Whew.
9 years ago
Monday, February 10, 2014
Thursday, February 6, 2014
Movie: The Invisible Woman
The Invisible Woman tells the story of Nelly Ternan, mistress to Charles Dickens. It succeeds on several levels: as a moving romance, as the sort of lovingly constructed period piece that the BBC does so well, and as a social history of gender relations in the not-so-distant past. I enjoyed it on all levels.
The NYT review is both less positive and not very insightful.
Highly recommended.
The NYT review is both less positive and not very insightful.
Highly recommended.
Book: Three and Out
Bacon, John U. 2011. Three and Out: Rich Rodriguez and the Michigan Wolverines. FSG.
Three and Out (a fine pun indeed) tells the story of the Rich Rodriguez era as coach of the University of Michigan football team. It is interesting for two reasons. First, it presents an account that is much more favorable to Rich than the one I picked up from the local media at the time. Second, completely independent of Rich Rod, it presents an insider account of how a major college football program works, both at the level of what the players and coaches experience and at the level of how the program interacts with the central administration. I found the latter of great interest. Rich Rod deserves a lot of credit for letting the author have the access he had, which is quite extraordinary.
Recommended if you are into such things.
Three and Out (a fine pun indeed) tells the story of the Rich Rodriguez era as coach of the University of Michigan football team. It is interesting for two reasons. First, it presents an account that is much more favorable to Rich than the one I picked up from the local media at the time. Second, completely independent of Rich Rod, it presents an insider account of how a major college football program works, both at the level of what the players and coaches experience and at the level of how the program interacts with the central administration. I found the latter of great interest. Rich Rod deserves a lot of credit for letting the author have the access he had, which is quite extraordinary.
Recommended if you are into such things.
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Assorted links
1. International problem solving guide (humor).
2. Homeless in Ann Arbor.
3. Leftover explosives from WW2 (and WW1 ... )
4. Over-reaction at Pioneer High School
5. A nice post on inequality from Greg Mankiw.
Hat tip on #1 to Jianlin Wang and on #2 to Cong Zhang.
2. Homeless in Ann Arbor.
3. Leftover explosives from WW2 (and WW1 ... )
4. Over-reaction at Pioneer High School
5. A nice post on inequality from Greg Mankiw.
Hat tip on #1 to Jianlin Wang and on #2 to Cong Zhang.
Richard Epstein on the differences among libertarians
This is a useful piece in highlighting the difference between classical liberals and libertarians who adhere strictly to the non-aggression principle.
In my own intellectual development, I have found using the strict case as a starting point for thinking to be very valuable. For example why isn't taxation just theft by proxy? Or, perhaps a better formulation, when isn't taxation just theft by proxy.
I should note too that Richard Epstein's book Takings had a big effect on my thinking on several dimensions. Takings is particularly valuable for economists in implicitly illustrating the difference between how a classical liberal economist thinks about things relative to how a classical liberal law professor thinks about things. I am looking forward to reading his new book, which I bought a couple of weeks ago.
In my own intellectual development, I have found using the strict case as a starting point for thinking to be very valuable. For example why isn't taxation just theft by proxy? Or, perhaps a better formulation, when isn't taxation just theft by proxy.
I should note too that Richard Epstein's book Takings had a big effect on my thinking on several dimensions. Takings is particularly valuable for economists in implicitly illustrating the difference between how a classical liberal economist thinks about things relative to how a classical liberal law professor thinks about things. I am looking forward to reading his new book, which I bought a couple of weeks ago.
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