Just heard on CNN: “We need to step back and take a closer look.”
Jonesing for Jessica
As a fan of the original comics I’m pretty optimistic about this:
Rocky Mountain, Hi
I’m back from the Denver Regional, which was fun; here are the powerpoints from my prison- abolition talk.
It was nice seeing a western skyline again – mountains on the horizon, different kinds of weather visible in different directions. Eastern skylines are generally so claustrophobic.
Tomorrow at 9 Eastern, C4SS comrade Cory Massimino is interviewing me; catch it live.
This coming weekend: the Oklahoma Regional, with an anarchy focus and a large Molinari/C4SS presence.
Today’s Tom Sawyer, He Gets High On You
This looks promising:
Dancing Queen
Evidence that Ayn Rand would like Riverdance:
She described her ideal form of the dance as “tap dance and ballet combined,” and envisioned one form of it as being performed “without ever moving from one spot.”
Evidence that Ayn Rand would dislike Riverdance:
It’s inspired by traditional folk dancing, and Rand hated folk dancing, memorably writing that “all folk art is essentially similar and excruciatingly boring: if you’ve seen one set of people clapping their hands while jumping up and down, you’ve seen them all.”
What I’m Doing This Month
1. I’m giving another virtual reading group for SFL this month, this one on different approaches (utilitarian, natural-law, eudaimonist, etc.) to libertarian ethical foundations. The first session is this Thursday, Nov. 5th, at 9pm Eastern, 8 Central.
2. This coming weekend I’ll be speaking at the Nov. 7th SFL Denver Regional.
3. The weekend after that I’ll be speaking at the (rather Molinari/C4SS-intensive) Nov. 14th SFL Oklahoma Regional.