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Hell, the World, and Tattoos The world is a better place if you don't care if the world is a better place. Tolstoy criticized a thing he called "family narcissism," which he described as the mindset that says "The world can go to hell, just

Saturday

It's Inevitable If you, like me, think the federal government's relentless drive to suck this country dry for the enrichment of itself and allies on Wall Street is inevitable so there's no reason to fight it, then you, like me, are part of the

Friday

A beer blogger recommended this beer as a good New Years Eve drink. New Years Eve drink? What makes this a NYE drink? The warming cloak? I mean, I understand Halloween beers (the pumpkin) and Christmas beers (the spices) and maybe even Thanksgiving beers (back to pumpkin), but a New

Friday

BYCU End-of-year tax planning and related issues have left virtually no time for the peaceful waiting of Advent, much less for the peaceful drinking of Advent or hungover blogging of Advent. Fortunately, I don't need to spend much time blogging this morning. A loyal TDE reader sent to

Friday

BYCU What beers did you drink in your younger years? There's a good chance people aren't drinking them anymore [http://247wallst.com/2012/12/03/nine-beers-americans-no-longer-drink/#ixzz2EBQLZ7RG] . 9. Milwaukee's Best Light 8. Miller High Life Light 7. Amstel Light 6. Miller Genuine Draft 5.

Thursday

I've never been this busy at the office. There was an evening about three years ago, when I actually slept at the office, but that was basically a 72-hour rush. This bout has been going full bore since last Monday and it ain't letting up. So,

Friday

BYCU I snapped this pic of a painting at the St. John's Inn in Plymouth, Michigan. The Inn, I'm told, is the home of Cardinal Maida [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Maida]. I've never seen him kicking around there, but if I did,

Thursday

The Essayist I broke down and bought that Epstein collection of biographies that I mentioned earlier this month [https://thedailyeudemon.com/25945/]. I also bought a collection of Epstein essays that came out in 2008. It took the latter a week to arrive, but once it did, I eagerly opened

BYCU

Received in an Email The tax system explained in beer When pondering the question of mining super taxes and the structure of our tax system in general, please refer to this explanation using the language of Beer !!Â Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the

Saturday

The Vote Neareth > "A state is a human community that (successfully) claims the monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force within a given territory." Max Weber. The new issue of Gilbert Magazine [http://www.chesterton.org/explore-the-acs/gilbertmagazine/] arrived yesterday. My friend Dale Ahlquist is taking