Articles by RickJWagner
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Every Coen Brothers Movie, Ranked (insidehook.com)

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Why Going to Mars Would Be Bad for Your Health (slate.com)

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Adam Smith's Gift (lawliberty.org)

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Runners to be given prize money after being led off course (bbc.com)

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James K. Polk and the 5,106 Votes That Changed America (coolidgereview.com)

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Why Do Investors Keep Buying Century Bonds? (thedailyeconomy.org)

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10 Charts That Capture How the World Is Changing (digitalnative.tech)

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Violent Crime Drops in SF as Major US Cities See Declines (humanprogress.org)

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Spanish engineer reports flaw in 'smart' vacuums, takes control of 7k devices (theguardian.com)

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Illusion and Well-Being: A Perspective on Mental Health [pdf] (washington.edu)

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How to make more People who make Things (stephenkinsella.substack.com)

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Rich Old People (awealthofcommonsense.com)

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Less than 14% of those arrested by ICE had violent criminal records (cbsnews.com)

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Baltimore police credit partnerships, hiring increases for historic crime drop (cbsnews.com)

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How ‘Pachelbel's Canon' Conquered Classical Music (wsj.com)

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Can You Pass the "Underwear Fitness Test"? (insidehook.com)

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Agentic AI isn't eating software – it's feeding market volatility (bondvigilantes.com)

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'No meat on its bones': Federal judge dismisses lawsuit over boneless wings (stocks.apple.com)

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Surprising Revival: Gen Z Men and Highly Educated Lead Return to Religion (realclearinvestigations.com)

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Bitcoin's plunge should end the hype that it is digital gold (thehill.com)

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A 3% Rule for Budget Deficits Would Be a Good Start (advisorperspectives.com)

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Ask HN: Does Your Country Require Voter ID?

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Annular solar eclipse creates rare 'Ring of Fire' on Feb. 17 (thv11.com)

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What I Suffered Being 'Transgender' (wsj.com)

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Get Married Young (compactmag.com)

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Death of Software. Nah (twitter.com/stevesi)

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The Left has a Hyperpolitics problem (newrepublic.com)

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The Screening Machine (tabletmag.com)

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An ancient seafloor turned Arkansas into 'Sharkansas' a shark fossil hotspot (phys.org)

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Global warming is speeding breakdown of major greenhouse gas, research shows (phys.org)

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Houston, We Have a Problem (persuasion.community)

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Why Do Olympic Athletes Bite Their Medals? (thv11.com)

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Microsoft appointed a quality czar. He has no direct reports and no budget (jpcaparas.medium.com)

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What to know about the software selloff (morningstar.com)

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Model City: Portland's Journey from Symbol of Chic to Shabby (realclearinvestigations.com)

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The EU's Secret Assault on Your Free Speech (wsj.com)

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Toyota's working on better EV Battery placement (caranddriver.com)

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Too Many Sperm, Too Few Families (realclearpolitics.com)

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Effects of acute cardiovascular exercise on memory encoding and consolidation (sciencedirect.com)

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Epstein claimed Bill Gates caught STD from ‘sex with Russian girls’ (nypost.com)

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SpaceX files plans for million-satellite orbital data center constellation (spacenews.com)

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Japan, the Future Is Now (scottsumner.substack.com)

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MAGA Women Defy the Birth Dearth (wsj.com)

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China executes 11 members of Myanmar-based group in crackdown on scam operations (nbcnews.com)

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Software Bear Market (bespokepremium.com)

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Honda Has Invented an AI Heads-Up About Potholes and Road Hazards (caranddriver.com)

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AI's HAL 9000 Problem, and What It Portends for the Future (realclearmarkets.com)

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Russia's 1.2M casualties in Ukraine dwarf all its conflicts since WW2 (cnn.com)

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Why People with a Great Sense of Humor Live Longer (insidehook.com)

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Meta, TikTok, YouTube head to trial over allegations technology is addictive (cbsnews.com)

