The faculty lounge moves west, as Professors Richard Epstein and John Yoo both check in from sunny California (while resident cat-herder Troy Senik stays behind in frigid New York). On this installment: Did the Supreme Court’s parsing of the vaccine mandate pass muster? Have we figured out Justices Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett yet? Can Donald Trump be held civilly liable for the January 6 riots? Did the Supreme Court sell the former president’s claims of executive privilege short? Is reforming the Electoral Count Act the most essential element of election reform? Is higher education a cartel (there’s a split in the faculty lounge)? And why did a Georgia sheriff trying to keep trick-or-treaters safe fall afoul of the First Amendment?
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I lived in Baltimore from Fall 2019 until Summer 2020. I have walked past “the vacants”. I am delighted to read this Wall Street Journal piece about the new real estate opportunities now playing out as real estate investors buy these properties at really low prices ($45k) and prepare to fix them up and sell them.
August 17, 2026
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Dora and I buy insurance for our car, home, lifespan, health, disability and travel. For profit firms are willing to bet that we won’t crash our car, drop dead, experience a wildfire, become disabled, or have some catastrophe on a trip abroad.
August 16, 2026
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What if the Industrial Revolution began not with steam, but with property rights?
August 17, 2026 • 72 Min Watch
