Norman's blog

I’ve never been big on John F Kennedy assassination conspiracy theories.

When I first heard that statistics had a long-running dispute between “Bayesians” and “frequentists”, I was confused: this is math; how can there be long-running disputes?

I once read a description of the Code Duello, the formal set of rules that existed to govern duelling, which stated that it was a finely crafted, well-thought-out code which, in its entirety, should not exist.

The prostate gland causes entirely too many problems.

Academic freedom has always seemed a weird concept to me.

The Wire is one of the great shows of our time: exciting yet sticking close to reality.

The cause of the recent inflation seems clear, but a lot of people are getting it wrong.

A recent post by Eugene Volokh describes a legal case which hinges on a rule of libel law that most people are likely unaware of: “It has long been the law of Pennsylvania that statements made by judges, attorneys, witnesses and parties in the course of or

Reparations for slavery were paid a long time ago.

“It’s made of plastic” is a common put-down.