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Not One Penny (scottsumner.substack.com)

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The World Is Hopeful for a Better 2026 (statista.com)

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In Praise of Artificial Learning (carlhendrick.substack.com)

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The Slow Singularity (mbideepdives.substack.com)

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Make TVs Great Again (spyglass.org)

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USPTO extends comment period for One Challenge NPRM (uspto.gov)

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From Rock to Tech, Talent Flees Taxes (chroniclesmagazine.org)

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Your Brain Might Not Be Full of Microplastics After All (insidehook.com)

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A 1970s Babysitting Co-Op as a Metaphor for Crypto's Future (realclearmarkets.com)

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MacKenzie Scott may have sent millions to organisations under FBI investigation (indiatimes.com)

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I refused to invest in Tesla for years – but now's the time to bet on Elon Musk (marketwatch.com)

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Why You Should Eat the RFK Diet (unherd.com)

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24 Small Ways Writing Makes You Wealthy (dariusforoux.com)

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U-Haul Growth Index: Texas Back on Top as No. 1 Growth State of 2025 (uhaul.com)

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Many college players among dozens charged in point-shaving plot (espn.com)

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Venezuelan Nobel Peace Prize winner presents her medal to Trump (bbc.com)

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Karoline Leavitt, MAHA mom, on whole milk, vaccines and Food Babe (politico.com)

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Tariffs: Maybe Not So Crazy (prospect.org)

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California commits economic suicide as tech investors flee wealth tax (thehill.com)

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Comparative Effectiveness of Exercise and Protein-Based Interventions on Muscle (nih.gov)

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Healthy dietary pattern and risk of rheumatoid arthritis: meta-analysis (nih.gov)

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Gavin Newsome moves to neutralize tax on billionaires (politico.com)

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The Future of Oil to 2050 [pdf] (morningstar.com)

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Great Balls of Fire (realclearhistory.com)

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Grateful Dead founding member Bob Weir dies at 78 (apnews.com)

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Iceberg A-23A Turns Deep Blue in Final Days, Marking End of a Forty-Year Giant (techeblog.com)

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How do you solve a problem like Wikipedia? (realclearpolitics.com)

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RFK says eat more protein, less sugar in new dietary guidelines (politico.com)

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Microsoft wants to resurrect Three Mile Island. It will never happen (thehill.com)

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[flagged] Ozempic Melted Away Weight–and the Idea of 'Body Positivity' (wsj.com)

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Imagine 130M Washing Machines (scottsumner.substack.com)

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Optimism is associated with exceptional longevity (pnas.org)

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72 Fascinating Finds in 2025 (smithsonianmag.com)

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Flourishing Study: Life gets better as we get older (nature.com)

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From Fake Heiress to Fugitive (nbcnews.com)

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Association of healthy sleep patterns with risk of mortality and life expectancy (nih.gov)

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Next Year Is Americas 250th Birthday. Meet the Person Behind the Celebration (politico.com)

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The Quest of the Simple Life (collabfund.substack.com)

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RFK Jr. says the U.S. should look to Europe on vaccines (politico.com)

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Hallmark Christmas Movies Are My Self-Care (prevention.com)

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In Hoc Anno Domini (wsj.com)

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Counting blessings versus burdens: an experimental investigation of gratitude (nih.gov)

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Planned New Orleans Attack Thwarted (cnn.com)

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The End of Free Money (allisonschrager.substack.com)

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8 Rare Vintage Tech Products Worth Thousands That Might Be Hiding in Your Attic (bgr.com)

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EU yields to pressure from automakers as it rethinks 2035 combustion car ban (reuters.com)

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Rob Reiner has died (hollywoodreporter.com)

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Oscar Mayer Opens Annual Application for Wienermobile Drivers (caranddriver.com)

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Sperm donor with cancer-causing gene fathered nearly 200 children across Europe (cbsnews.com)

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Rahm Emanuel says U.S. should follow Australia's youth social media ban (politico.com)