Saturday, December 13, 2025

The former governor of Indiana is pleasantly surprised by Harvard

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 Eric Holcomb taught a seminar at Harvard after stepping down as governor of Indiana.  He reports that he expected to find a woke hell, but ...
Friday, December 12, 2025

Kate Ho (1972-2025)

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 Kate Ho has passed away, tragically early.  I met her when she was a grad student at Harvard, who worked with Ariel Pakes. Here's the ...
Thursday, December 11, 2025

Kidney exchange updates

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 Here are three kidney papers and proposals that I've noted recently,  which will have implications for the growing interest in internat...
Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Abortions in the U.S. since state bans have been enacted

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 It's hard to effectively ban something that is legal in neighboring jurisdictions. The NYT has the story: A Small Illinois City at the ...
Tuesday, December 9, 2025

Why I Chose to Get E. Coli. — by Josh Morrison

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 Josh Morrison is a glutton for (effective) altruism: he's a nondirected kidney donor (who founded the advocacy organization WaitlistZer...
Monday, December 8, 2025

Disagreement in Science: Missing Women by David Klinowski

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 Here's an study of women in science that explores a novel angle. David Klinowski; Voicing Disagreement in Science: Missing Women . The...
Sunday, December 7, 2025

Tom Stoppard (1937 –2025)

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 Tom Stoppard, the great English playwright, passed away last week. I saw many of his plays, including his last one, about his apparently la...