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Eddie’s Spirit Chronicles: Atlantico Private Cask

Posted on April 2, 2016 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: Atlantico is a young Dominican distillery, not a decade old. Their range has found favor with, of all people, Enrique Iglesias, who is a partner in the business and makes promotional videos for them. This is the … Continue reading →

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Small Bluetooth Speakers

Posted on April 1, 2016 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Currently living out of suitcases in a small, furnished sublet far away from our usual city, my wife and I recently found ourselves craving a speaker. Earphone-listening is great but sometimes it’s fun to share music, and … Continue reading →

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Robert Stark And I Have a Yak

Posted on March 31, 2016 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Robert Stark interviews yours truly. Given that I spent much of my professional life interviewing other people, I found it a little bewildering to be answering questions instead of asking them. But Robert’s an interesting guy and we … Continue reading →

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Trumpster Linkage

Posted on March 15, 2016 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: What is now if not an opportune time to share some online goodies about Donald Trump, and about what he and his campaign may or may not represent? Perhaps the Trump phenom shouldn’t be treated too dismissively. Does Trump … Continue reading →

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Bronze Is Not the Most Durable of Monuments

Posted on March 7, 2016 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Near three months, without excepting the holy season of Lent, were consumed in skirmishes and preparations, before the Latins were ready or resolved for a general assault. The land fortifications had been found impregnable; and the … Continue reading →

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“Woman on the Run”

Posted on March 6, 2016 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: This 1950 noir, directed by Norman Foster, and written by Foster and Alan Campbell, from a story by Sylvia Tate, is intriguing for the way in which it uses its thriller premise to mine the complexities … Continue reading →

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Notes on “Snow Trail”

Posted on February 21, 2016 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: This 1947 suspense melodrama was written by the young Akira Kurosawa, and it stars two of Kurosawa’s screen alter egos, Takashi Shimura and Toshiro Mifune. They’re playing bank robbers (Japan has bank robbers?) on the run … Continue reading →

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Linkage

Posted on January 31, 2016 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Matt Ridley looks at the impact of Richard Dawkins’ “The Selfish Gene.” Anthropologist Melvin Konner takes stock of the Paleo movement. Mark Steyn still thinks it’s the demography, stupid. Frank Salter worries that the current migrant crisis will put an end … Continue reading →

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Notes on “Beasts of No Nation”

Posted on January 27, 2016 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Writer-director Cary Joji Fukunaga’s “Beasts of No Nation” is the most viscerally affecting war movie in recent memory. Based on a novel by Uzodinma Iweala, which I haven’t read, it focuses on guerrilla warfare in an … Continue reading →

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Wither Colleges?

Posted on January 13, 2016 by Fenster

Fenster writes: Blowhard Esq. advocates here that students consider college on a do it yourself basis.  That idea has a lot of appeal.  Here is a book on DIY University.  And the recent film on higher education, The Ivory Tower, … Continue reading →

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