Oct
20
Federalist 12 and 13 – Hamilton
October 20, 2009 | Comments Off
Alexander Hamilton continues his discussion of the commercial advantages of a Federal Union in the next two Federalist Papers. The 12th essay is concerned with the advantage that a consolidated Union will provide in terms of revenue collection. In so doing, Hamilton elaborates on a recurrent theme of the essays, namely that a division of [...]
Oct
20
Further baseball observations
October 20, 2009 | Comments Off
Here’s another thing that touches my grouchy bone when watching baseball lately: the silly celebrations following walk-off wins. I remember that when I first started watching baseball in the 80s, after a walk-off game-winning run was scored, the guy scoring the run would get mobbed by his teammates and basically get beaten to a bloody [...]
Oct
20
Another sign I’m getting old
October 20, 2009 | 1 Comment
Despite the fact that we’re clearly headed towards a World Series matchup that could lead to Mets fans everywhere lighting themselves on fire, I’ve been watching the playoffs on TBS and Fox. As has been the case for several years now, the games are littered with Viagra ads. I won’t comment on what this says [...]