Monthly Archives: September 2013

Veblen and Women and Mencken and Cowen

Today, Tyler Cowen lists his Favorite Things Minnesota, which oddly doesn’t mention fishing, and has this to say about Thomas Friedman, that he, “ought to be considered one of the world’s leading conservative columnists but is not.”  Interesting.  Let’s look … Continue reading

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Uncovered Persons

Over at Foseti’s there was some slight discussion of the new fad for anti ‘revenge-porn’ laws, or some kind of liability for the unauthorized dissemination of intimate obscene recordings.  The proposal is problematic for several reasons – cultural and moral, … Continue reading

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Death and ‘Death’

Friday Comments-Symposium Topic: Quote #1: “First of all, I didn’t set a red line. The world set a red line. The world set a red line when governments representing 98% of the world’s population said the use of chemical weapons … Continue reading

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Unz Update

Dr. Gregory Cochran Says It Must Be Said: Ron Unz has supported The American Conservative, and as a result, had some columns published in that magazine. … Recently he submitted a piece on high crime rates among American blacks … … Continue reading

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