NORTH KOREA. 2013-04-16
• DID TOOLS CHANGE MAN’S BODY? 2013-04-15
• SMALL SAMPLES—ANOTHER PROBLEM WITH PUBLISHED ARTICLES. 2013-04-14 · 1 comment
• IS MEDIAN WEALTH MUCH HIGHER IN GREECE THAN IN GERMANY? 2013-04-13
• A SOLDIER POET LOOKS AT LANDSCAPES. 2013-04-12
• “THE GOLDEN AGE OF GLOBAL ECONOMIC GROWTH…HAS MOSTLY SURVIVED.” 2013-04-11
• MY REACTIONS TO THE HAMLET COMIC STRIP—HAMLET’S POWERFUL MOTIVATION. 2013-04-10
• MY REACTIONS TO THE HAMLET COMIC STRIP—CONTEMPORARY HAMLETS. 2013-04-09 · 1 comment
• HAMLET AS AN ANTISOCIAL GEEK. 2013-04-08
• SPALDEENS. 2013-04-07
• TWINS AND ESP. 2013-04-06
• TWIN STUDIES ARE NOT ABOUT TWINS. 2013-04-05
• LAPHROAIG—THE ROMANCE OF ISLAY. 2013-04-04
• LAPHROAIG—DOES ISLAY MAKE A DIFFERENCE? 2013-04-03
• UNUSUAL CASTING—ULYSSES S. GRANT AS DESDEMONA. 2013-04-02
• HAMLET AS A FAT MAN—JACKIE GLEASON. 2013-04-01

March 2013

• HAMLET AS EVERYMAN—PAUL GIAMATTI. 2013-03-31
• BANK STRESS TESTS THAT LEFT OUT THE MOST IMPORTANT STRESS. 2013-03-30
• SOME BLUFFS IN THE CYPRUS POKER GAME. 2013-03-29
• WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BE A HUMAN CANNONBALL? 2013-03-28
• GRANDFATHER OF A HUMAN CANNONBALL. 2013-03-27
• THE 14TH EARL. 2013-03-26
• THE 35TH GENERATION OF A FARMING FAMILY. 2013-03-25
• 380,000 YEARS AFTER THE BIG BANG. 2013-03-24
• A RERUN OF THE GREEK CRISIS? 2013-03-23
• THE CYPRUS CRISIS “GOES DOWN TO THE WIRE.” 2013-03-23
• STILL SEARCHING FOR THE ORIGINAL OF PROFESSOR KINGSFIELD (COMMENT). 2013-03-21
• COWS—A DANCE FOR THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING. 2013-03-20
• OUR FAMILY LIKED BUTTER. 2013-03-19 · 1 comment
• THE CYPRUS CRISIS—THE WORLD’S BIGGEST “POKER GAME”. 2013-03-18
• WHAT THE IRISH ATE BEFORE THE COMING OF THE POTATO. 2013-03-17 · 1 comment
• HOW MUCH IS THE INTERNET WORTH TO YOU? 2013-03-16
• NOT IN THE GNP—THE FULL VALUE OF THE INTERNET. 2013-03-15
• VIKING TECHNOLOGY—SUNSTONES. 2013-03-14
• HOW TO WIN AT ROCK PAPER SCISSORS. 2013-03-13
• STEALING FERRIS WHEELS AND GOLD BATHTUBS (COMMENT). 2013-03-12 · 2 comments
• THE THEFT OF THE SCRAPS FROM EIGHT SCHOOL BUSES. 2013-03-11 · 1 comment
• THEFTS OF WHITENING STRIPS. 2013-03-10
• HORSE MEAT AND HARVARD. 2013-03-09
• AN O HENRY STORY IN 2013. 2013-03-08
• HOW DID THE ORIOLES DO IT LAST YEAR? 2013-03-07 · 1 comment
• SHORTENING A BASEBALL GAME TO SIX INNINGS. 2013-03-06
• EARL WEAVER AND GENE MAUCH AND SABERMETRICS. 2013-03-05
• SOME DOUBLE DACTYLS. 2013-03-04
• ANTHONY HECHT—INVENTOR OF THE DOUBLE DACTYL. 2013-03-03
• THE RULES FOR A SESTINA. 2013-03-02
• WATLING STREET—ROMAN ROADS TODAY. 2013-03-01

February 2013

• NEW SUPPORT FOR REDUCING BASEBALL COLLISIONS 2013-02-28
• ‘INFORMATION COCOONS”. 2013-02-27 · 1 comment
• HOW I READ THE NEWS. 2013-02-27
• THE SOUNDS OF THE UNIVERSE. 2013-02-26
• LONGING FOR A PARENT. 2013-02-25
• LUCKY ME. 2013-02-25
• DEALING WITH A TOXIC PARENT AFTER GROWING UP. 2013-02-24
• TOXIC PARENTS. 2013-02-23
• COMPETITVE SNOW CARVING TECHNIQUES. 2013-02-22
• CATS AND MANUSCRIPTS—PANGUR BAN. 2013-02-21
• A CAT WALKING ON A MANUSCRIPT. 2013-02-20 · 1 comment
• MORE TASTING NOTES FOR LAPHROAIG. 2013-02-17 · 1 comment
• ANTHONY HECHT—”PERIPETEIA” 2013-02-14
• POPPER’S ATTACK ON HEGEL. 2013-02-12
• HEGEL—”THE FATHER OF ALL PSEUDOTHINKERS”? 2013-02-11
• A MODEL FOR OP ED ARTICLES. 2013-02-10
• THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM LETS THE PEOPLE CHOOSE FOR AN EXHBITION OF CONTEMPORARY ART 2013-02-09
• CHALLENGES FOR THE ACADEMIE FRANCAISE. 2013-02-08
• WHAT’S THE FRENCH WORD FOR HASHTAG? 2013-02-07
• FEBRUARY, 2013—”MINIMAL WORRIES BY INVESTORS”. 2013-02-06
• WAR PIGS. 2013-02-05
• DID WAR ELEPHANTS HANDICAP CARTHAGE? 2013-02-04
• ROMAN SHIELD FIGHTING. 2013-02-03
• THE EARL OF OXFORD AND HIS FART. 2013-02-02
• THE WONDER OF CELLOPHANE. 2013-02-01

January 2013

• DOCTOR WHO AS HAMLET. 2013-01-31
• “IT’S BRILLIANT, INNIT, BLUD?” (COMMENT). 2013-01-30
• ANNALISA AT SONO MARKETPLACE. 2013-01-29 · 2 comments
• SABERMETRICS AND SCRABBLE—VALUE OVER REPLACEMENT TILE. 2013-01-28
• SHOULD THE VALUES OF SCRABBLE LETTERS BE CHANGED? 2013-01-27
• THE STANDUP ECONOMIST—HYPERINFLATION IN HELL. 2013-01-26
• SUNK COSTS—THE SECOND AVENUE SUBWAY. 2013-01-25
• SUNK COSTS—CHASE HEADLEY AND MARK SANCHEZ. 2013-01-24
• SUNK COSTS—THE CASE OF MARK SANCHEZ. 2013-01-23
• A THEORY OF CONCEPTUAL ART. 2013-01-22
• CONCEPTUAL ART— RUBBER DUCK. 2013-01-22
• TOLKIEN’S VIEW OF TOM BOMBADIL. 2013-01-19
• A DARK VIEW OF TOM BOMBADIL 2013-01-18
• THE MYSTERY OF TOM BOMBADIL. 2013-01-17 · 2 comments
• “THE VALUE OF DOOMED RESISTANCE”. 2013-01-15
• A WHITE COLLAR CRIME STORY. 2013-01-13
• STEALING HAY. 2013-01-12
• THE HALL OF FAME VOTING. 2013-01-11
• NATE SILVER BECOMES AN ADVERB. 2013-01-10
• BRANCH RICKEY, PIONEERING SABERMETRICIAN. 2013-01-09
• SABERMETRICS 50 YEARS AGO. 2013-01-08
• HOW LIBOR COULD BE RIGGED. 2013-01-06
• “SOMEBODY ALWAYS CHEATS” 2013-01-04
• TENNESSEE WILLIAMS AND THE FIG TREE. 2013-01-03
• CLIFFS AND COWCATCHERS. 2013-01-02
• COMING TO AMERICA. 2013-01-01

