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Thanks, Irfan. Fred (*I* can call him that) was a lovely man, and this is a lovely tribute. Remember his car? Green Mustang fastback. I drove it once, for some reason. DeanSluyter.com [image: boox-stacked-2.jpg] On Sun, Nov 15, 2020 at 11:56 AM Po…

I got word the other day of the passing of a high school history teacher of mine, Frederick G. H. Fayen II. I can’t improve on the first paragraph of the memorial notice from Matt Levinson,* the current head of my old high school: I am sorry to share the news that former Magistri faculty…

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. On second thought, 2 for 3 is 66%, which kind of is bad. LikeLike

I just remembered another incident. When I was in grad school at Notre Dame, I got a part-time job delivering Chinese food for extra money. One day, the proprietor of the establishment, a young guy from mainland China, sat me down with a business propo…

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. Speaking of reading habits, I guess my main criticism of Brennan here is that he doesn’t seem to have read much of anything on 9/11, whether mainstream or left-wing. It doesn’t get more mainstream than the 9/11 Co…

In reply to Roderick T. Long. I agree with 99% of what you say in the Mises post, and I say that as someone who was taken by surprise by 9/11, not that I should have been. But as you suggest, the fact that I was taken by surprise was an indication that…

In reply to Roderick T. Long. It’s a very good piece. Can’t you just copy it off of the Wayback Machine, reformat it, and paste it onto your own website? It’s not as though you’d be violating anyone’s IP, right? You guys d…

About twenty years ago, before the Internet became the thing that it is, I was strolling around Princeton’s campus when I saw an ad on a bulletin board of someone shamelessly offering to write college application essays for a fee. The person in q…

There are two ways that COVID-19 deaths can be presented over time: by the date of death, or the date on which the death is reported. The data for Sweden is shown by date of death – this means the most recent points should be treated as incomplete.