Dynamic pricing is receiving a lot of attention, given the media storm surrounding the recent sale of Taylor Swift’s concert tickets. Problems with pre-sale pricing and ticket availability for Swift’s […]
Tag: Media
The Backwards Insinuation That Amazon Hires ‘Dangerous Truck Drivers’
Back in the early 2000s, a reporter followed Amazon founder Jeff Bezos around with an eye on better understanding the indefatigable entrepreneur. In following Bezos, the reporter found himself with […]
A Constitutionalist Shift
Over the past century and a half, the federal government has quietly morphed from a government based on a constitution to a government based on a constitutional tradition. As it […]
Lessons From Biden’s Disinformation Board Debacle
President Biden’s campaign to banish (or maybe outlaw) political paranoia took a wallop last spring. In April, the Department of Homeland Security proudly announced that it had created a new […]
The Suicide of the American Historical Association
A bizarre string of events is unfolding at the American Historical Association (AHA). Last week, AHA president James H. Sweet published a column in the organization’s magazine on the problem […]
Bug Off and Let People Enjoy Their Food
As the Decade of Forgetting lurches on, our self-appointed elites now no longer seem to know about food. For example, a July 20, 2022 headline from the BBC asked “Could […]
Fit to Print? UNC’s Settlement with Nikole Hannah-Jones is Bad News
A reporter who hasn’t dreamt of one day writing for the New York Times is a rare bird. “I’ll start with my local newspaper,” they tell themselves. “Then I’ll move on to […]
The Nostalgic Genius of Stranger Things
We live in an age of zealous reformers, which means that it is often necessary to fight tooth and nail for the normal things. Every cup of coffee makes a […]
A Cooler Assessment of Heatwave Deaths
“Lawn watering banned: mercury 101.3” read one Toronto newspaper. “Heat kills 100 Twin Citians” titled a St-Paul newspaper. These titles are not from the current heavily discussed heatwave. They are […]
This Old House Testifies to the Marvels of the Market Economy
There are few television programs that reveal the marvels of modern innovative markets as well as the long-running PBS show, This Old House. Revealing the wonders of markets, of course, […]