Magnitude Matters

Over lunch this past week an interesting hypothetical was posed.  Suppose you were offered one of the following, which would you choose:  On...

It is income tax time again. Instead of the usual rant, I have a creative alternative for you to ponder: Only taxing unprofitable businesses...

Opposite is a loaded term. The meaning of it grows more ambiguous as the dimensions of the object to which it refers grow.  A no-dimensional...

For over 100 years we have created divisions and categories for athletic competition. The original segregation for purposes of ability match...

I just stumbled upon something I wrote about 15 years ago--at least that was when it was saved last. I thought I would share it here. Many o...

I'm considering going a year where my only form of charity will be excess tipping--an amount well over and above what I would otherwise ...

[tl;dr - It is Ohio State, Alabama, and Oklahoma in the top 3 just about any way you cut it] As the spring semester starts so too does the o...

Society rewards cynical beliefs and optimistic reactions while at the same time it punishes optimistic beliefs and cynical reactions.  Consi...

What is more important: what you think or how you think?  To what degree is it fair to hold people accountable for what they think. Cognitiv...