January 2008
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Greek tragedies weren’t as tragic as this movie, which managed to be one of the most disturbing and bleakest movies I can remember seeing.
“Time, my dear, time will afford the opportunity, time is man’s martingale:...”
– Athos, The Three Musketeers
Exactly how good is "Casablanca," anyway?
This question is ridiculous. I just ran across a clip from this movie where Rick is standing at his balcony door and talking to Ilsa. All I saw was Rick smoking his cigarette (in the inimitable way that Humphrey Bogart smokes his cigarettes), and I suddenly realized: “Oh, that’s right. This movie is better than anyone gives it credit for.” Don’t get me wrong: Citizen...
Ten Recurring Economic Fallacies, 1774–2004 →
While this is surprisingly really interesting — if you care in the slightest about economics, which is all I really care about the subject — the author seems a little unhappy. He is clearly not a fan of Alexander Hamilton. Clearly.
