Bet On It

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Wikipedia's article on "Acquired Homosexuality" begins: Acquired homosexuality is the discredited idea that homosexuality can be spread, either through…
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Being labelled a “racist” is scary. If you scour the Internet, you will find a few confessed racists. For the most part, though, “racism” is a doctrine…
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As you probably know, I’m a professor at the George Mason University Department of Economics. One of the most unusual features of our department is that…
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My Substack experience has been so good that I’m now in a proselytizing frame of mind. I’ve been especially leaning on Robin Hanson to move Overcoming…
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“Nazis run Ukraine.” “Biden stole the election.” “You can cure Covid by injecting bleach.” “Lizardmen run the world.” These statements aren’t merely…
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My second book of essays, How Evil Are Politicians? Essays on Demagoguery, goes on sale today! Dedicated to my dear friend, the great Don Boudreaux of…
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Cult classic The Room is quotable throughout, but over the last two years, I’ve kept coming back to, “People are very strange these days.” This is true…
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Government has been giving me guidelines for decades. “Just say no.” “If you see something, say something.” “Put your tray table up and your seat in the…
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When I was tooling up for Bet On It, I opted for Wordpress over Substack in order to have greater design flexibility. After a month on Wordpress, I am…
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Men notoriously have higher suicide rates than women. At least on the surface, this is a puzzle for feminism. If we really live in a patriarchy, if men…
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From my end, moving Bet On It to Substack has gone even better than expected. I’ve got over four times the traffic in just a few weeks. It is all as…
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The most famous Sherlock Holmes story is probably “Silver Blaze,” better-known as “the story of the dog who did not bark”: “Is there any point to which…
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