Professor Eric Rasmusen (Indiana)
@ericrasmusen.bsky.social
Christian, economist, author of Games and Info, Ramseyer co-author, law-and-econ, game theory, conservative, mushroomer, Yale, MIT, Indiana. I like Oxford, GMU, amicus briefs, 7th-grade math, MIT Free Speech Alliance, Substack. Blocked by 294 here.
Tucker Carlson talks redistricting, abortion and Ukraine during Turning Point event at IU www.idsnews.com/article/2025...
Tucker Carlson talks redistricting, abortion and Ukraine during Turning Point event at IU
Carlson was joined by Gov. Mike Braun and TPUSA at IU President James Chambers.
www.idsnews.com
October 23, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Tucker Carlson talks redistricting, abortion and Ukraine during Turning Point event at IU www.idsnews.com/article/2025...
“we shall not cease from exploration / And the end of all our exploring / Will be to arrive where we started / www.thefp.com/p/things-wor...
Things Worth Remembering: The Truth Eludes Even Old Men
Every time I read T.S. Eliot's ‘Four Quartets,’ I think my previous interpretations were wrong. But that makes the poem more meaningful, writes Tara Isabella Burton.
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October 19, 2025 at 12:15 PM
“we shall not cease from exploration / And the end of all our exploring / Will be to arrive where we started / www.thefp.com/p/things-wor...
My latest substack: See ericrasmusen.substack.com/p/the-2025-c...
The 2025 Censorship of the Indiana Daily Student
Indiana University just fired the director of the student newspaper, and abruptly eliminated its occasional print edition just two days before the next one was due to appear.
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October 17, 2025 at 7:50 PM
My latest substack: See ericrasmusen.substack.com/p/the-2025-c...
But why would anyone want to force taxpayers to make a poor kid and (usually) two adoptive parents worse-off for the benefit of one single mother unwilling to endure the hardship of simultaneously working and caring for her child?* www.betonit.ai/p/infant-ado...
Infant Adoption is Now Tragically Rare
And what to do about it.
www.betonit.ai
October 15, 2025 at 3:51 PM
But why would anyone want to force taxpayers to make a poor kid and (usually) two adoptive parents worse-off for the benefit of one single mother unwilling to endure the hardship of simultaneously working and caring for her child?* www.betonit.ai/p/infant-ado...
The Real Meaning of the Baseball-Boys-on-Boxes Cartoon: Inefficiency Is Bad ericrasmusen.substack.com/p/the-real-m...
The Real Meaning of the Baseball-Boys-on-Boxes Cartoon: Inefficiency Is Bad
This classic cartoon is wonderful in depiction and discussable in message.
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October 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The Real Meaning of the Baseball-Boys-on-Boxes Cartoon: Inefficiency Is Bad ericrasmusen.substack.com/p/the-real-m...
The Real Meaning of the Baseball-Boys-on-Boxes Cartoon: Inefficiency Is Bad ericrasmusen.substack.com/p/the-real-m...
October 6, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The Real Meaning of the Baseball-Boys-on-Boxes Cartoon: Inefficiency Is Bad ericrasmusen.substack.com/p/the-real-m...
Today's Substack: Capitalism and socialism in the cartoon of three boys standing on crates watching a baseball game: ericrasmusen.substack.com/p/the-real-m...
The Real Meaning of the Baseball-Boys-on-Boxes Cartoon: Inefficiency Is Bad
This classic cartoon is wonderful in depiction and discussable in message.
ericrasmusen.substack.com
October 6, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Today's Substack: Capitalism and socialism in the cartoon of three boys standing on crates watching a baseball game: ericrasmusen.substack.com/p/the-real-m...
Why Architecture Matters www.theculturist.io/p/why-archit...
October 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Why Architecture Matters www.theculturist.io/p/why-archit...
"The 2025 Suit against Professor DeGraff and MIT for Anti-Semitism" Substack. Interesting as an situation where once I investigated the lawsuit, I switched sides. ericrasmusen.substack.com/p/the-2025-s...