December 2012

• LOBBYING YOUR RELATIVES. 2012-12-31
• SARTRE OR CAMUS—WHO IS COOLER? 2012-12-30
• OTHER THAN THAT, HOW DID YOU LIKE THE BOOK? 2012-12-29
• HOW TO RIG STATISTICAL EXPERIMENTS. 2012-12-28
• A CLASSIC JAIL BREAK. 2012-12-27
• HOW THE MAPLE SYRUP WAS STOLEN. 2012-12-27
• SHOWING A KNUCKLEBALL KNUCKLING. 2012-12-26
• THE BISHOP OF DIGNE. 2012-12-25
• COOL. 2012-12-24
• LES MIS—CRITICS VERSUS AUDIENCE. 2012-12-23 · 1 comment
• DECIDING TO MAKE LES MIS—THE MOVIE. 2012-12-23
• “INNIT” AND “BRUV”. 2012-12-21
• “I THINK SHAKESPEAR NEEDS TO TALK IN MODERN ENGLISH, INNIT, BRUV?” (COMMENT). 2012-12-20 · 1 comment
• POSITIONAL BARGAINING AND THE FIRST REALISTIC OFFER (COMMENT). 2012-12-19 · 1 comment
• NEGOTIATING BY BEING TRUTHFUL ABOUT YOUR INTERESTS (COMMENT). 2012-12-18 · 2 comments
• THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART RECOGNIZES @. 2012-12-16
• EVERYBODY WANTS TO REWRITE. 2012-12-14
• DON’T MAKE THE FIRST REALISTIC OFFER. 2012-12-12 · 2 comments
• PREPARING STUDENTS FOR THE WORKPLACE. 2012-12-11
• DECIBELS (COMMENT). 2012-12-09
• BRONKO NAGURSKI REVISITED. 2012-12-09
• PRECISE DATA FOR A SINGLE PITCH. 2012-12-08
• RARE EVENTS—HITTING A BASEBALL THREE TIMES WITH ONE SWING. 2012-12-07
• WHY POKER PLAYERS AND SPORTS FANS MAKE BETTER PREDICTIONS. 2012-12-05
• PROBABILITY IS ABOUT THE BELIEF THAT THERE ARE ALTERNATIVE OUTCOMES. 2012-12-04
• STATISTICS—THE COURSE THAT SHOULD BE REQUIRED. 2012-12-03
• UNDERESTIMATING UNCERTAINTY. 2012-12-02
• WHAT I DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT EARTHQUAKES. 2012-12-01 · 1 comment

November 2012

• DID IT MATTER WHETHER WAS SANDY A HURRICANE? 2012-11-30
• LEGOS INTO SANDSTONE WITH 3D PRINTING. 2012-11-29
• THE THEFT OF A WHEEL OF CHEESE. 2012-11-28
• LIFE IN OSTIA. 2012-11-27
• OSTIA. 2012-11-26 · 1 comment
• HOW AUTHENTIC ARE THE TEMPLES IN THE LARGO DI TORRE ARGENTINA? 2012-11-25
• SAVE THE ROMAN CATS. 2012-11-24
• WHAT THE CUB SCOUTS DO. 2012-11-23
• GIVING THANKS FOR THE BIG BANG. 2012-11-22
• THOUSANDS OF TURKEYS. 2012-11-21
• ANOTHER LANDMARK EVENT. 2012-11-20
• “STUDENTS SHOULDN’T BE GRADED SO TECHNICAL.” 2012-11-19
• WHAT MAKES FOR AN MVP? 2012-11-17 · 1 comment
• TRADITION OVER SABERMETRICS—CABRERA WINS MVP. 2012-11-16 · 3 comments
• MORE ACCURATE COLORS FOR GREEK STATUES. 2012-11-15
• THE COLORS OF GREEK STATUES—LITERARY EVIDENCE. 2012-11-14
• DULL LEGAL DOCUMENTS AND LITERATURE. 2012-11-11
• MULLYGRUBS, CANTRIP, FLEECH, RANTUM SCOOT. 2012-11-08
• A CONTRAST WITH ROMAN ROADS. 2012-11-07 · 1 comment
• HOW MUCH MAGICIANS PRACTICE. 2012-11-06
• HOUDINI TRICKS TSAR NICHOLAS II. 2012-11-01

October 2012

• DAVID HOCKNEY: WHY ARE THERE NO SHADOWS IN NON-EUROPEAN ART? 2012-10-31
• WHAT DIFFERENCE DO REFEREES MAKE? 2012-10-30
• PREDICTING TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE (COMMENT). 2012-10-29
• INCREMENTAL TECHNOLOGICAL IMPROVEMENT—WATER MILLS AND WIND MILLS. 2012-10-28
• INCREMENTAL TECHNOLOGICAL IMPROVEMENTS—THE PRINTING PRESS. 2012-10-28
• ROMAN SCIENCE—GARLIC AND MAGNETS. 2012-10-27
• THE HURRICANE AND ELECTION DAY. 2012-10-26
• THE 2012 NOBEL PRIZE—KIDNEY TRANSPLANTS. 2012-10-25
• THE 2012 NOBEL PRIZE—SPEED DATING. 2012-10-24
• WHY ARE THERE SO MANY PROBLEMS WITH VOTING PROCEDURES? 2012-10-23
• MY IDEAL DEBATE—TALKING HEADS. 2012-10-22
• MY IDEAL DEBATE—NO MODERATOR. 2012-10-21
• FACT CHECKING DURING DEBATES (COMMENT). 2012-10-20
• MARCO SCUTARO THE HITTER. 2012-10-17 · 1 comment
• INJURIES AT SECOND BASE. 2012-10-17
• THE CANDY CROWLEY DEBATE. 2012-10-16 · 1 comment
• GRUIT—THE RETURN OF LONG LOST BEER FLAVORS. 2012-10-15
• WHY DON’T INFIELDERS DROP LINE DRIVES IN DOUBLE PLAY SITUATIONS? 2012-10-14
• A PROPOSED CHANGE IN THE INSIDE FLY RULE (COMMENT). 2012-10-13
• NOVELISTS CONDESCENDING TO THEIR CHARACTERS. 2012-10-12
• THE PARADOX THAT THE COMPUTER HAS NOT INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY 2012-10-11
• THREE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTIONS RATHER THAN CONTINUAL INNOVATION. 2012-10-09
• ARE THE PAST 250 YEARS OF RAPID ECONOMIC GROWTH ONLY AN INTERLUDE? 2012-10-08 · 1 comment
• COULD FAILURE OF INNOVATION END ECONOMIC GROWTH? (COMMENT) 2012-10-07
• RECOVERING SOME OF THE STOLEN MAPLE SYRUP. 2012-10-06
• MONEYBALL AND THE MOST VALUABLE PLAYER AWARD. 2012-10-05
• CABRERA OR TROUT?—IT’S STILL BASEBALL SEASON (COMMENT). 2012-10-04 · 12 comments
• PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES AS SPORTING EVENTS. 2012-10-03
• ARE THE REGULAR REFEREES AS BAD AS THE REPLACEMENT REFEREES? 2012-10-02 · 1 comment
• SUPPORT FOR A JOURNAL OF REPLICATION STUDIES. 2012-10-01

September 2012

• UNDERREPORTING FOLLOW-UP STUDIES. 2012-09-30
• DROPPING YOUR G’S. 2012-09-29
• RITES OF PASSAGE IN THE 1950’S. 2012-09-28
• TURKEY RED—HISTORY. 2012-09-27
• THE COLOR REVOLUTION—TURKEY RED. 2012-09-26
• THE COLOR REVOLUTION. 2012-09-25
• SPAGHETTI WESTERN BASEBALL BROADCASTS. 2012-09-24
• CAN QUALITY OF LIFE INCREASE EVEN THOUGH ENERGY SUPPLIES CAN’T GROW? 2012-09-23
• PHYSICAL LIMITS ON THE USE OF ENERGY RATHER THAN THE SUPPLY OF ENERGY. 2012-09-22
• THERMODYNAMIC LIMITS TO ENERGY GROWTH. 2012-09-21
• MALTHUSIANS AND PHYSICISTS; CORNUCOPIANS AND ECONOMISTS. 2012-09-20
• EXPONENTIAL ECONOMIST MEETS FINITE PHYSICIST (COMMENT). 2012-09-19
• GET CARTER—PORTRAYING THE NEWCASTLE CRIME SCENE. 2012-09-18
• PIANO PRODIGIES AND ATHLETIC ABILITY. 2012-09-16 · 1 comment
• GOODHART’S LAW—ONE ENORMOUS NAIL. 2012-09-14 · 2 comments
• HAPPY MEMORIES OF SURSTROMMING. 2012-09-10
• SURSTROMMING AND THE LAW. 2012-09-09
• THE JOYS OF FERMENTED HERRING—SURSTROMMING. 2012-09-08
• A REASON WHY “DUD MORTGAGES” WERE NOT CLEANED UP ONE MORTGAGE AT A TIME. 2012-09-07 · 1 comment
• THE LIVES OF THE SAINTS—BASEBALL. 2012-09-06
• BASEBALL HISTORY AS AN INTERNET GAME. 2012-09-05 · 1 comment
• STEALING MAPLE SYRUP—LOTS OF IT. 2012-09-04
• LISTENING FOR THE NORTHERN CITIES VOWEL SHIFT. 2012-09-03

August 2012

• IS THE SWEDISH CHEF DANISH? 2012-08-31
• IS THE SWEDISH CHEF NORWEGIAN? 2012-08-31
• TRANSLATING THE SWEDISH CHEF INTO SWEDISH. 2012-08-30
• DO COMMAS CREATE AMBIGUITY?— BRITISH LEGAL DOCUMENTS. 2012-08-29
• THE OXFORD COMMA. 2012-08-28 · 1 comment
• TIME CONSTRAINTS AND THE RICH. 2012-08-27
• LEARNING TO SWORD FIGHT FROM MEDIEVAL INSTRUCTION BOOKS. 2012-08-26
• SWORDS AND ARMOR. 2012-08-25
• MEDIEVAL SPORT—TOURNAMENTS. 2012-08-24
• LAPHROIAG—CUTTING PEAT. 2012-08-23 · 1 comment
• JEAN SHEPHERD’S LOU GEHRIG STORY. 2012-08-22
• MOE BERG IN JAPAN. 2012-08-21
• THE AIRPLANE STORY. 2012-08-19
• LEFTY. 2012-08-17
• “PRIVILEGE-SEEKING”—NOT “RENT-SEEKING”. 2012-08-13 · 1 comment
• KERRI STRUG. 2012-08-12
• RUNNING WITH A BROKEN LEG—MANTEO MITCHELL. 2012-08-11
• PAINTING WHAT YOU SEE WITH DAMAGED EYES. 2012-08-09
• HOW MUCH DOES DRAWING MATTER?—EDVARD MUNCH. 2012-08-08
• QUESTIONING THE PUNCTUATION ON THIS BLOG. 2012-08-06
• THE PUNCTUATION DEBATE OVER PRESIDENT OBAMA’S SLOGAN. 2012-08-05
• SPOOKY INVISIBLE ART. 2012-08-04
• MY VALUABLE HAIR. 2012-08-03
• THE CLOUD OF THE MONTH FOR JULY. 2012-08-02
• MARTIN AMIS ON PRETTY NEW YORK CITY SKIES. 2012-08-02
• STEPHEN HAWKING’S REPHRASING OF THE QUESTION. 2012-08-01

July 2012

• REDEFINING NOTHING. 2012-07-31
• WHY IS THERE BEING RATHER THAN NOTHING? THE BIG BANG DOESN’T ANSWER THE QUESTION. 2012-07-30
• THINGS I DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT WATERGATE. 2012-07-29
• WASHINGTON MONUMENT BUDGETING. 2012-07-28
• FINDING $54 MILLION. 2012-07-27
• HONEY AND GYMNASTICS. 2012-07-26
• TEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE. 2012-07-26
• WATCHING ROMEO AND JULIET AGAIN. 2012-07-25
• SHAKESPEARE ON THE SOUND—ROMEO AND JULIET. 2012-07-25
• A SOLIPSISTIC INTERPRETATION OF MACBETH. 2012-07-24
• FINDING THE SADNESS IN COMIC STRIPS (COMMENT). 2012-07-21 · 1 comment
• KNUCKLEBALL PITCHERS. 2012-07-15
• AN ALL-PURPOSE SENTENCE. 2012-07-14
• THE NEED FOR A HEGEMON TODAY IN EUROPE. 2012-07-13
• THE NEED FOR A HEGEMON —THE 1930′S. 2012-07-12
• WHY ECONOMIC MODELS DON’T HAVE MUCH TO SAY ABOUT FINANCIAL CRISES. 2012-07-11
• BAGEHOT, MINSKY, AND KINDLEBERGER. 2012-07-10
• DESTRUCTION OF 1970′S BUILDINGS—SOUTHWARK TOWERS. 2012-07-09
• THE SHARD. 2012-07-08
• DURRINGTON WELLS. 2012-07-07
• THE ISOLATION OF STONE AGE BRITAIN. 2012-07-06
• MORE RESEARCH AT STONEHENGE. 2012-07-05
• ANNOTATING THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. 2012-07-04
• SOME THINGS BIRDS PERCEIVE. 2012-07-04
• WHY ARE THERE SO MANY CLUMSY ONLINE FRAUDS? 2012-07-03
• TIPS FOR INTERNET SHOPPERS. 2012-07-01

June 2012

• MANYPEEPLIA UPSIDOWNIA. 2012-06-30
• ENDURING LOVE. 2012-06-29
• THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PLASTIC PEOPLE OF THE UNIVERSE. 2012-06-28
• FRED AND GINGER. 2012-06-27
• THE DANCING HOUSE. 2012-06-26
• THE SHAGGY ORANGE STORY (COMMENT). 2012-06-25
• IS THIS ONE REASON FOR THE PROLOGUE TO ROMEO AND JULIET? 2012-06-24
• SHAKESPEARE ON THE SOUND 1999—ROMEO AND JULIET. 2012-06-23
• SHAKESPEARE ON THE SOUND 2012: ROMEO AND JULIET. 2012-06-23
• WHY DID NOBODY LAUGH? 2012-06-22 · 1 comment
• THE MAN WITH AN ORANGE FOR A HEAD. 2012-06-21 · 2 comments
• THE NUN. 2012-06-20
• MY CHILDHOOD GROUND RULES. 2012-06-19
• HENRY VIII, THE TENNIS PLAYER. 2012-06-18 · 1 comment
• REAL TENNIS. 2012-06-17
• WHERE A BALL HIT INTO THE STAIRWELL IS A GROUND RULE DOUBLE. 2012-06-16
• GUINNESS AND THE HISTORY OF STATISTICS. 2012-06-15
• BUBBLES IN BEER AND THE NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSICS. 2012-06-14
• A MATHEMATICAL BREAKTHROUGH ON THE BUBBLES IN GUINNESS. 2012-06-13
• DO GUINNESS BUBBLES SINK? 2012-06-12
• GUINNESS—THE POUR. 2012-06-11
• FINDING THE THEATER WHERE ROMEO AND JULIET WAS FIRST STAGED. 2012-06-07
• MY PARENTS WERE UNPREPARED. 2012-06-06 · 1 comment
• CODGERS. 2012-06-04 · 1 comment
• BUTTERING POACHED EGGS. 2012-06-03
• SEAMUS HEANEY’S POEM ABOUT BOG BUTTER. 2012-06-02
• BURYING BOG BUTTER TO IMPROVE THE TASTE? 2012-06-01

May 2012

• GROWING A FLOWER FROM THE AGE OF WOOLLY MAMMOTHS. 2012-05-31
• ONE THOUSAND YEARS OF EUROPEAN HISTORY. 2012-05-30
• WHICH CULTURES PUNISH FREELOADERS? 2012-05-29
• DIVERSIFYING THE POOL OF EXPERIMENTAL SUBJECTS—THE MECHANICAL TURK. 2012-05-28
• LOTS OF NEW JOURNALS OF NEGATIVE RESULTS. 2012-05-27
• A DINOSAUR THAT IS 65,000,038 YEARS OLD. 2012-05-26
• WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO SAY THAT CERTAIN STATISTICAL STUDIES CAN BE REPLICATED ONLY 20% OF THE TIME? 2012-05-25
• “WHAT DOES IT MEAN THAT SOMETHING CAUSES 16% OF CANCERS?” 2012-05-24
• WEBCAMS AND BIRD NESTS. 2012-05-23
• SOME THINGS I LEARNED ABOUT BIRD NESTS. 2012-05-22
• NIGHT HERON NESTS. 2012-05-21
• AN ENGLISH DESCRIPTION OF A MIDWESTERN ACCENT. 2012-05-20
• PLOWS AND GPS. 2012-05-19
• A CHART OF ATROCITIES. 2012-05-18
• 5% TO 20%—THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT “OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES”. 2012-05-17
• ADAPTING GATSBY. 2012-05-15 · 1 comment
• IS HEREDITARY GOVERNMENT GOOD? 2012-05-13
• DAMIEN HIRST—AN ART MARKET BUBBLE?. 2012-05-11 · 1 comment
• REVISITING THE CHICAGO SPIKE. 2012-05-10
• WHY ARE BRUTALIST BUILDINGS UNDER ATTACK? 2012-05-09
• ANOTHER BRUTALIST BUILDING IS PRESERVED. 2012-05-08
• BRUTALIST BUILDINGS UNDER ATTACK. 2012-05-07
• EXPLAINING DECLINES IN VIOLENCE (COMMENT). 2012-05-05
• HAVING A BEER WITH STONE-AGE MAN. 2012-05-03
• THE VIOLENT LIFE OF EARLY MAN?—EVIDENCE FROM TODAY. 2012-05-02

April 2012

• MY SISTER’S FIRST HOCKEY GAME. 2012-04-30
• HOCKEY SUSPENSIONS—INTENT AND INJURY. 2012-04-29
• THE COMEBACK OF TABLE ICE HOCKEY. 2012-04-28
• 1850—AVERTING WAR IN CALIFORNIA. 2012-04-27
• AMERICANS AS AN INVASIVE SPECIES (COMMENT). 2012-04-26
• AMERICA’S ROLE IN UNIFYING EUROPE. 2012-04-25
• THE FLY IN THE URINAL. 2012-04-24
• HOW DO YOU PRINT IN 3 DIMENSIONS? 2012-04-23
• MAKING A GEARBOX WITH A 3D PRINTER. 2012-04-22
• DID SHAKESPEARE KNOW THE WRITINGS OF HEGEL, MARX, NIETZSCHE, FREUD, WITTGENSTEIN AND DERRIDA? 2012-04-21
• THE MOST IMPORTANT EPISODE OF THE SIMPSONS ? (COMMENT). 2012-04-20 · 1 comment
• JOYCE AND VIRGINIA WOOLF (COMMENT). 2012-04-18
• MAINTAINING THE MATERIAL BALANCE OF THE EARTH. 2012-04-17
• EJECTING TONS OF ROCK INTO SPACE. 2012-04-16
• HISTORY OF LEGAL TECHNOLOGY—ELLIPSIS PERIODS. 2012-04-15
• THE “RIGHT TO EDIT”. 2012-04-14 · 1 comment
• WHO GOT THE MF GLOBAL $1.2 BILLION? 2012-04-13
• ULYSSES—VIRGINIA WOOLF LIKED THE BOOK, DESPISED THE AUTHOR. 2012-04-10 · 2 comments
• THE STANDUP ECONOMIST ON POLITICS AND THE BUDGET. 2012-04-08
• THE GOOGLE ART PROJECT EXPANDS TO CHICAGO. 2012-04-08
• FAVORITES FROM THE ART INSTITUTE: MONET AND CAILLEBOTTE. 2012-04-07
• A DEFENSE OF INVASIVE SPECIES. 2012-04-06 · 2 comments
• STEALING USED GREASE. 2012-04-04
• A THEORY WHY AMERICA WAS SETTLED BY PEOPLE WITH ADD. 2012-04-03
• “IN THE COUNTRY OF THE BLIND….” 2012-04-03
• SOME ADVANTAGES OF AUTISM. 2012-04-02
• DEATH OF A BUMBLEBEE. 2012-04-01

March 2012

• DAUGHTERS, BRAIDS, AND PONYTAILS. 2012-03-31
• THE PONYTAIL SHAPE EQUATION. 2012-03-30
• ANOTHER VOTE ON UMBRIDGE. 2012-03-29 · 1 comment
• THE SCARIEST VILLAIN IN HARRY POTTER? 2012-03-29 · 1 comment
• AN AGE OF BANK RUNS? 2012-03-28 · 1 comment
• OLIVIER’S INSIGHT ON IAGO’S MOTIVATION. 2012-03-27
• IAGO AS A COURTIER. 2012-03-26
• IAGO AS A SEDUCER. 2012-03-26 · 1 comment
• “THE JOKER IN THE PACK”. 2012-03-25
• OTHELLO’S COMIC FOUNDATION. 2012-03-24
• CHEKHOV’S HOPES. 2012-03-23
• AN UPDATE ON THE NOMINATION PROCESS. 2012-03-19
• PRICING TO ELIMINATE PARKING SHORTAGES IN SAN FRANCISCO. 2012-03-18
• GOVERNMENTS LETTING RAW SEWAGE EMPTY INTO WATERWAYS. 2012-03-17
• DOES REGIONAL CULTURE AFFECT VOTING? 2012-03-15
• HOW ENGLAND GOT CABINET GOVERNMENT. 2012-03-14
• ‘WHY CAN’T WE HAVE NEW PLAYS LIKE THIS ON BROADWAY?” 2012-03-12
• A PLAY KILLED BY THE CRITICS. 2012-03-12
• WHAT DOES THE WIFE OF BATH WANT? 2012-03-12
• THE LONG HISTORY OF LYME DISEASE. 2012-03-10
• TRADE IN OBSIDIAN AND LAPIS LAZULI. 2012-03-09
• THE GREAT VOWEL SHIFT—CHAUCER’S PRONUNCIATION. 2012-03-06 · 1 comment
• “AUNT ALICE” IN CHICAGO AND SYRACUSE. 2012-03-05
• THE NORTHERN CITIES VOWEL SHIFT. 2012-03-04
• MORE WORDS FOR DUST BUNNIES. 2012-03-03
• WATCHING A MOVIE IN TANNU TUVA. 2012-03-01

February 2012

• RICHARD FEYNMAN AND THE QUEST FOR TANNU TUVA. 2012-02-29
• RICHARD FEYNMAN’S DREAM OF TANNU TUVA. 2012-02-28
• SAVING TUVAN WITH THE INTERNET. 2012-02-27
• GRANT—ON THE WRONG SIDE OF HISTORY FOR MANY YEARS. 2012-02-26
• SHAKESPEARE AND ULYSSES GRANT. 2012-02-26
• GRANT’S WRITINGS—THE ORDERS. 2012-02-25
• PRESIDENT GRANT, THE WRITER. 2012-02-24
• “SKEEVY”—A NEW REGIONALISM. 2012-02-23
• FORENSIC LINGUISTICS—DEVIL STRIPS. 2012-02-23
• MICROACCENTS IN THE UNITED STATES—DUST BUNNIES. 2012-02-22
• MORRIS COHEN ON ART AND ARCHITECTURE. 2012-02-21
• A GREAT PHILOSOPHER ON BASEBALL AS A RELIGION. 2012-02-20
• THE OLDEST FANTASY BASEBALL LEAGUE STARTS ITS 32ND SEASON. (COMMENT). 2012-02-19 · 10 comments
• MONEYBALL AND “LINSANITY”. 2012-02-18
• THE ENFORCEABILITY OF THE GREECE-EUROZONE AGREEMENT. 2012-02-17 · 1 comment
• ENFORCING THE MAGNA CARTA. 2012-02-16 · 1 comment
• FROM THE SEA AND THE MIRROR. 2012-02-14
• WHY DON’T HUMANS HAVE STRIPES? 2012-02-13 · 1 comment
• DOTS AND LINES—ZEBRAS. 2012-02-12
• CAVE PAINTERS PAINTING WHAT THEY SAW. 2012-02-11
• LEARNING FROM COMIC STRIPS—CALVIN AND HOBBES. 2012-02-09 · 1 comment
• RESEARCH ON SYNESTHESIA. 2012-02-08 · 1 comment
• WERE SAVAGES NOBLE? 2012-02-05 · 1 comment
• ARE PEOPLE LESS VIOLENT? (COMMENT). 2012-02-04 · 2 comments
• ONE DROP EVERY EIGHT OR NINE YEARS. 2012-02-03
• “VAPORIZING” OVER A BILLION DOLLARS. 2012-02-02
• GREECE’S ADVANTAGE IN THE CHICKEN GAME. 2012-02-01 · 2 comments

January 2012

• BANK PREPARATIONS FOR A EURO DEFAULT. 2012-01-31
• HOW BANKS PREPARED FOR A U.S. DEFAULT. 2012-01-31 · 2 comments
• MORE LOOKING AT THE FUTURE IN TERMS OF PROBABILITIES. 2012-01-30
• A 25 % CHANCE OF A EURO DEFAULT? 2012-01-30
• CLARK GABLE AND THE 50TH BIRTHDAY. 2012-01-29
• ADELA ROGERS ST. JOHNS ON MISTRESSES. 2012-01-28
• ADELA ROGERS ST. JOHNS ON DEFENDANTS IN CAPITAL CASES. 2012-01-28
• ADELA ROGERS ST. JOHNS. 2012-01-27
• WAS CLARENCE DARROW A JURY TAMPERER? 2012-01-26
• FOOTBALL PLAYERS DELIBERATELY CAUSING CONCUSSIONS? 2012-01-25 · 3 comments
• “WE SEE SPACE.” 2012-01-24
• DRAFTMANSHIP WITH THE iPAD. 2012-01-23
• A DECISION SCIENTIST USES A DECISION TREE. 2012-01-22
• DECISION TREES FOR PATIENTS. 2012-01-21
• DECIDING WHAT KIND OF PATIENT YOU ARE. 2012-01-20 · 1 comment
• RANKING 115 SIMILAR PAINTINGS. 2012-01-19
• DID RELIGIOUS MONUMENTS LEAD TO THE INVENTION OF AGRICULTURE? 2012-01-16
• A KIPLING LIMERICK. 2012-01-15 · 1 comment
• VICTORIAN HARPOONS IN TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY WHALES. 2012-01-14 · 1 comment
• SH*T MY DAD SAYS AND THE AUTOCRAT OF THE BREAKFAST TABLE. 2012-01-13 · 1 comment
• A PHYSICIST HAS EXPLAINED AN OBSERVATION BY LEONARDO. 2012-01-10
• THE SECOND BIGGEST ECONOMY IN THE WORLD—THE UNDERGROUND ECONOMY. 2012-01-08
• THE LAKE BELOW THE OPERA. 2012-01-07 · 1 comment
• MAPS OF THE UNDERGROUND QUARRIES OF PARIS. 2012-01-07 · 1 comment
• WINNING WITH FEWER VOTES—IOWA AND NEW HAMPSHIRE. 2012-01-05
• KLUDGES. 2012-01-04
• WHEN ARE SUNK COSTS SUNK? 2012-01-03
• WHY SUNK COSTS SHOULD BE IGNORED. 2012-01-02 · 2 comments

December 2011

• REFLECTING ON THE PAST (COMMENT). 2011-12-31
• DREAMING OF BECOMING A LEMON CUPCAKE. 2011-12-30
• TO BE REMEMBERED FOREVER—WRONGLY—FOR BEING MEAN. 2011-12-29
• EBENEZER SCROGGIE—ADAM SMITH’S GREAT NEPHEW. 2011-12-28
• “YOU’RE LOOKING GOOD.” 2011-12-27
• GATSBY’S LAST SENTENCE. 2011-12-26 · 1 comment
• MAKING CHRISTMAS MEMORIES. 2011-12-25
• LEAPING INTO SOMEBODY ELSE’S MIND. 2011-12-24
• GIVING TO MAXIMIZE A SOCIAL CONNECTION. 2011-12-23 · 1 comment
• CHRISTMAS CLUBS. 2011-12-22
• NORWAY’S CHRISTMAS BUTTER SHORTAGE. 2011-12-21 · 1 comment
• MY FAVORITE HOAX. 2011-12-20
• THE EUROZONE—A CHICKEN GAME WHERE EVERY MEMBER CAN BLOW IT UP? 2011-12-17 · 1 comment
• BASKETBALL ALL STARS—DOES DEFENSE MATTER? 2011-12-16 · 1 comment
• PRICING FAT TAIL RISK. 2011-12-15
• MY FIRST EXERCISE OF POWER. 2011-12-12 · 3 comments
• DOES COOKED FOOD PROVIDE MORE ENERGY? 2011-12-11
• “I MAKE IMAGES.” 2011-12-09
• MAKING SURE ALL THE AGREEMENTS ARE THE SAME. 2011-12-07
• UGLY RENAISSANCE BABIES. 2011-12-04
• THE EGGCORN DATABASE. 2011-12-02
• EGGCORNS. 2011-12-01

November 2011

• TWINS COMPETING WITH EACH OTHER. 2011-11-30
• ARE THE IOWA CAUCUSES UNREPRESENTATIVE? 2011-11-29
• THE NOMINATION PROCESS—THE PROGRESS SO FAR. 2011-11-28
• IS THERE HOPE FOR A BETTER NOMINATION PROCESS? 2011-11-27
• MORE ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE POTATO. 2011-11-26
• WERE LEATHER HELMETS BETTER? 2011-11-25
• MIDDLEMARCH. 2011-11-24
• LIQUIDITY AS FIRE INSURANCE. 2011-11-23
• THE LEHMAN BANKRUPTCY THREE YEARS LATER. 2011-11-22
• PAINTING AN AVERAGE UNIVERSE. 2011-11-21
• THE AVERAGE COLOR OF THE UNIVERSE. 2011-11-20
• PRESERVING GOOD ARCHITECTURE—OUTSIDE AND INSIDE (COMMENT). 2011-11-17 · 1 comment
• LOBBIES—NEW YORK BUILDINGS. 2011-11-16
• LOBBIES—CHICAGO BUILDINGS. 2011-11-15
• FIXING UP THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING. 2011-11-14
• WHY YOU CAN’T SEE THE WHOLE FOOTBALL GAME. 2011-11-13 · 1 comment
• HOW A BANK DEFAULT CAN BE DIFFERENT FROM A CHICKEN GAME. 2011-11-12 · 1 comment
• WE ARE STILL VULNERABLE TO BANK BAILOUTS. 2011-11-10
• VERTEX. 2011-11-08
• FOLDIT REVISITED—ANOTHER SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENT FOR GAMERS. 2011-11-08
• OTHER ACCOUNTING MISADVENTURES THIS WEEK. 2011-11-07
• LOOKING FOR A LOST SIX HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS. 2011-11-07
• PUNCTUATION—WHAT’S TRENDING. 2011-11-02
• DOUBLE SPACING AT THE END OF A SENTENCE. 2011-11-01 · 1 comment

October 2011

• GETTING RID OF THE CAPS LOCK. 2011-10-31
• MONEYBALL AND PIG FARMING. 2011-10-30
• SIMENON THE TECHNICIAN. 2011-10-30
• A NOBEL PRIZE FOR DETECTIVE STORIES? 2011-10-29
• COPPER AND HOSPITAL INFECTIONS. 2011-10-28
• WATCHING OUT FOR GERMS. 2011-10-27
• SHAKESPEARE’S EDUCATION (COMMENT). 2011-10-26
• ANONYMOUS—ONLY ARISTOCRATS CAN CREATE LITERATURE. 2011-10-25
• ADDRESSING TOO BIG TO FAIL. 2011-10-24 · 1 comment
• ALBERT PUJOLS SHOWS LEADERSHIP. 2011-10-23
• CAMUS AND SIMENON AND THE NOBEL PRIZE. 2011-10-22
• STEALING A BRIDGE; STEALING A FERRIS WHEEL. 2011-10-21
• POTATOES AND WAR. 2011-10-20
• HOW THE POTATO SAVED THE IRISH FOR A TIME. 2011-10-19
• “HOW THE POTATO CHANGED THE WORLD’S HISTORY.” 2011-10-18
• THE DOWNFALL OF THE POTATO. 2011-10-17
• DO LARGE BANKS FINANCE BIG COMPANIES? 2011-10-16
• A SIMPLE REACTION TO ULYSSES. 2011-10-14 · 1 comment
• ON COPIA—IS THIS HOW SHAKESPEARE, DONNE AND MILTON LEARNED TO WRITE? 2011-10-13 · 1 comment
• WAS THE RED SOX COLLAPSE A ONE IN 278 MILLION EVENT? 2011-10-10
• APOPHENIA AND SPORTS JOURNALISM. 2011-10-09
• APOPHENIA—THE CARTOON. 2011-10-08
• DAVID HOCKNEY: “THERE’S A LOT MORE TO BE SEEN.” 2011-10-06
• FLATNESS AND THE SINGLE-LENS VIEW. 2011-10-05
• DRAWING WITH 9 CAMERAS AND 18 SCREENS. 2011-10-04
• VIKING WOMEN. 2011-10-03
• VIKINGS AND IRISHMEN LIVING TOGETHER. 2011-10-01

