The Adventures of Shylock Holmes

Let's take a moment to celebrate the uncommon genius of   Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov . What did Professor Ivanov do, you well may ask? He...

-First and foremost, read the damn decision . Otherwise you'll be one of those absolutely insufferable people who view every court decis...

The problem with getting distracted and waiting several days to write about a story is that by the time you get around to it, the narrative ...

The great Robert Fogel, sadly recently departed , noted in his discussion about slavery that the system was, for the most part, very effici...

And some fact to round it out:

Bumper stickers that announce 'My Child is an Honor Student at [XYZ] Elementary School'. To me, this just seems to be the height o...

1. Pride or Pride ? 2. Superman  or  Superman , as well as (to loosen the definitions a bit)  Superman or Superman ? 3. Somebody that ...

‘The Best-run businesses run SAP’ Let’s heroically assume that this statement is true. It’s a long way from this statement to the ...

The statue of Holger Danske sits in Kronborg castle in Helsingør, Denmark. According to the legend, as told by the guide at Helsingør,...

Not if you are their client. Not if they're underwriting an IPO you're purchasing. And certainly  not if they're just trading on...

A breakup song that I would wager was not inspired by an actual breakup: ‘Go on now, go! Walk out the door! Just turn around now, you’re ...

-Apparently someone took the Simpsons marketing scheme as a literal suggestion . -So various IRS employees were apparently hassling cons...

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

By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Saint Augustine! well hast thou said, That of our vices we can frame A ladder, if we will but tread Ben...

Conceivably, not having him. Think about it. At the moment, North Korea is constantly making belligerent threats and acting like it's ...

Ha! (via SMBC )

I was going to write a post discussing my hunches about who it was that pulled off the Boston bombing. I was, but then Gary Brecher beat me...

Anything on the heels of the last post is bound to be flippant. So it goes. So why not go the full flippant? I finally came across a youtu...

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 great Desmond Dekker: Music this good was being played in 1968? Unheard of! (via Steve Sailer )

Apparently they're making a movie called '42' . Knowing only this much about the movie, it's a useful way to segment peopl...

If you, like me, were a nerdy type-A personality at school, you probably loathed getting put into groups for assignments. Inevitably, you...

F*** critics, you can kiss my whole @**hole  -Jay-Z,  '99 Problems' One of the most patently absurd lyrical devices that musicia...

The US Supreme Court is currently considering arguments for and against gay marriage. In the prognosticating about what was going to happen...

(...continued from Part 1 ) The aftermath of the financial crisis saw the election of Obama, and the resulting stimulus bill was basically...