Speech and call and response

Aretha¹: Eric: She good. Me: MMMmm-hmm Similarly huddled woman to my right: Smile, quiet laugh Criticisms² of the speech garner my response below: I can’t really disagree that the speech wasn’t some soaring arc, but to say it wasn’t what the crowd wanted seems really arrogant. Can you truly speak for 1.8 million people? You [...]

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At last…

I prefer to let my thoughts percolate for a while, but for now Etta James has my thoughts in mind. At last, my love has come along My lonely days are over And life is like a song Ooh At last the skies above are blue … at last

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Economics is just Religion for the bookish

Subtitle: It’s best to pick one that’s not so obnoxious. One of the reasons I gave up economics (besides the math) was that it resembles religion far too much. It is a matter of belief, of strongly held belief, that brooks no wavering, no possibility of changing one’s mind. When I studied it in high [...]

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“Molasses running uphill in a snowstorm”

In exactly two weeks the end of this administration will come and a new one will begin. It is without a doubt a happy occasion for most, including myself, albeit from perhaps a slightly different angle than many on whose side I usually find myself seated. It is not the passing of one man in [...]

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