You arrive home one day to find the kitchen window broken and your stash of dark chocolate truffles dangerously depleted. Explanation #1: A chocolate-seeking criminal has broken in! Explanation #2: ...

If your credit report has any negative history, or if there is something in your mortgage application that requires more information, a lender may ask you to submit a "letter of explanation." This isn ...

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The Edge question for 2012 is close to my heart and to the theme of this blog: What is your favorite deep, elegant, or beautiful explanation? The nearly 200 responses were released on January 15th, ...

for the Berkman Klein Center Working Group on Explanation and the Law: Chris Bavitz, Harvard Law School; Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University Ryan Budish, Berkman Klein ...