September 2011

• IS SHAKESPEARE UNIVERSAL? —THE CASE OF FRANCE. 2011-09-30
• HOW CAN LOG ROLLING BE UNWOUND? (COMMENT). 2011-09-29
• FINDING THE SYMBOL. 2011-09-28 · 1 comment
• THE STORY OF A LONG SEASON. 2011-09-27
• WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE BASEBALL MOVIE? 2011-09-27 · 3 comments
• MONEYBALL AND STORYTELLING. 2011-09-26
• APOPHENIA. 2011-09-25 · 1 comment
• SPOONERISMS. 2011-09-24
• CCR AND MONDEGREENS. 2011-09-24
• MONDEGREENS. 2011-09-23
• HOW MANY SAW THIS COULD HAPPEN AGAIN? 2011-09-22
• ARE THE BIGGEST BANKS A CURSE? 2011-09-21 · 1 comment
• A 2.3 BILLION DOLLAR LOSS—“WITHIN THE NORMAL BUSINESS FLOW….” 2011-09-20
• FOLDIT REVISITED—A SCIENTIFIC SUCCESS FOR VIDEOGAMERS. 2011-09-19
• WAS OUR FAMILY MIDDLE BROW? 2011-09-17
• ROQUEFORT CHEESE—HIGH BROW, MIDDLE BROW OR LOW BROW? 2011-09-16
• “AVANT-GARDE AND KITSCH”. 2011-09-15
• “DISINTERESTED” OR “UNINTERESTED”? 2011-09-14
• “REGULATORY CAPTURE BY SOPHISTICATION”. 2011-09-13
• “…SHE CRISPED AWAY.” 2011-09-08
• THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS. 2011-09-06 · 1 comment
• PICKPOCKETS AT AIRPORTS. 2011-09-05 · 1 comment
• LEDA AND THE SWAN—YEATS. 2011-09-04
• JOYCE ON WHETHER SHAKESPEARE WROTE FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. 2011-09-02

August 2011

• YOU KNEW WHAT I MEANT—A NEW BLOG. 2011-08-31 · 1 comment
• TWIN TALK. 2011-08-30
• FORCING TWINS TO BE DIFFERENT. 2011-08-29
• TWINS THAT LOOK ALIKE ARE IDENTICAL. 2011-08-28
• WHY IDENTICAL TWINS ARE DIFFERENT FROM EACH OTHER. 2011-08-27
• BANKING 101—LESSONS. 2011-08-26
• BANKING 101—CREDIT ANALYSIS. 2011-08-26
• A GERMAN LAWYER LOOKS AT DUE DILIGENCE. 2011-08-25
• BELIEVING THE RATINGS. 2011-08-25
• BANKING 101—LIQUIDITY. 2011-08-24
• THE UNIMPORTANCE OF THE DOWNGRADE OF UNITED STATES SECURITIES. 2011-08-23
• CORK. 2011-08-22
• A REASON WHY MONEY MAY NOT BUY HAPPINESS. 2011-08-20
• WHEN AUCTIONS WERE LAUGHABLE. 2011-08-19
• 491 FEEDINGS A DAY. 2011-08-18
• 45 MILES OF ARCHIVES. 2011-08-18
• HAYEK AND CENTRALIZED BANKS. 2011-08-17
• SCREEVERS AND ECONOMISTS. 2011-08-15
• POETRY AND BASEBALL. 2011-08-14 · 2 comments
• POETRY AND BASEBALL. 2011-08-13 · 2 comments
• BOOMSTERS AND DOOMSTERS. 2011-08-12
• MALTHUSIANS AND “CORNUCOPIANS”. 2011-08-11
• ARE IDENTICAL TWINS AN “UPPER CASTE”? 2011-08-10
• THE LADY OR THE TIGER?—AN ALTERNATIVE SOLUTION. 2011-08-09
• COMPLICATING A CHICKEN GAME. 2011-08-08 · 2 comments
• SIMPLE AND COMPLEX CHICKEN GAMES (COMMENT). 2011-08-07 · 1 comment
• ANOTHER EXPLANATION FOR THE POLARIZATION OF POLITICS. 2011-08-06
• BRIGHT LINES IN NEGOTIATIONS. 2011-08-05 · 2 comments
• SAND SCULPTURES AT DUBLIN CASTLE. 2011-08-04
• GREAT ARTISTS WITH BAD EYESIGHT. 2011-08-03
• LEARNING TO UNDERSTAND SHADOWS. 2011-08-02
• WHEN THE BLIND LEARN TO SEE. 2011-08-01

July 2011

• CONCEPTS AND WHAT WE SEE. 2011-07-31
• FRA ANGELICO’S WHITE WALL. 2011-07-30
• THE CONCEPT OF RED. 2011-07-30
• LEARNING TO DRAW. 2011-07-29
• THE WEST OF IRELAND AND “THE DEAD”. 2011-07-28
• THE ENLIGHTENMENT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH. 2011-07-27
• THE “INDUSTRIOUS REVOLUTION” AND MARKETS. 2011-07-26
• WHAT HAPPENED TO STANDARDS OF LIVING IN THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION? 2011-07-25
• WHAT HAPPENED IN THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION—AN UPDATE. 2011-07-24
• THE BILLION PRICE PROJECT. 2011-07-23
• ANOTHER ACCOMPLISHMENT OF GEORGE WASHINGTON. 2011-07-21
• BROWN VS. BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THE FACTS. 2011-07-18
• QUESTIONING BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION. 2011-07-17
• DIVING IN SOCCER. 2011-07-15
• “EYEBALL TO EYEBALL”. 2011-07-13
• REMEMBERING THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS. 2011-07-12 · 2 comments
• HOW LINCOLN SAVED THE IDEA OF REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT. 2011-07-11
• SAND-CASTLE TECHNIQUES. 2011-07-08
• PROFESSIONAL SPORTS—THE SAND-CASTLE CIRCUIT. 2011-07-07
• IS JOEY CHESTNUT AN ATHLETE? 2011-07-06
• A DAY FOR BONFIRES AND ILLUMINATIONS. 2011-07-04

June 2011

• WILL 3D MOVIES CHANGE HOW WE LOOK AT THE WORLD? 2011-06-30
• CHASING THE LIGHT—JOHN SINGER SARGENT. 2011-06-29
• BALANCING JAPANESE LANTERNS AND THE LIGHT OF THE SETTING SUN. 2011-06-28
• ROMAN ARCHAEOLOGY IN THE SHIRE. 2011-06-27
• BAYESIAN ARCHAEOLOGY. 2011-06-26
• DATING THE WARS BETWEEN 3675 B.C. AND 3475 B.C. 2011-06-25
• AGRICULTURE CAME TO ENGLAND IN 4050 B.C. 2011-06-25
• THE COLORS OF THE NEW YORK SKY. 2011-06-24
• ARCHIVES AND “THE INDUSTRIOUS REVOLUTION.” 2011-06-23
• MORE MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF DATA IN THE ARCHIVES—HOUSEHOLD INVENTORIES. 2011-06-22
• VEECK AS IN WRECK. 2011-06-19
• THE MIDGET WHO BATTED IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES. 2011-06-18
• WHAT HELLO KITTY MEANS TO ME. 2011-06-17
• KENNEDY AND AND REAGAN AND EXPANSION (COMMENT). 2011-06-15
• UNEMPLOYMENT—OUR MOST IMPORTANT ECONOMIC PROBLEM. 2011-06-15
• WHAT WOULD KENNEDY AND REAGAN DO? 2011-06-14 · 3 comments
• THE CONTINUING UNEMPLOYMENT CRISIS. 2011-06-14
• “NO WITNESS—NO CASE.” 2011-06-13
• REMARKABLY SUCCESSFUL DEFENSE LAWYERS. 2011-06-12
• WOULD YOU REVEAL A CRIMINAL’S PAST? 2011-06-11
• AMERICANS ESCAPING THEIR PAST. 2011-06-11 · 2 comments
• CRIME—IS AMERICA LESS OPEN THAN IT WAS 100 YEARS AGO? 2011-06-10
• HOW DO YOU BECOME UPPER CLASS?—CONDESCENSION. 2011-06-09
• BECOMING A ROCKEFELLER. 2011-06-08
• JUMPING FROGS. 2011-06-07
• BUNNY STEEPLECHASES. 2011-06-07
• JOURNALISTS WHO DON’T INVESTIGATE. 2011-06-06
• BETTER BEER. 2011-06-05
• WHAT IMPROVING HEALTH AND NUTRITION DOES FOR THE NEXT GENERATION. 2011-06-04
• LOGICAL PUNCTUATION AND CORRECT AMERICAN PUNCTUATION. 2011-06-03 · 1 comment
• FAVORITE PUNCTUATION MARKS (COMMENT). 2011-06-02
• ONE, TWO, MANY—EVIDENCE FOR THE WHORFIANS. 2011-06-01

