The Joy Of Science

I want you to read an extraordinary letter about science. I teared up when I read it a couple of days ago, although, granted, that’s not a high bar – as I get older, I get teary watching The Great British Baking Show, and truly emotional moments (the end of Pixar...
Bruceb News Continues On Hiatus Until The End Of 2020

Bruceb News Continues On Hiatus Until The End Of 2020

I can’t wait until 2020 finally ends! You look puzzled – oh, I understand! A lot of people weren’t expecting the epilogue to 2020, which will continue for another week or so. Think of it as a hangover following a particularly unpleasant night of anger-drinking and...
The 2020 Bruceb News Year In Review

The 2020 Bruceb News Year In Review

We made it to the end of 2020! Almost done with Season 4 of the miniseries from hell, “The Decline And Fall Of The American Trumpire.” The next 29 days will move at a pace that makes glaciers look speedy, just like the last nine months. The best we can hope is that...

Robert Bork & Hipster Antitrust

In the last article I said that the Facebook lawsuits “will be difficult to win under the standards used in antitrust cases for the last few decades.” Rather precise phrasing, eh? It’s a literary trick called foreshadowing. I hope you felt the dramatic tension rise...
The Facebook Antitrust Lawsuits

The Facebook Antitrust Lawsuits

We have to talk about antitrust. That’s a cliché, of course – every blogger that wants attention knows that “antitrust” is guaranteed clickbait, a real audience-grabber. There might be other things on your mind, what with a pandemic still spiking and the holidays...