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…·11 min read·Aug 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?6 min read·Apr 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…5 min read·Apr 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…4 min read·Apr 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.”4 min read·Mar 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…14 min read·Nov 16, 2020--1--1
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…4 min read·Sep 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:3 min read·Sep 9, 2020----
Riley HaasHigh Fees Don’t Mean High ValueAka the Cult of Charging High Fees Just Because Others Do4 min read·Aug 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…7 min read·Aug 25, 2020----