Thursday

Bullets

Attention GKC fans: Chesterton Pilgrimage to Rome. November 12-20. $3,700 from JFK. The deadline for registration passed, but they've extended it a few days. Dale Ahlquist is leading. I know Dale personally. He's an engaging guy with a real nice demeanor. And it's Rome. I'm sure you won't be disappointed. * * * * * * * Abbie turns 18 today. I'd post a picture, but she's gotten too pretty for this blog. I don't want to catalyze any stalking. If you want to see a picture of my daughter, just shoot me an email. I'll send you an underwear shot . . . of me. * * * * * * * The intelligent Mary Kochan reviews Dinesh D'Souza's 2016: Obama's America. * * * * * * * Presidential conventions are perhaps the most shameful display of political eroticism ever known to man. Although it might cost the Republicans at the polls, I kinda hope the hurricane derails it. * * * * * * * I'd feel cleaner watching a "Dirty Prince Harry in Vegas" video than full coverage of the RNC. * * * * * * * If you don't think America is lost, ask yourself, "How could such ostentatious hokum give a party a boost in the polls?" Like it does every four years. * * * * * * * I love a good screed. I used to write them occasionally here at TDE, but I always felt a little guilty afterwards. Thomas DiLorenzo, I hear, might be the master screedist, and he has a new book: Organized Crime: The Unvarnished Truth about Government. The erudite David Gordon reviews it here. Gordon is, I gather, kinda the resident philosopher at the Mises Institute. I've been consistently impressed with his work, and he's impressed by this latest DiLorenzo slant on government (yes, I know: he's plugging a book published by his own organization). I would buy it, but it's merely a collection of short articles, many of which, I'm guessing, I can find on the Internet. Still, it's probably a fine contribution to the art of alternative thinking. * * * * * * * Funny Fallon: "Mattel just unveiled a new Barbie that is being referred to as the Drag Queen Barbie. Confused child sold separately."