And Now, One of My Books…
Riposte Publishing is about to unload my first book! So get your Sophist on, y’all.
A Brief History of Philosophy, in Chart Form
Era of Philosophy Immediate Goal Overall Goal Classical Organization of a Chaotic World Survival Modern Understanding of a Rational World Utopia Post-Modern Self-Awareness in an Unknowable World Avoidance of Guilt
China Does Not Escape its History
Mark Kitto, writing in Prospect Magazine, explains in a long article why he is leaving China, where he has lived for decades. His insights are manifold, and worth reading, but I noticed this: The government is so scared of the people it prefers not to lead them. In rural China, village level decisions that require… Read More China Does Not Escape its History
SHARK WEEK!
Absinthe and Posers
Yesterday I spent with the baby, who is still below that blessed age when she can process what’s on the television, so I can watch whatever I want. What I seemed to want was documentaries. To wit: 1. Absinthe, a film that labored like a stevedore to take away everything bohemian or dangerous about the… Read More Absinthe and Posers
Paul Ryan and the Vice Presidency
I’m starting to thing this pundit business is easy. Two days ago I posited the following: So let’s look at the kind of guy Mitt Romney is. He’s a business guy. He’s managerial. He’s serious. He’s sober. He plans and works and works and plans. Which is to say, he does not fly by the seat… Read More Paul Ryan and the Vice Presidency
Blogging is Thankless Work
Scott Biddle finds the head of the nail and smacks it down like the Driver does to Cook’s hand (finally saw Drive last night). We start out excited about something and plunge into it without an appreciation for how much effort it will take to do it right. I think I had a fairly good understanding… Read More Blogging is Thankless Work
Romney’s Veep is Going to Be Boring
Unlike Stacy McCain or Bob Belvedere, I am not enough of an insider-politics kind of guy to follow the buzz and make educated guesses. I don’t know who’s going to get picked. So what follows is merely the emanations of feelings in my gut. So let’s look at the kind of guy Mitt Romney is. He’s a business… Read More Romney’s Veep is Going to Be Boring
Random Yammerings of a Consumerist
The problem with summertime is that you think you have all the time in the world, and every day you learn that such is not the case, and every night you forget it. And then it’s August and all the big projects you were going to tackle are still there, and you say the hell… Read More Random Yammerings of a Consumerist
Milton Friedman Remembered
Over at A Checquerboard of Nights and Days, one of the best quotes I’ve ever heard about the man Proggies love to pretend they can refute: As I have written before, former Secretary of State George Shultz liked to say that “everyone likes to debate Milton . . . when he leaves the room.” I… Read More Milton Friedman Remembered
