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*Rob Long, [https://roblong.substack.com/p/prestige-on-a-car-window-sticker/comments?utm_source=substack%2Csubstack&publication_id=848965&post_id=141167971&utm_medium=email%2Cemail&isFreemail=true&comments=true&utm_campaign=email-half-magic-comments "Prestige on a Car Window Sticker,"] ''Rob’s Free For Now Newsletter'' (January 29, 2024). | *Rob Long, [https://roblong.substack.com/p/prestige-on-a-car-window-sticker/comments?utm_source=substack%2Csubstack&publication_id=848965&post_id=141167971&utm_medium=email%2Cemail&isFreemail=true&comments=true&utm_campaign=email-half-magic-comments "Prestige on a Car Window Sticker,"] ''Rob’s Free For Now Newsletter'' (January 29, 2024). | ||
| − | :"I could quickly discover, years ago, which of my English friends were secret aristocrats. I would simply ask them what they thought about the accidental death of Diana, Princess of Wales. | + | :"I could quickly discover, years ago, which of my English friends were secret aristocrats. I would simply ask them what they thought about the accidental death of Diana, Princess of Wales. My middle class English pals would say something along the lines of, “It was a tragedy. She was indeed the ‘people’s princess.’” But my upper class friends would say something more like, “Good Lord, just as well she’s dead. Mad as a brush.” |
| − | My middle class English pals would say something along the lines of, “It was a tragedy. She was indeed the ‘people’s princess.’” | ||
| − | But my upper class friends would say something more like, “Good Lord, just as well she’s dead. Mad as a brush.” | ||
*[https://www.aaronrenn.com/p/brad-littlejohn-and-chris-castaldo?utm_campaign=email-post&r=fjeib&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email Littlejohn and Castaldo discussion on why Protestants convert to Eastern Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicim], a transcript from an Aaron Renn podcast. Extremely good. Lots of points. | *[https://www.aaronrenn.com/p/brad-littlejohn-and-chris-castaldo?utm_campaign=email-post&r=fjeib&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email Littlejohn and Castaldo discussion on why Protestants convert to Eastern Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicim], a transcript from an Aaron Renn podcast. Extremely good. Lots of points. | ||
Revision as of 13:04, 29 January 2024
- Rob Long, "Prestige on a Car Window Sticker," Rob’s Free For Now Newsletter (January 29, 2024).
- "I could quickly discover, years ago, which of my English friends were secret aristocrats. I would simply ask them what they thought about the accidental death of Diana, Princess of Wales. My middle class English pals would say something along the lines of, “It was a tragedy. She was indeed the ‘people’s princess.’” But my upper class friends would say something more like, “Good Lord, just as well she’s dead. Mad as a brush.”
- Littlejohn and Castaldo discussion on why Protestants convert to Eastern Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicim, a transcript from an Aaron Renn podcast. Extremely good. Lots of points.
- The OSS sabotage field manual on disrupting organizations] by things like making meetings go too long and not decide anything.
- "My Correct Views on Everything", Leszek Kolakowski (1974).
- On Why There Is No Milton Friedman Today: Sui Generis, Sui Temporis, ECON JOURNAL WATCH 10(2) (May 2013) 197-204 Steven G. Medema. Full of insights-- on Galbraith too, for example.
Top Ten THigns:
*Saturday Night Live on the 3 Presidents' Testimony, very very good.
- A short video of a map on the Korean War. Great!
