Author Archives: Anton

mere linkage

answering the hermit crab shell shortage with plastic (cited in November by Vicki Rosenzweig) We acknowledge that such trans-species caregiving may in fact be a form of control. In recognition of this paradox, the new structures are aesthetically based on … Continue reading

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chew slowly

Met a man the other day who said his son had rung up a fortune in dental bills during an amphetamine habit; something I’d never heard of before. Now why wasn’t that mentioned in hi-skool “health” propaganda class? It’s scarier … Continue reading

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fontoma

The latest issue of The Freeman shows a complete redesign, with a curious choice of typefaces. The body is Goudy. Main titles and pull-quotes are Times Roman. Running heads and the titles of reviewed books are in Myriad. By-lines and … Continue reading

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our television heritage

My Favorite Martian is available on DVD, but not The Addams Family or The Wild Wild West or Get Smart. Does that seem right to you? We recently watched the first two episodes of The Protectors (1972), which wanted to … Continue reading

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let many Chinas bloom

As I understand it, both Beijing and Taipei maintain the fiction (or perhaps some in both capitals even believe it) that China is a single state, with one or more province(s) temporarily out of communion with the capitol. A large … Continue reading

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would you believe more links?

Tim Worstall: Bad, Bad Minimum Wage. Guess what: a price floor reduces demand! In real life, even! Sean Corrigan: We Shoulda Seen it Coming! Since the effects of loose money are well known to economists, why can’t business adjust for … Continue reading

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rule of law, you may have heard of it?

What I’ve read about the case of José Padilla tends to come filtered by dangerous subversives like Hornberger; so I’m wondering who, other than employees of the Executive Branch, takes the opposite view. Anyone?

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