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Gender and Fender Benders

…the road. It’s our responsibility. –Dan A quick glance at the names on these comments indicates an unsurprising fact: women tend to think they are better (22 of 32 who…



Quotes Uncovered: The Full Monty

…references to MONTY n. and MONTE n.1, are still more speculative. Earlier currency is app. implied by the following names of fish and chip shops: 1982 Yellow Pages: Manchester North…



When Is a Naming Law More Than a Naming Law?

A number of countries have passed naming laws, forbidding citizens from giving their kids certain types of names, but North Korea’s new naming law is more meaningful. The government has…



Tattoonomics, Part I

…certainly hold with respect to tattooing the names of any of my ex-girlfriends on my chest. So what makes tattoos so popular? One possibility is that people just enjoy them…



What Car Thieves Think of the Club

…businessperson, do you regularly engage those who wish to do you harm? If you are an intellectual, do you regularly sit down with those who wish to call you names?…



Quotes Uncovered: On Cigars

…1976 book about ‘You Bet Your Life.’ Bernie had an astonishing memory, as well as a chart with all the contestants’ names, how much they won and what the secret…




Doping in the Tour de France

…just with a different set of players, and then Landis switched the names. Further convincing me that there is likely to be truth to what Landis says are personal conversations…



.XXX Websites

…will managers of porn sites want to use these domain names? If they believe the ensnarement argument, it would be a bad strategy for them to adopt the .xxx suffix….




"Unbranding" in the Arizona GOP

…to easily win primaries and get their names on the ballot for November. Complaints about spurious candidates have cropped up often before, though never involving an entire roster of candidates…



A Freakonomics Contest: The Friendly Skies

…and goggles, leaving customers plenty frustrated. In a bid to allow you some much-needed release, as well as blacken the airlines’ names so that they’ll seize the most loathed industry…



Iatrogenic Legal Assistance?

…by telephone and provided her with names and telephone numbers of other legal services provides in the area who might take her case.”) The claimants who were offered representation were…





Why Trademark Tarnishment Laws Are Dubious

…to use an image. At first blush, that might seem odd. We usually think of trademarks as symbols or words or names that identify products as coming from a particular…







Wanna Buy a Tony Award?

…the category is dominated by well-known vehicles, generally starring famous names (for example, Jude Law in Hamlet, and Al Pacino in The Merchant of Venice). Again, I want to emphasize…





Security Overkill, Diaper-Changing Edition

…the start of each school year, it comes via a password-protected Excel spreadsheet. Keep in mind this list doesn’t contain Social Security numbers or bank information — just names, addresses,…