From the Wikipedia page on Much Ado About Nothing, this description of one of the play’s two most dramatic (and, one would have thought, memorable) events:
Beatrice then asks Benedick to slay Claudio as proof of his devotion, since he has slandered her kinswoman. Benedick is horrified and denies her request.
Strange, that’s not how I remember it.
Today and tomorrow I’m attending the Auburn Philosophy Department’s 5th annual conference, this one on “Theoretical Agency: Issues at the Intersections of Freedom and Belief”; schedule here.
After that I’m off to Hanover College, Indiana, at the invitation of John Ahrens, to give two talks, one on Milton Friedman’s critique of corporate social responsibility (for my general take whereon, see here), and one on free-market radical leftism (scroll to the bottom of the poster for what some may consider a tincture of irony).
Good news for Michael Moorcock fans.
“Song of the Variable Time-Unit,” because I can’t commit to a “Song of the Week,” let alone a “Song of the Day.”
This particular song (Norah Jones’ “Sinking Soon”), because I was just driving through New Orleans with this playing on my stereo, and it’s a very New Orleansy song.
The USPS is cancelling Saturday delivery for letters, but not for packages.
The USPS enjoys a coercive monopoly on letter delivery, but not on package delivery.
It’s almost as though they’re responding to incentives of some sort. Wacky, huh?
I’ve now posted pics from my November San Diego / La Jolla trip (including the Liberty Fund conference on Molinari) and my December Atlanta trip (inlcuding the Molinari Society panel on anarchism). Some Molinari/C4SS/ALL-relevant samples follow:
