Deadline Reminder
May 17Reminder that the deadline for the Molinari Society’s call for papers is tomorrow.
Le Petit XXe au XXIe, Partie II
May 17And now there’s a trailer. The anglophone pronunciation of the name “Tintin” makes me wince – I mean, he’s supposed to Belgian, right? – but otherwise it looks promising.
28 Years Later; or Hey Hey Goodbye
May 17Explaining why this is such a good thing would take a post far longer than I have time for right now.
Deep Threat, Part 2
May 17Thanks to a reader’s email note, I learn that my recent post on bin Laden’s possible porn stash has been quoted in The Independent and The Week. From a Google search, I learn that the quote has since propagated far and wide. I also learn, to my surprise, that I am a “mainstream blogger.”
Makers of Worlds
May 17Imagine a world – call it Mundavia – in which the dominant genre of literature is one in which plots, dialogue, and setting can be freely invented, but all the characters have to be real people. You can have Napoléon Bonaparte and Lady Gaga rappelling down the side of a Martian volcano while being shot [...]
You Wanna Bet?
May 17Betting is the replacement for dueling. It’s not a perfect replacement, of course. (Nothing is a perfect replacement for anything else.) It only applies in certain cases. But what it has in common with dueling is the challenge either to back up one’s opinion or retract it. In that sense, it serves a similar social [...]
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