that the code of laws in existence at this time was a limited and simple code–no such elaborate ritual as that which we now find in the Pentateuch; and that those particular requirements with respect to which the earlier Judges and Samuel and David appear to behave themselves so disorderly...
The interventions of two sitting judgesand dozens of law professors who wrote letters and testified before the Delaware legislature were not enough to prevent the changes to corporate governance laws passing easily. They became effective on August 1. “The vote was just another reminder that most D...
Robin Sloan wrote. “But ‘sensible’ is another word for predictable, overused and boring. My intention here is to produce something unexpected.” I’m unconvinced that writers awarded the Nobel Prize have much to fear from AI. Their work, and that of countless other novelists, short story ...
PolicySpecial Report: Insurance 2024 Winners & Losers of the Year By City & State April 8, 2024 Publisher's Section New York State Elected officials play a leading role in writing the laws that govern the lives of New Yorkers, but it’s not done in a vacuum. Behind the ...
This time, the students who wrote notes by hand performed significantly better on the exam. These two experiments suggest that handwritten notes are not only better for immediate learning and understanding, but that they also lead to superior revision in the future. 【1】More and more students ...
Thomas Sowell wrote in “Degeneration of Democracy,” June, 2010: "A democracy needs informed citizens if it is to thrive, or ultimately even survive." Will and Ariel Durant wrote inThe Lessons of History(Simon & Schuster, 1968):...
a political economist and social philosopher like Smith, was greatly inspired by "The Wealth of Nations" and built greatly upon Smith's works. However, while Smith wrote thatcapitalismwas an ideal state for economic growth, Marx believed that capitalism led to greed and inequality among citizens,...
“But not only said them out loud. He wrote a book about it. What is it called? Project 2025.” And it was Colorado Gov. Jared Polis' turn to lug out a giant copy of the Project 2025 book Wednesday, bashing it for infringing on “our most intimate freedom to decide when and...
Friedman’s advocacy of monetarism was so effective that he turned the tide of economic thought away from Keynesian fiscal policy toward monetary policy focused on control of the money supply to control inflation. Over the course of his academic career, Friedman wrote influential articles on the mo...
A northern Virginia man targeted by an FBI sting operation has been convicted on terrorism charges for collecting funds on behalf of the Islamic State group Associated PressDec. 16, 2024 Missouri's Death Row Had Nearly 100 Inmates in the 1990s. Now, It Has Eight ...