Author Archives: Anton

German-style adjectival phrases using Latin and English elements

Posted on Monday, 2003 July 07 by Anton

I wonder why on-the-job training, at-will employment, ex-parte application, in-vitro fertilization are more usual than the better English training on the job, employment at will, application ex parte, fertilization in vitro. I also wonder why children say me and him … Continue reading →

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those wacky economists

Posted on Monday, 2003 July 07 by Anton

A couple of weeks ago I happened to meet Jeff Hummel on Market Street. My eye was caught not by his face but by his t-shirt, which bore several crossed-out misspellings of Laissez Faire.

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celebrate diversity, except in opinion

Posted on Monday, 2003 July 07 by Anton

Multiculturalism at Cal Poly On Jan. 29, Cal Poly [California Polytechnic State University] charged Hinkle with “disruption” of a “campus event.” The students who objected to the posting of the flier claimed they were holding a Bible study dinner and … Continue reading →

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basta!

Posted on Friday, 2003 July 04 by Anton

Declaration of Individual Independence (link from Rational Review News Digest)

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an outing in Area 650

Posted on Friday, 2003 July 04 by Anton

At dinner last night, whom should I espy but loyal reader Mysterious Mike Linksvayer. (After that, it is fitting that Mike’s page leads me to a guide to spices.) Afterward my party went to a cinema for Lawrence of Arabia, … Continue reading →

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permute(‘a’,’i’,’n’,’s’,’t’)

Posted on Friday, 2003 July 04 by Anton

Of course you know InstaPundit, king of the bloggers; you may know that the title is parodied at (in?) isntapundit. I’ve long hoped that someone in Byzantium would launch Istanpundit; a watcher of all kinds of opposition could run AntisPundit. … Continue reading →

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my shining city

Posted on Friday, 2003 July 04 by Anton

Wherever the standard of freedom and Independence has been or shall be unfurled, there will [America’s] heart, her benedictions and her prayers be. But she goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the … Continue reading →

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