The 2025 Suit against Professor DeGraff and MIT for Anti-Semitism
A story has been circulating about a Jewish PhD student in computer science at MIT who was the target of such an intense internet harassment campaign by a pro-Palestinian professor that he dropped out...
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August 3, 2025 at 11:57 PM
"The 2025 Suit against Professor DeGraff and MIT for Anti-Semitism" Substack. Interesting as an situation where once I investigated the lawsuit, I switched sides. ericrasmusen.substack.com/p/the-2025-s...
In American slang, a Mickey Finn is a drink laced with an incapacitating agent, particularly chloral hydrate, given to someone without their consent with the intent to incapacitate them or "knock them out"; hence the colloquial name knockout drops.
A new cocktail: @anthonyrickey.bsky.social recently introduced me to the Mickey Finn. It’s really good! Bracing, but really good.
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This Forgotten Gin Classic Is “Silky as Hell”
A forgotten gin cocktail, the Mickey Finn is an underrated classic drink that Atlanta restaurant Whoopsie’s has transformed into a Martini.
punchdrink.com
August 3, 2025 at 2:07 AM
In American slang, a Mickey Finn is a drink laced with an incapacitating agent, particularly chloral hydrate, given to someone without their consent with the intent to incapacitate them or "knock them out"; hence the colloquial name knockout drops.
My latest Substack: NetChoice v. Paxton, the 2024 Supreme Court case re Texas law requiring viewpoint neutrality for X, Facebook. The case is continuing. My focus is on the algorithm disclosure requirement. I'm going to make it into an amicus brief.
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NetChoice v. Paxton Redux: Algorithm Disclosure
Introduction
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August 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
My latest Substack: NetChoice v. Paxton, the 2024 Supreme Court case re Texas law requiring viewpoint neutrality for X, Facebook. The case is continuing. My focus is on the algorithm disclosure requirement. I'm going to make it into an amicus brief.
ericrasmusen.substack.com/p/netchoice-...
ericrasmusen.substack.com/p/netchoice-...
Can,
"Ich bin der Geist der stets verneint,"
be translated as
"I am the spirit who always says no."
?
"Ich bin der Geist der stets verneint,"
be translated as
"I am the spirit who always says no."
?
July 31, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Can,
"Ich bin der Geist der stets verneint,"
be translated as
"I am the spirit who always says no."
?
"Ich bin der Geist der stets verneint,"
be translated as
"I am the spirit who always says no."
?
The way to help local radio news is to have the FCC shut public radio stations down if they buy national news programming such as NPR, so they will switch to hiring reporters to cover local news more.
July 19, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The way to help local radio news is to have the FCC shut public radio stations down if they buy national news programming such as NPR, so they will switch to hiring reporters to cover local news more.
Good question. The WSJ could, if it wished, call them as witnesses if it needed that to show the validity or plausibility of the documents. The source could then sue for breach of contract, if secrecy was promised by the WSJ. Would a court seal the suit and require specific performance by WSJ?
Okay actual question about the Trump libel lawsuit: Is there any legal protection for the reporters' sources in this kind of dispute?
July 19, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Good question. The WSJ could, if it wished, call them as witnesses if it needed that to show the validity or plausibility of the documents. The source could then sue for breach of contract, if secrecy was promised by the WSJ. Would a court seal the suit and require specific performance by WSJ?
Hah! What Mr. Keiper means is he likes how much of the show Colbert devotes to showing how much he hates Republicans.
Some of the other hosts have had moments of candor and seriousness like that (I can think of a few with Letterman, cynic though he is) but not many. And they find it hard, for personal or professional reasons, not to resort to a wink.
July 19, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Hah! What Mr. Keiper means is he likes how much of the show Colbert devotes to showing how much he hates Republicans.
The crime was in March 2022, before Roe was overturned, when abortion was still legal. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
July 19, 2025 at 2:00 AM
The crime was in March 2022, before Roe was overturned, when abortion was still legal. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
It would be a wonderful gesture on his part. He could have a lawyer write the complaint, file it pro se, and then switch to counsel when it became necessary.
no way
OH MY GOD
July 19, 2025 at 1:56 AM
It would be a wonderful gesture on his part. He could have a lawyer write the complaint, file it pro se, and then switch to counsel when it became necessary.