May 2011

• A LANGUAGE WITH NO WORDS FOR TIME. 2011-05-31 · 1 comment
• 3D GLASSES IN WORLD WAR II. 2011-05-30
• STEAMPUNKING. 2011-05-29
• WHY NOT LET FIELDERS BLOCK EVERY BASE? 2011-05-28
• REDUCING INJURIES AT HOME PLATE. 2011-05-28 · 1 comment
• NOODLING—CATCHING CATFISH WITH YOUR BARE HANDS. 2011-05-27
• IN PRAISE OF DIGRESSIONS. 2011-05-26 · 1 comment
• HOW WOULD SHAKESPEARE FEEL ABOUT CUTTING HIS PLAYS? 2011-05-25 · 1 comment
• HOW DO I FEEL ABOUT ABRIDGING SHAKESPEARE’S PLAYS? 2011-05-25
• DO CRITICS KNOW BETTER THAN PLAYWRIGHTS? 2011-05-24
• IS WRITING A PLAY LIKE MAKING LASAGNA? 2011-05-23
• SHOULD SHAKESPEARE’S PLAYS BE CUT FOR MODERN AUDIENCES? 2011-05-22
• FINDINGS OF RESEARCH ON ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE. 2011-05-21
• APPLYING THE 1993 ARTICLE TO 2008. 2011-05-20
• THE 1993 ARTICLE BY AKERLOF AND ROMER THAT FORESAW THE FINANCIAL CRISIS. 2011-05-19
• THE “THEORY OF LOOTING.” 2011-05-18
• HAPPINESS—THE LOSADA RATIO. 2011-05-16
• THE ROMANCE OF MIST AND SPACE. 2011-05-15
• ARE OPEN WINDOWS ALWAYS ROMANTIC? 2011-05-15
• THE ROMANCE OF OPEN WINDOWS. 2011-05-14
• THE ROMANCE OF EDGELANDS. 2011-05-13
• “BANKS RUSH TO IMPROVE FORECLOSURE PRACTICES.” 2011-05-12
• “FORECLOSURES TRAPPED BY A LACK OF LAWYERS.” 2011-05-11 · 1 comment
• THE UNCANNY VALLEY. 2011-05-10
• USING PROBABILITIES IN INTELLIGENCE—FINDING BIN LADEN. 2011-05-09
• HU’S ON FIRST. 2011-05-08
• MYWIFENOSEVRYTHING AND THEWIFEDOESNTKNOW. 2011-05-07 · 1 comment
• MORE THOUGHTS ON GRAIN AND HISTORY. 2011-05-06
• DID GRAIN CREATE TRADE AND DEMOCRACY? 2011-05-05
• IS 1700 THE CUTOFF DATE FOR UNDERSTANDING THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE? 2011-05-04
• MY VOTE FOR TRANSLATING SHAKESPEARE (COMMENT). 2011-05-01

April 2011

• SHOULD SHAKESPEARE BE TRANSLATED INTO MODERN ENGLISH? 2011-04-30 · 1 comment
• THE BANANA STORY. 2011-04-29
• MY MOTHER AND THE BLIND DENTIST. 2011-04-28
• SCHEDULING YOUR EFFORTS TO PERSUADE. 2011-04-27
• LEGAL DECISIONS AND THE TIME OF DAY. 2011-04-26
• COMPARING WORKS BY ARTISTS AND BY CHIMPANZEES. 2011-04-25
• PENGUINS AND FLIRTATION. 2011-04-24
• SOME HISTORY OF ROOMS. 2011-04-23
• ROOMS WITH “FLOW.” 2011-04-22
• PHONEMES AND HISTORY. 2011-04-21
• TIMELINES FOR LANGUAGES. 2011-04-20
• IS IT NOW ILLEGAL TO THROW AN OCTOPUS? 2011-04-19
• GUILTY PLEASURES—PHRAGMITES. 2011-04-18
• SCHOPENHAUER’S ADVICE ON HAPPINESS. 2011-04-17
• LOOKING AT ONLY ONE OR TWO PAINTINGS IN A ROOM. 2011-04-16 · 1 comment
• A POSITIVE VOTE FOR REPRODUCTIONS—HENRY FORD. 2011-04-15
• A NEGATIVE VOTE ON THE GOOGLE ART PROJECT. 2011-04-14 · 1 comment
• LOOKING AT ART THROUGH REPRODUCTIONS. 2011-04-13
• A PICKOFF PLAY AT THIRD BASE! 2011-04-10
• A PROPOSAL FOR A BASEBALL RULE CHANGE. 2011-04-09 · 3 comments
• ILLUSTRATIONS OF UNDERPAINTING AND OVERPAINTING. 2011-04-08
• UNDERPAINTING. 2011-04-07
• IS REFUSING TO LOBBY UNPATRIOTIC? 2011-04-06
• THE BEST FINAL FOUR PREDICTION. 2011-04-05
• DEFENSE MAKES FOR “UGLY GAMES.” 2011-04-05
• SOME TECHNIQUES OF VAN DYCK’S PORTRAIT. 2011-04-04
• “VALUE PLANNING.” 2011-04-04
• ANALYZING A VAN DYCK PORTRAIT. 2011-04-03
• LES MIS AND THE CRITICS. 2011-04-02
• SET UP…JOKE. 2011-04-01

March 2011

• “I BOUGHT A PET DUCK.” 2011-03-31
• WHEN I HAD GREEN HAIR. 2011-03-30 · 1 comment
• CAT BONDS AND THE JAPANESE EARTHQUAKE 2011-03-29
• A DEFENSE OF THE “GAUSSIANS.” 2011-03-28
• IS THE JAPANESE EARTHQUAKE A BLACK SWAN? 2011-03-27
• IMPROVING ON THE WISDOM OF CROWDS—FISH. 2011-03-26
• FINDING THE WISDOM OF CROWDS—ONE PERSON AT A TIME. 2011-03-25
• A CHESS BRILLIANCY—BOBBY FISCHER AT 13. 2011-03-24 · 1 comment
• A CHESS BRILLIANCY—MAGNUS CARLSEN AT 13. 2011-03-23
• THE CLOUD APPRECIATION SOCIETY. 2011-03-22
• WHEN CONTRACTIONS WERE DISREPUTABLE—TRUE GRIT. 2011-03-21 · 4 comments
• “AMN’T” AND “AIN’T” (COMMENT). 2011-03-20
• MARCH 19, 1988. 2011-03-19
• EDGELANDS AND POETRY. 2011-03-18
• EDGELANDS AND ARCHITECTURE. 2011-03-17
• ARE AIRPORT CITIES UGLY? 2011-03-16
• ANNALISA’S FIRST VIEW OF PARIS. 2011-03-15 · 1 comment
• ACADEMICS BEHAVING BADLY—THE ASH TRAY ARGUMENT. 2011-03-14
• THE KING JAMES BIBLE AND ENGLISH STYLE. 2011-03-13
• LEARNING HOW TO WRITE COMPLEX SENTENCES. 2011-03-12
• ACHILL—DEREK MAHON. 2011-03-11
• EAVAN BOLAND’S ACHILL ISLAND. 2011-03-10
• ACHILL WOMAN—EAVAN BOLAND. 2011-03-08 · 1 comment
• THE ACCURACY OF MAD MEN. 2011-03-06 · 3 comments
• THE PERSISTENCE OF THE HOME TEAM ADVANTAGE. 2011-03-05
• IN DEFENSE OF THE ACADEMY AWARDS SHOW. 2011-03-03
• MODERNISM—DETACHED AND RESTRAINED AND UPPER-CLASS. 2011-03-02 · 1 comment
• EATING PEAS WITH A KNIFE. 2011-03-01 · 1 comment

