Husband, father, Yale law professor, novelist, reader, skeptic, contrarian, apolitical, sports fan, chess player, Christian.
Joined October 2011
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8 Oct 2018
My new book, on sale Tuesday, is the story of NY's first black female prosecutor, who put Lucky Luciano behind bars us.macmillan.com/books/97812…
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"Republicans thought 38 percent of Democrats were gay, lesbian or bisexual, while the actual number was about 6 percent. Democrats estimated that 44 percent of Republicans make more than $250,000 a year. The actual share was 2 percent." fivethirtyeight.com/features…
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8 Jun 2018
Via Post photog John McDonnell, the caps > the moon landing
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19 May 2018
Never forget this golden rule: “Do to others what you would have them do to you” (Mt 7,12)
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18 May 2018
I continue to believe the press should stop using the names and photos of mass casualty shooters to avoid the “shoot up your school, gain infamy” incentive that seems to be a factor in some of these incidents.
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17 Apr 2018
“The first honest-to-goodness full color computer you can buy for $299.95 – William Shatner” - 1981 Commodore VIC-20 ad advertisingpics.tumblr.com/p…
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15 Apr 2018
This is a static image, but (especially when scrolling up and down) you will perceive Illusory motion in it bit.ly/2xa8NHj
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14 Apr 2018
This is why Trump won. x.com/NewYorker/status/98484…
13 Apr 2018
Chick-fil-A’s arrival in New York City feels like an infiltration, in no small part because of its pervasive Christian traditionalism. nyer.cm/yrvv2R0
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11 Apr 2018
A man browsing for books in Cincinnati’s cavernous old main library. The library was demolished in 1955 . wilwheaton.tumblr.com/post/1…
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9 Apr 2018
General Lee surrendered to General Grant, Appomattox, today 1865: #Guillaume
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7 Apr 2018
Marie Curie was exposed to such high doses of radiation that 100 years later her research notebooks need to be kept sealed in a lead-lined box.
She is considered the mother of modern physics and is the only person to win a Nobel Prize in 2 different sciences: Physics, Chemistry
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7 Apr 2018
Space is like politics these days. So much happening that you can't keep up. The difference - space news elevates the spirit. davidbrin.blogspot.com/2018/…
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2 Apr 2018
With #Solo on the horizon, a few key reminders.
Note the doubled letters in Wookiee and Millennium Falcon.
Remember he's Han Solo, never Hans.
Chewbacca's nickname is spelled Chewie, not Chewy.
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3 Apr 2018
Martin Luther King, 50 years ago tonight, Memphis--“I’ve been to the mountaintop….Like anybody, I would like to live a long life….But I'm not concerned about that now….I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the promised land”
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31 Mar 2018
LBJ 50 years ago tonight: “I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President”: #LBJLibrary
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1 Apr 2018
Your regular reminder that you live your own blooper reel and see everyone else's highlight reel.
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30 Mar 2018
A few people showed up to the Sister Jean presser this morning... #OnwardLU
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28 Mar 2018
Can't wait... but don't want it to end. x.com/joel_fields/status/979…
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27 Mar 2018
Been great fun following the candidates as a chess fan. Congrats to Caruana on a fully deserved victory, and good luck in November!
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