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Jun 25, 2017
6 min

Trump isn’t the Problem (with language alert)

The number 1 trending NYT article is a list of Trump’s lies since he was sworn in as President. See here. Before the election, the NYT compiled a similar list, which it has since updated, of his insulting tweets. See here. Since his election, Donald Trump has compromised international relationships with NATO Allies, with Mexico, with China, even with Australia. He continues to try to put up that wall, yet tear down Obamacare. He seeks to block Muslim entry, just without calli

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Max Stearns

May 12, 2017
8 min

Cycling, Consciousness, and Humanity (part II): Our Institutional Minds

My prior post on this topic, see here, posited that consciousness reflects an endless series of developed responses to cycling patterns in the "Era of Evolutionary Adaptation" (EEA). I offered examples of emotional and cognitive cycles, along with several potential defenses. I will now add two points: First, our imperfect institutions mirror our imperfect minds. Second, just as human imperfections are embedded in our institutions, see The Federalist 51 (James Madison), availa

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Maxwell Stearns

I have been teaching law for twenty-nine years, and I am the Venable, Baetjer & Howard Professor of Law at the University of Maryland Carey School of Law. My core areas of interest are Constitutional Law and Law & Economics, which I view as critically interwoven. My most recent book is titled Law and Economics: Private and Public (West Academic 2018, with Todd Zywicki and Tom Miceli). In this poster, recently created by the Maryland Carey Law Thurgood Marshall Law Library, I am pictured with several wonderful books that I've recommended to friends, family, and students.