February 2011

• SERVANTS WRITING POETRY. 2011-02-28
• PRECISION IN COSMOLOGY. 2011-02-27
• THE BENEFITS AND COSTS OF FIGHTING MALARIA. 2011-02-26 · 3 comments
• MALARIA—780,000 DEATHS A YEAR. 2011-02-25
• WHY IS A LIFE WORTH LESS WHEN IT IS SAVED BY MEDICINE? 2011-02-24
• RAISING THE VALUATION OF LIFE. 2011-02-24
• GOOD BYE, MR. CHIPS. 2011-02-23
• THE CORNER BISTRO. 2011-02-22
• THE SPIKE AND WOMEN’S LACROSSE. 2011-02-21
• OUR 16 1/2% MORTGAGE. 2011-02-20
• THE END OF PRICE CONTROL POLICIES. 2011-02-19
• “PREVARICATE” CAN MEAN “PROCRASTINATE.” 2011-02-18
• MEDIEVAL CITY CHARTERS. 2011-02-17
• NEW CHARTER CITIES? 2011-02-16
• PRICING TRAFFIC JAMS. 2011-02-13 · 1 comment
• FLIGHTS TO HONG KONG. 2011-02-12
• THE ECONOMICS OF “TEMPESTUOUS SEASONS.” 2011-02-09
• THE “CORE”—THE DYNAMIC STOCHASTIC GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM APPROACH. 2011-02-07
• “THE PRETENSE-OF-KNOWLEDGE SYNDROME.” 2011-02-06 · 2 comments
• GO PACKERS! 2011-02-06 · 2 comments
• LIFE COPYING ART—KILL BILL AND THE MAFIA. 2011-02-05
• LIFE COPYING ART—”INFORMATION RICOCHET.” 2011-02-04
• WAGERING WITH MASTERPIECES. 2011-02-03
• CAILLEBOTTE AND RENOIR. 2011-02-03
• MULTIPLE DAVID GELERTNERS. 2011-02-02
• TWINS AND SEPARATE CONSCIOUSNESS. 2011-02-02
• LOTS OF BIG BANGS. 2011-02-01

January 2011

• DEBATING THE SIZE OF THE STIMULUS PROGRAM TWO YEARS LATER. 2011-01-31
• WAS THE STIMULUS TOO SMALL? 2011-01-31 · 4 comments
• ALTHOUGH…. 2011-01-30
• WHY TODAY’S SENTENCES ARE SHORT. 2011-01-29
• A “GAMBOLING” OR “BRAVURA” FIRST SENTENCE. 2011-01-28
• “FACTORY FANATICS.” 2011-01-27
• REFEREE BIAS AND HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE. 2011-01-26
• WHITE SOX IN BASEBALL, PACKERS IN FOOTBALL (COMMENT). 2011-01-26
• “THE FIRST TIME I’VE BEEN WARM.” 2011-01-25 · 2 comments
• “CUBAD” (COMMENT). 2011-01-25 · 1 comment
• MARY JANE’S FULL-LENGTH PLAY ABOUT SHAKESPEARE. 2011-01-24 · 1 comment
• REVISIONIST HISTORY—STATES’ RIGHTS AND THE CIVIL WAR. 2011-01-23 · 1 comment
• REVISIONIST HISTORY—WILLIAM AND MARY. 2011-01-22 · 1 comment
• THE PACKERS AND FAMILY HISTORY. 2011-01-21 · 3 comments
• WHY DO WE LIVE IN NEW ENGLAND? 2011-01-20 · 1 comment
• BITTER CHILL. 2011-01-20
• SAYING IT TWICE. 2011-01-18
• NOT HEARING THE ACCENT. 2011-01-18 · 1 comment
• MIDWESTERN POLITENESS BACK IN THE DAY. 2011-01-16
• THE ACCURACY OF 1776. 2011-01-14
• ESTABLISHING THE FIRST AMERICAN NATIONAL GOVERNMENT. 2011-01-13
• LOCAL TWITTER DIALECTS. 2011-01-12
• THE PITCHMAN WAS RIGHT. 2011-01-11
• MARY JANE’S NEW DREAM. 2011-01-11
• WHAT SHEEP AND SHEEP DOGS CAN DO. 2011-01-09
• HERDING SHEEP. 2011-01-08 · 1 comment
• ANOTHER VIEW OF CORRUPTION—NOT SHARING. 2011-01-03
• PAYING ATTENTION TO THE DETAILS OF LIFE. 2011-01-02
• THE PLEASURES OF BOREDOM. 2011-01-01

December 2010

• THE ICE BOWL. 2010-12-31
• “CAN TOLSTOY SAVE YOUR MARRIAGE?” 2010-12-30
• DIFFERENT WAYS OF MEASURING PRICES. 2010-12-29
• THE NBA AND PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING. 2010-12-28
• RUNNING INTO A TREE. 2010-12-28
• KIDS, DON’T TRY THIS AT HOME. 2010-12-27
• TOO MUCH OSCAR WILDE? 2010-12-26
• JULE KAGE. 2010-12-25
• A CHRISTMAS RIDDLE. 2010-12-24
• CHIASMUS AND TRAVEL. 2010-12-23 · 1 comment
• MARK TWAIN, ASYNDETON, AND POLYSYNDETON. 2010-12-22
• NEGOTIATING ON VOTING. 2010-12-21
• MY POLITICAL HERITAGE. 2010-12-20
• GROWING UP WITH THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE. 2010-12-19
• “PITCHMAN APPROVED.” 2010-12-16
• UNUSUAL BALLPARKS—“THE SMEAD JOLLEY STORY.” 2010-12-15
• REASONABLE MEN CAN DIFFER (COMMENT). 2010-12-14 · 2 comments
• ANOTHER COUPLE OF EXPLANATIONS OF THE OFF-YEAR ELECTION CYCLE. 2010-12-13
• AN ALTERNATIVE EXPLANATION OF WHY THERE IS SO LITTLE COLLEGIALITY IN CONGRESS.. 2010-12-13
• THE FEILER FASTER THESIS. 2010-12-12 · 1 comment
• A SPEECH WRITER LOOKS AT THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS. 2010-12-11 · 4 comments
• NEW ARCHIVAL FIND ON AN ELIZABETHAN MYSTERY. 2010-12-10 · 2 comments
• A LARGE TREE IN THE OUTFIELD. 2010-12-09
• MORE WEIGHTINESS FOR A CONNECTICUT YANKEE. 2010-12-08

November 2010

• RED AND BLUE COUNTIES NATIONALLY—WHY? 2010-11-30 · 1 comment
• RED AND BLUE AREAS WITHIN A STATE. 2010-11-30
• WAS THE STIMULUS INSUFFICIENT? 2010-11-29
• ODD PLAYING FIELDS SHAPING ATHLETES. 2010-11-28
• PLAYING AROUND OBSTACLES. 2010-11-28
• BRONKO NAGURSKI AND THE WALL. 2010-11-27
• “SUCKERS WALK.” 2010-11-26
• GIVING THANKS THAT WE ARE HERE. 2010-11-25
• EVIDENCE FROM BEFORE THE BIG BANG. 2010-11-25
• GIVING THANKS 150 YEARS LATER. 2010-11-24
• NEWS FROM 150 YEARS AGO—DISUNION. 2010-11-23
• NEWS FROM 150 YEARS AGO—THE LONG RECALL. 2010-11-23
• RELIVING THE CIVIL WAR DAY BY DAY—THE LONG RECALL. 2010-11-22
• BEING MISTAKEN FOR LUIS TIANT. 2010-11-21
• FOUR YEARS. 2010-11-20 · 1 comment
• HOMER SIMPSON AND ME (COMMENT). 2010-11-20
• THE CAPACITY FOR BOREDOM. 2010-11-19
• SELLING CANDY TO SMALL STORES. 2010-11-18
• THE VICKS VAPORUB TRAINING PROGRAM. 2010-11-18
• GOOD ENTRY JOBS. 2010-11-18
• “ROBO-LENDING.” 2010-11-17
• AVOIDING RECORDING FEES. 2010-11-17
• WHY IS COMMERCIAL ART NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE ART MARKET? 2010-11-14
• HOW THE SIMPSONS CHANGED NARRATIVE. 2010-11-13
• THE SIMPSONS RECOGNIZE BILL JAMES. 2010-11-12 · 2 comments
• WHY I CAN ENJOY A PLAY MORE THAN SOME GOOD DIRECTORS CAN. 2010-11-08
• “AH, SOLDIER!” IN PERFORMANCE. 2010-11-07
• ECONOMIC REGULATION AND HELMET HITS. 2010-11-06
• CONFIDENCE PERSUADES—AND SO DOES OVERCONFIDENCE. 2010-11-05
• EXPERTS PREDICTING WHERE THERE ARE A THOUSAND VARIABLES. 2010-11-04
• OVERCONFIDENCE AMONG THE EXPERTS. 2010-11-03
• THE DUNNING-KRUGER EFFECT. 2010-11-02 · 1 comment
• A SUGGESTION FOR THE NEW CONGRESS. 2010-11-01
• WHY ONLY 72 HOURS? 2010-11-01