Nixon unwittingly carrying “Pop’s” weed stash across customs
Who started this damn story in the first place??? The redoubtable Ricky Riccardi looks deeper. His conclusion: apocryphal! Louis Armstrongmarijuanarichard nixonRicky Riccardi
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A Confederacy of Dunces – quotes and extracts – 75
“Oh, my God!” Ignatius stared at what he saw. Once in high school someone had shown him a pornographic photograph, and he had collapsed against a water cooler, injuring his ear. This photograph was far superior. A nude woman was sitting on the edge of a desk next to a globe of the world. The…
Review of Penn State Oakeshott Companion
Terry Nardin reviews the “Companion.” Pleased to see Terry take on John Kekes’ shrill hatched-job. Nor is one surprised to learn that the chapter provoked an angry response from a reviewer of the Companion, who reproaches Grant for writing and the editors for publishing it. The implication is that there is no place for a biographical chapter…
Leonard Liggio (1933-2014)
A personal obit in Forbes. (I met Leonard in Portsmouth, NH) Leonard LiggioLiberty
Silent Risk
Nassim Nicholas Taleb has freely made available a collection of his lectures. asymmetric exposuresDecision makingfat tailsfragilityNassim Nicholas Talebprobabilitysilent risk
How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life: An Unexpected Guide to Human Nature and Happiness
Russ Roberts’ latest getting some high-profile press, and endorsed by some top-notch names including the redoubtable Nassim Taleb. Here is an extended interview with Reason. On this general approach to Smith see this forthcoming collection. Adam Smith, didn’t think the pursuit of wealth was a very good idea, thought it was corrosive, thought it was bad…
Can Government Be Self-Organized?
A new co-authored paper by the very versatile Tom Froese. The model is in agreement with the traditional assumption that collective action is faced by serious problems without centralized hierarchical control, but it also clearly shows that spontaneous cooperation is feasible without it. At least in principle, there is no necessity to assume the existence…
The Moviegoer – quotes and extracts – 6
“I no longer pretend to understand the world.” She is shaking her head yet still smiling her sweet menacing smile. “The world I knew has come crashing down around my ears. The things we hold dear are reviled and spat upon.” She nods toward Prytania Street. “It’s an interesting age you will live in—though I…
A Confederacy of Dunces – quotes and extracts – 74
Unaware that he was being trailed, Ignatius pushed his cart against the traffic down St. Charles toward the Quarter. He had stayed up so late the night before working on his lecture for the kickoff rally that he hadn’t been able to move from his yellowed sheets until almost noon, and then it had only…
Classic Mint Julep Recipe
After the first long swallow — really a slow and noiseless suck, because the thick crushed ice comes against your teeth and the ice must be kept out and the liquor let in — Cap Mac would say: “Very fine, Camille, you make the best julep in the world.” She probably did. Certainly her juleps…
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