Category Archives: General

Tom Sawyer Somehow I have gotten addicted to, of all things RUSH

So the real idea of this was supposedly to say what writing projects are ongoing 1. Cult of the vintage Honda, part of the Slate Obsessions series – coming out soon. 2. Book chapter on block booking; book generally. 3.  … Continue reading →

Okay so maybe this is a petty vendetta.  But today I had the unfortunate experience of eating at Applebee’s.  Reading the menu I began to feel ill.  I notice that dislike Applebee’s, TGIF & similar restaurants  and I am trying … Continue reading →

“Looking back on my time as CEO, I don’t believe AIG could have done anything differently, Robert Willumstad, former CEO, AIG (Martin Sullivan on the right)

This blog seems to have been infected with spam problems of some kind.  Need to fix it somehow.

Tonight at the New York city car pound, I finally gave up on my first and favorite motorcycle, a classic 1974 CB-125 seized by the city. (pictured below, in happier times). I bought the bike in the East Village years … Continue reading →

I don’t spend much time on health care policy.  But this following from the National Review blog — suggesting we assume away the problem — is really astonishing: There simply are no longer genuinely “poor” people in sufficient numbers. As … Continue reading →

I honestly thought this was a story in the Onion when I saw the headline out of the corner of my eye. But the Onion actually has good record for predicting the future – reread this from 2000: ‘Our Long … Continue reading →

King of Kong is pure entertainment.  Yet almost as interesting is reading the discussion of the Donkey Kong high score at the Twin Galaxies discussion board: A sample: The juggernaut called king of kong is so slanderous and untrue it … Continue reading →

This case, Carla Yuknis v. First Student Inc., which I picked off Project Posner recently, is vintage Richard Posner: The plaintiff had complained, initially to the company’s regional vice-president, that “all levels of personnel” at the facility at which she … Continue reading →