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Joel Wertheimer

Joel Wertheimer

The Republican Party Cannot Keep Bad Candidates From Winning Primaries, Democrats Should Spend Like…

The New York Times’s bombshell investigation into George Santos, the Republican congressman-elect from New York’s 3rd congressional…

Jan 9, 2023

Jan 9, 2023

Joel Wertheimer

A New Way to Think About Shots: Points Added Per Shot

Because soccer is such a low scoring sport, strategic decisions around game state are massive. Every match, teams talk about killing a…

Nov 26, 2020

A New Way to Think About Shots: Points Added Per Shot

Nov 26, 2020

Joel Wertheimer

Judicial Realism is Overrated

I count myself as somebody who was less scared of the autogolpe than many other people on the left, at least as they tried to accomplish…

Nov 25, 2020

Nov 25, 2020

Joel Wertheimer

Five Years

As time passes, the acute pangs of grief go down. The random urge to cry fades with a pretty aggressive half-life.

Apr 10, 2020

Five Years

Apr 10, 2020

Joel Wertheimer

Prison is the Bad Place

The Good Place ended this week, and with it its meditation on human existence, the capacity for self-improvement, and the unfairness of a…

Feb 1, 2020

Feb 1, 2020

Joel Wertheimer

Fixing the NBA’s Too Many Games Problem

In the time that I have become a soccer fan, the NBA has learned a bit from soccer in how it treats its stars. Namely, star players are…

Nov 23, 2019

Nov 23, 2019

Joel Wertheimer

Scattered Election Thoughts

Donald Trump and the GOP are really really unpopular right now and the Generic Ballot at this stage is predictive.

Aug 3, 2019

Scattered Election Thoughts

Aug 3, 2019

Joel Wertheimer

Ending Community Rating for Bad Cops

An officer fatally shoots a young black man in Minnesota, who is legally carrying his firearm. He is acquitted of criminal charges. After…

May 10, 2018

May 10, 2018

Joel Wertheimer

Geographic Concentration is Also Racial and Partisan Gerrymandering

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania recently struck down the Republican gerrymander of the Commonwealth’s congressional maps. The PA Supreme…

Feb 18, 2018

Feb 18, 2018

Joel Wertheimer

Can Spurs Stay Liquid as Long as the Market Stays Irrational

Keynes said of asset bubbles that the market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent. While I have no doubt that Tottenham…

Aug 11, 2017

Aug 11, 2017

Joel Wertheimer

Joel Wertheimer

Civil Rights Attorney. Obama White House Associate Staff Secretary. Tweet at twitter.com/wertwhile and lawyer at joelwertheimer.com

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