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a former musician turned pro poker player, doug maverick, discusses the mistakes we make when thinking about the world.

Archives

September 2019
- Sep 23, 2019 To Run or Pass on 4th and 9? That is the Freddie Kitchens Question... Sep 23, 2019
August 2019
- Aug 18, 2019 Why Do We Love Rick Sanchez? Aug 18, 2019
April 2019
- Apr 3, 2019 Poker Private Games (and University): The Death of a Great Meritocracy Apr 3, 2019
March 2019
- Mar 18, 2019 The Characters We Play (Sights from an Indie Wrestling Show) Mar 18, 2019
- Mar 16, 2019 The Importance of (not) Assuming Intent in an Argument Mar 16, 2019
- Mar 11, 2019 Are You a Poker Player or a Drug Dealer? Mar 11, 2019
- Mar 7, 2019 Why Poker Is Such a GREAT GAME . . . and it Ain't Really About the Money Mar 7, 2019
- Mar 6, 2019 The Addiction of Being a WINNING Gambler Mar 6, 2019
February 2019
- Feb 15, 2019 The Constitution's FATAL Flaw ... COWARDS! Feb 15, 2019
April 2018
- Apr 15, 2018 The Most Dangerous Idea that Keeps Threatening Society Apr 15, 2018
February 2018
- Feb 27, 2018 The Quandary of Bad People Who Do Good Things (Hero? Villain?) Feb 27, 2018
January 2018
- Jan 22, 2018 Just when We Were Deciding We Didn't Like Them, the Federal Gov't Makes Us Need Them Jan 22, 2018
- Jan 17, 2018 Why Do Reporters Say Stupid Things? (A Sportsbetting Story) Jan 17, 2018
December 2017
- Dec 9, 2017 Why Mueller Doesn't Care about "Collusion," and his Investigation is Making Less Progress than You Think Dec 9, 2017
- Dec 6, 2017 What Is the Logan Act, and Why Was Seth Abramson Wrong about It? Dec 6, 2017
November 2017
- Nov 28, 2017 Did Donald Trump Just Break His Own Conceptual Commandment? Nov 28, 2017
- Nov 18, 2017 The DIRTIEST WORDS: "I Changed my Mind" and "I Don't Know" Nov 18, 2017
- Nov 6, 2017 Why Your Health Insurance Isn't Necessarily Negotiating Your Best Price Nov 6, 2017
- Nov 3, 2017 The Recent Illumination of Sexual Assault . . . What Do We Do Now? Nov 3, 2017
October 2017
- Oct 27, 2017 Whatever Happened to Compromise? (Confederate Monuments) Oct 27, 2017
- Oct 5, 2017 The Game Show Host Problem (in honor of Monty Hall's death) Oct 5, 2017
September 2017
- Sep 30, 2017 Police Shoot Deaf Man. Can You Spot the Problem Here? (It's not racism) Sep 30, 2017
- Sep 29, 2017 Vancouver Candidate Leads a Posse to Kill the Frankenstein Capitalist Monster! Sep 29, 2017
- Sep 18, 2017 Can We Put Kaepernick to Bed Already? Sep 18, 2017
May 2017
- May 25, 2017 Doing Nothing Isn't Always Neutral May 25, 2017
- May 4, 2017 If You're Going to College, STOP NOW! Unless . . . May 4, 2017
- May 3, 2017 The Land of the Free and the Home of the Regulated Gambling May 3, 2017
April 2017
- Apr 26, 2017 Your NFL Team, The Draft, and the Illusion of Confidence in Authority and a Common Goal Apr 26, 2017
- Apr 20, 2017 They Do Know ANTIFA means Anti-fascist? Apr 20, 2017
- Apr 13, 2017 Man Berates Woman on Train (the Importance of Common Culture) Apr 13, 2017
- Apr 11, 2017 United Airlines Passenger Dragged from Flight (the Importance of Reading What You Sign) Apr 11, 2017
- Apr 8, 2017 Chemical Weapons Don't Kill People. People Kill People Apr 8, 2017
- Apr 6, 2017 Why You Aren't Improving in Poker Apr 6, 2017
- Apr 4, 2017 "What? You Don't Trust Me?" (The Curious Case of the "Default" in Poker) Apr 4, 2017
March 2017
- Mar 31, 2017 Laws Can't Save People from Themselves (Ohio Limits Painkiller Prescriptions) Mar 31, 2017
- Mar 30, 2017 "He Will not Divide Us!... at Least not in This Way (An Assessment of the Arbitrary Politcal Party Divide) Mar 30, 2017
- Mar 29, 2017 "I Owned You. No I owned You!" (the vast responses to data and debate) Mar 29, 2017
- Mar 28, 2017 I Am the Greatest Sports Bettor! But I Keep Losing. (the Difference Between Correlation and Causality) Mar 28, 2017
- Mar 26, 2017 It's a Simple Yes or No Question! (The Illusion and Trap of "Binary Choice")... Yes, Paul Ryan Mar 26, 2017
- Mar 25, 2017 How I Was Almost Shot and Trampled at Bellagio (Stupid Herd Mentality or Wisdom of Crowds?) Mar 25, 2017
- Mar 23, 2017 "Mama, Don't Let Your Babies Grow up To Be Hookers" (an argument against the government's parent surrogacy) Mar 23, 2017
- Mar 22, 2017 I Watched My Friend Pick up a Prostitute (an intro course on discussing your own minimum living wage) Mar 22, 2017
- Mar 21, 2017 "C'mon, Man You Screwed Us All!" (and other nonsense heard at the blackjack table) Mar 21, 2017
- Mar 20, 2017 Gambling soon! Mar 20, 2017
- Mar 20, 2017 Russia Finishes 2nd! USA finishes 2nd to last... (an introduction to "fake news" and interpretation of data into headlines) Mar 20, 2017
- Mar 18, 2017 Dear People, (Why I'm Writing) Mar 18, 2017