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Also, do you have publication outlets earmarked for these symposia, or are you looking for one? Though I’m no longer actively involved in the editorial process, Reason Papers now essentially specializes in publishing Author Meets Critics symposia. So i…

I see that you’ve tagged your post “Liberty and the Left.” Have libertarians succeeded to any extent at convincing conventional leftists or liberals of the virtues of libertarianism, or is this more a matter of pushing libertarianism itself to the left…

In reply to Roderick T. Long. The highest point in New Jersey stands a whopping 1,803 feet above sea level. It’s called “High Point.” No one has the audacity to call it a “mountain.” LikeLike

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. Well, Austrians do have real mountains. One of my colleagues, who’s from the Southwest, tells me “When I first came to the eastern U.S., people would talk about their local mountains, and I would look around and …

In reply to Roderick T. Long. Ah, that’s interesting. I’m relying much more on the Bond movies than on the books. One exception on the Le Carré side is Little Drummer Girl, which manages pretty seamlessly to combine standard spy thriller ac…

In reply to Roderick T. Long. Turns out that there’s a “Camelback Mountain Retreat” in the immediate neighborhood: https://www.vrbo.com/1214966 I think it’s relevant that the friend to whom Alison was bragging about her “m…

In reply to Roderick T. Long. Some of my past thoughts on Fleming’s Bond versus Hollywood’s Bond: https://aaeblog.com/2012/02/tinker-tailor-soldier-bond/ https://aaeblog.com/2008/12/vintage-bondage/ https://aaeblog.com/2009/01/different-liv…

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. The torture scene in the movie is very brief. In the book it goes on for quite a while. I like that movie, but it doesn’t really capture the feel of the book (except insofar as it features a grimmer, less quippy Bond)….