Baseball, Football, and Society

Someone once wrote that everyone is entitled to three crackpot theories.  I take full advantage of this maxim; in fact I have to rotate theories.  In addition to crackpot theories, though, it seems to me that everyone should be entitled to three minor vices.  One of mine is watching sports.  Many of my friends are [...]

Literary intoxication: Jeffrey Tucker’s Bourbon for Breakfast

In times like ours, when fair is foul and foul is fair, the proponents of good causes can often lead a dour existence and indulge in a crankiness which, if less than charming, is certainly understandable given the long odds they face.  Unfortunately this doesn’t do much for their causes, since people—even smart people, or, [...]

The Art of Strolling and Other Countercultural Leisures

Typically I’m a very fast walker.  In former times it wasn’t uncommon for people to beg me to slow down.  At this point in time I was using walking as a form of exercise, but since I get that in other ways now, I have begun to slow down.  I have learned very quickly what [...]