We all have something to learn from University of Chicago—the meaning of fun. Fun is maximizing one’s talents to build, create, design, engineer, laugh, entertain, achieve some goal, no matter how categorically absurd that goal may be. Hence, Scav: a…
Gary Becker, a Nobel laureate, expert in applied economics, and professor of economics and sociology at the University of Chicago, died this past weekend. His last post on the Becker-Posner blog is titled, “The Embargo of Cuba: Time to Go”…
Many of the negative effects of Obamacare fall on the shoulders of part-time workers in the service industry. In 2013, Trader Joe’s announced it would be discontinuing coverage for part-time workers. Wegmans did the same. Now it seems that Obamacare…
“We all live in its shadow and almost none of us know it,” declared Tywin Lannister. He was speaking about the Iron Bank of Braavos, the largest independent bank in George R.R. Martin’s fictional world, and maybe the most powerful…
The latest episode began with the death of slave masters and ended with the death of a baby. If Game of Thrones had a slogan aside from “Winter is coming,” it would be “Valar Morghulis: All men must die,” with…
Recap: Royal funeral, Sansa’s getaway, incestuous sex scene, Lannister-Dorne geopolitical conspiracy, Oberyn bisexual orgy, the Hound’s reckless robbery, Gilly-Sam sexual tension, blood magic, senseless slaughter and an impending wilding threat, Jorah Mormont friend-zoning, and one-on-one combat for the city of…
It was a dragonless night on the Game of Thrones political battlefield, but it certainly did not want for violence. Instead, viewers were greeted with one of Ramsey Snow’s torture scenes, Melisandre’s human sacrifice of infidels in the name of…
Outer space is cool. Add “in space” after something and it becomes ten times more interesting. Brussel sprouts…in space! NASA’s Asteroid Retrieval and Utilization mission not only includes efforts to robotically capture and manipulate an asteroid into the moon’s orbit,…
The Game of Thrones season four premiere enticed 6.6 million viewers, up 52 percent in viewership since the season three debut. Meanwhile, HBOGo.com was publicly humiliated after a crash effectively decapitated the online service. Too soon with the decapitation jokes? …
Tax season is here, and the government has a license to hunt. Nearly two-thirds of Americans are caught like wide-eyed deer in the light of their computer screens. The percentage of people who filed their taxes online using services such…