The Adventures of Shylock Holmes

From the New York Times In the last few years, unable to hold a list of just four grocery items in my head, I’d begun to fret a bit over ...

So much has been said speculating about the missing Malaysia Airlines flight that may or may not have crashed, or been hijacked, or been del...

Here’s an idea for some enterprising engineer (most likely at Google or somewhere else with access to good traffic data) that I’m almost ce...

One of the most oft-repeated nonsense claims by a certain type of low-wattage intellectual lefty is that one 'shouldn't generalise&#...

Some thoughts on the occasion of receiving an email from a friend. He went down to the Boston marathon to watch his friend finish, and was p...

The most useful source of information on US political events, Intrade , is shutting down : With sincere regret we must inform you that due...

On televised poker shows, they often display the probability that each player is likely to win the hand. This leads to games being essential...

People focus on the salient risks. OMG, someone might steal my passport! Fair enough - they might. But truthfully, how high is the risk of...