My latest Substack, on Indiana University eliminating majors: t.co/Kpcgt4VXVl
https://ericrasmusen.substack.com/p/is-indiana-university-eliminating
t.co
July 9, 2025 at 12:32 AM
My latest Substack, on Indiana University eliminating majors: t.co/Kpcgt4VXVl
My latest substack is about UCLA Dean Bernardo being sued for defaming Gordon Klein when he wouldn't cancel Black students's finals after the Floyd riots. Klein's asking for $22 million, realistic given loss of his million-dollar consulting practice. ericrasmusen.substack.com/p/the-trial-...
The Trial of UCLA Business School Dean Antonio Bernardo for Suspending and Libelling Gordon Klein
Tuesday, July 1 begins the trial of Antonio Bernardo, Dean of UCLA’s Anderson School of Management, on allegations by Continuing Lecturer Gordon Klein of defamation, breach of contract, and retaliatio...
ericrasmusen.substack.com
June 30, 2025 at 4:57 PM
My latest substack is about UCLA Dean Bernardo being sued for defaming Gordon Klein when he wouldn't cancel Black students's finals after the Floyd riots. Klein's asking for $22 million, realistic given loss of his million-dollar consulting practice. ericrasmusen.substack.com/p/the-trial-...
My new Substack is a fisking of Indiana University's new post-tenure review policy. Having to read poor writing always makes me feel a bit savage, but perhaps that will make this more entertaining than it would be otherwise. ericrasmusen.substack.com/p/university...
University Post-Tenure Review
The state legislature having required post-tenure review at Indiana University, the Trustees recently approved a Post-Tenure Review Policy. The idea is to review tenure faculty every five year andpuni...
ericrasmusen.substack.com
June 25, 2025 at 9:36 PM
My new Substack is a fisking of Indiana University's new post-tenure review policy. Having to read poor writing always makes me feel a bit savage, but perhaps that will make this more entertaining than it would be otherwise. ericrasmusen.substack.com/p/university...
What should a university board of trustees do when the chief counsel gives them poorly drafted policies? --maybe fire the chief counsel, maybe rebuke the president. ericrasmusen.substack.com/p/who-should...
Who Should Be Blamed for Poor Drafting of University Policies?
What should college trustees do when the college legal department gives bad legal advice?
ericrasmusen.substack.com
June 23, 2025 at 3:21 PM
What should a university board of trustees do when the chief counsel gives them poorly drafted policies? --maybe fire the chief counsel, maybe rebuke the president. ericrasmusen.substack.com/p/who-should...
I just added a footnote to my Substack. A reader pointed out that the Trustees' new Free Expression Policy is availalbe on the Wayback Machine. They posted it, and then took it down from the official site. I wonder why? ericrasmusen.substack.com/p/who-should...
Who Should Be Blamed for Poor Drafting of University Policies?
What should college trustees do when the college legal department gives bad legal advice?
ericrasmusen.substack.com
June 20, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I just added a footnote to my Substack. A reader pointed out that the Trustees' new Free Expression Policy is availalbe on the Wayback Machine. They posted it, and then took it down from the official site. I wonder why? ericrasmusen.substack.com/p/who-should...
"Who Should Be Blamed for Poor Drafting of University Policies?" ericrasmusen.substack.com/p/who-should...
Who Should Be Blamed for Poor Drafting of University Policies?
What should college trustees do when the college legal department gives bad legal advice?
ericrasmusen.substack.com
June 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
"Who Should Be Blamed for Poor Drafting of University Policies?" ericrasmusen.substack.com/p/who-should...
oung scholars need to know that it's a waste of time to format for the journal. It's a slight signal that you think it has a good chance of acceptance, but more a signal that you're inexperienced at submitting papers.
June 16, 2025 at 5:41 PM
oung scholars need to know that it's a waste of time to format for the journal. It's a slight signal that you think it has a good chance of acceptance, but more a signal that you're inexperienced at submitting papers.