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Who says lawyers don't have a sense of humor?

Sep 21, 2022 •

Ari Trachtenberg

Adversarial opposition

When there is only one part to an argument, both sides suffer.

May 17, 2022 •

Ari Trachtenberg

But what if she's wrong?

A great piece from Ilana Redstone in Tablet on “The Certainty Trap” - assuming an inappropriate certainty in one’s convictions, and the correspo…

May 10, 2022 •

Ari Trachtenberg

The caged beard sings ...

Just joined Twitter after hearing about Musk’s purchase. For what it’s worth, just a couple days ago one of my colleagues (who is an expert in C…

Apr 25, 2022 •

Ari Trachtenberg

The political reality-distortion field

The mayor of the city in which I live recently sent a cheerful note to the city’s residents, reading, in part: In closing, Newtonians can be pro…

Apr 21, 2022 •

Ari Trachtenberg

Elitist Authoritarianism

Another great piece by Alex Gutentag in Tablet Magazine, “The New Authoritarians”: “One of Lasch’s central arguments [in his 1994 book Revolt of…

Apr 4, 2022 •

Ari Trachtenberg

And now for a vaccine ad ...

One of my colleagues decided to put together a short video thanking Pfizer for the COVID vaccine protection.

Apr 1, 2022 •

Ari Trachtenberg

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