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Continue reading →: The Triumph of the Libertarian-Hyphenates
My newest Substack essay continues a public dialogue with Matt Zwolinski that began with his thought-provoking piece, “The Myth of Libertarianism.” My initial reply to Zwolinski (“Are We all Libertarian-Adjacent Now?”) led to Zwolinski’s reply in a recent essay, “Family Resemblance: Is Peter Thiel a Real Libertarian?” Today’s follow-up reply…
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Continue reading →: RIP Sonny Rollins
I have featured so many songs composed or performed by Sonny Rollins over the years, from his classics “Airegin” and “Oleo” to “Pent-Up House“. An extraordinary musician and singular jazz voice that lives on in his legendary performances, “The Saxophone Colossus” died yesterday in Woodstock, NY at the age of…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #2308
Song of the Day: Fly Away, words and music by Lenny Kravitz, can be found on the artist’s album “5“. The song topped Billboard‘s Mainstream Rock and Modern Rock Tracks charts, and earned Kravitz a Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Performance, his first of four consecutive wins in the…
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Continue reading →: Go Knicks!
Check out Mike Lupica’s piece in the New York Daily News: “These Knicks are the Real Deal“.
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #2307
Song of the Day: Strong Enough, words and music by Mark Taylor and Paul Barry, earned Cher a #1 Billboard Dance Club Song. This was the second single released from her 1999 album, which earned Cher the first Grammy of her career for its title track, “Believe“. Inducted into the…
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Continue reading →: Pet Love
May is National Pet Month in the United States. It is a celebration of the bond between pets and people—a testament to the immense joy that pets bring to our lives. Through the years, the deep connection that I experienced with our family pets was a source of support, companionship,…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #2306
Song of the Day: Gymnopedies No. 1 is the first of three piano compositions by Erik Satie, who was born on this date in 1866. This work was published in 1888, but its lovely melody has been sampled countless times through the years by artists from many different genres. In…
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Continue reading →: Base Ball Busting
I’ve been a New York Yankees fan my entire life. Back in 2002, when the YES (Yankees Entertainment and Sports) Network made its debut, I was a Cablevision customer. YES promised to carry all the Yankees games, when they weren’t being broadcast on commercial or national television (FOX, FS1, TBS,…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #2305
Song of the Day: You Are the Sunshine of My Life, words and music by Stevie Wonder, appears on the artist’s 1972 album, “Talking Book“. This song earned Stevie a Grammy for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. It went to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the Easy Listening…
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Continue reading →: Are We all Libertarian-Adjacent Now?
I have very much enjoyed the work of my friend and colleague Matt Zwolinski, especially his coauthored book with John Tomasi, The Individualists: Radicals, Reactionaries, and the Struggle for the Soul of Libertarianism (2023). In a recent essay, Zwolinski addresses “The Myth of Libertarianism”, echoing themes from that earlier volume.…
Chris Sciabarra, April 2022 Coney Island Parachute Jump, Brooklyn, New York
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