I have some news: I gave up my position on the faculty of the UConn School of Law at the end of the Fall 2021 semester. It’s a bit unusual to walk away from a job as a tenured law professor—which is a fantastic gig, by the way—at the age…

Early in November, the New York Times published an article about cutbacks in humanities and social sciences departments at major universities in favor of computer science and career-oriented (what we used to call “vocational”) programs such as business and nursing. The article focused on West Virginia University, Miami University, and…

When Steve and I talk about our recent book, The Fear of Too Much Justice, we often get some version of the question: What can I do? What can ordinary people do? The scale and the perversity of the injustices we document cry out for action, and it’s clear that…

To reiterate my point from a few days ago: The people who cover baseball have no idea what a contract means. After trading Max Scherzer to the Rangers for a minor-league prospect, the Mets doubled down by trading Justin Verlander to the Astros for two prospects. Here’s what Tyler Kepner…

Recently I wrote a story about how soccer club owners don’t understand the value of the money they spend on transfer fees. It turns out baseball — or at least the people who cover baseball — is even worse. Exhibit A: The New York Mets’ trade of pitcher Max Scherzer…

It’s that time of summer when the soccer news is really news about player transfers. Lionel Messi to Inter Miami! Jude Bellingham to Real Madrid! Half of Chelsea to various teams owned by the Saudi government (which, by pure coincidence, is also an investor in Chelsea)! You know, that sort…

Reading Remembrance of Things Past has been a life ambition for me. It was never particularly high on the list, nor is it a particularly valuable way for one to spend several dozen hours of one’s life. But for someone going to an elite college in the United States in…

We could theoretically outsource our national defense to the private sector. Companies could offer to defend the border in exchange for payments from the people they are protecting. Or they could offer to invade another country if they can find enough customers who don’t like that country to pay for…

Technology billionaires and enthusiasts are breathless about AI. AI will herald the Singularity. AI poses a “risk of extinction” to the human species. This is silly. I’m not saying that AI will turn out the same as the steam-powered loom that had the Luddites up in arms in the early…