Riley HaasScottie Barnes and UncertaintyDuring the 2021 NBA Draft, the Raptors drafted Scottie Barnes 4th overall, their first draft pick this high since Andrea Bargnani in 2006…Aug 1, 2021Aug 1, 2021
Riley HaasYou Do Not Deserve Your RacePardon the clickbait headline. The actual title is “you do not deserve your ethnicity.” But How am I going to get Americans to read that?Apr 26, 2021Apr 26, 2021
Riley HaasZip.ca: In RemembranceI don’t have any idea if I was one of the first Zip.ca customers, but I was certainly an early one. The company was founded in 2004 and I…Apr 19, 2021Apr 19, 2021
Riley HaasIt’s Status, StupidNote: I wrote this in January and then it set in my Drafts. So I’m publishing it now, with very few edits, in the hopes that it still…Apr 14, 2021Apr 14, 2021
Riley HaasPandemic Restrictions for Thee but Not for MeWe’re so close to being out of the woods. People are getting vaccinated and more and more governments are adopting “first doses first.”Mar 23, 2021Mar 23, 2021
Riley Haas70 Million Americans Voted to Re-Elect a Con Man to the PresidencyIn August of 2016, before his election to President, I wondered whether or not Donald Trump was the Greatest Con Man of All Time. (The…Nov 16, 20201Nov 16, 20201
Riley HaasInternational Tax ComplianceThe biggest problem the world faces should go without saying: climate change. Human behaviour is changing the climate to the extent that…Sep 11, 2020Sep 11, 2020
Riley HaasBlack Parents Deserve to Be Shot, Armed White Teens Deserve Due ProcessIt’s a story out of a bad Hollywood message movie:Sep 9, 2020Sep 9, 2020
Riley HaasHigh Fees Don’t Mean High ValueAka the Cult of Charging High Fees Just Because Others DoAug 28, 2020Aug 28, 2020
Riley HaasEssentialism: The Terrible Legacy of Western PhilosophyIn 2017 I wrote a piece about the root of so-called “alternative facts.” I blamed the ability of people to accept alternative facts as…Aug 25, 2020Aug 25, 2020