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Continue reading →: 7-Day Course Challenge: “The Roads to Serfdom: Readings” (Course #2)
My friend Daniel Bastiat tagged me on Facebook for a new 7-day challenge: Pick between 2 to 5 books that you would assign for any course of your choosing (each day) and name the course. Day #2 Course: The Roads to Serfdom: Readings(For undergraduate- and graduate-level students) After two weeks…
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Continue reading →: 7-Day Course Challenge – “The Socialist Calculation Debate” (Course #1)
On Facebook, my friend Daniel Bastiat has started a new 7-day challenge: Pick between 2 to 5 books that you would assign for any course of your choosing (each day) and name the course. You can use the same book on multiple days if it pertains to the topic. I…
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Continue reading →: Facebook Fiasco
On August 19, 2020, I was advertising a “Blow Out Sale” for The Dialectics of Liberty: Exploring the Context of Human Freedom—a trailblazing anthology I coedited with Roger Bissell and Ed Younkins. I was corresponding with a few of the contributors to the anthology with regard to steep discount sales…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #1805
Song of the Day: The Breeze and I, music by Cuban composer Ernesto Lecuono (originally entitled “Andalucia” [YouTube link]), Spanish lyrics by Emilio de Torro, English lyrics by Al Stillman, was a huge hit in 1940 for the Jimmy Dorsey Band, featuring vocalist Bob Eberly [YouTube link]. It was also…
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Continue reading →: The Dialectics of Liberty: BLOW OUT SALE!!!
The Dialectics of Liberty: Exploring the Context of Human Freedom, co-edited by Roger E. Bissell, Chris Matthew Sciabarra, and Edward W. Younkins, was published in 2019 by Lexington Books as a quality softcover for the price of $42.99. You can’t get it for a lower price anywhere. Even “used” copies…
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Continue reading →: Phucumol: Remedy for the Political Season!
I don’t do TikTok or much of any other social media (except blogging, Facebook, uh, okay, fuhgedaboudit!)… but this one went viral last month, and given that we’re now moving Top Speed into the political season, this has become my general attitude. If folks don’t care for language of this…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #1804
Song of the Day: Never Let Me Go, words and music by Ray Evans and Jay Livingston, was first heard in the 1956 Michael Curtiz-directed crime drama, “The Scarlet Hour” brought to life in the film by the great Nat King Cole and in a longer studio recording as well…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #1803
Song of the Day: C.E.D., composed by jazz guitarist Joe Pass and jazz pianist Arnold Ross, is featured on Pass’s debut album—and what a debut it was—“Sounds of Synanon,” recorded with patients of the Synanon Drug Center, where a young Pass was being treated for heroin addiction. Influenced by jazz…
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Continue reading →: Majority Rules NY Debuts New Site
I had previously sung the praises of the podcasts of Majority Rules NY, which is hosted by my friend and neighbor Pasquale Cascone and his pal Shaun Lembo. Check out their new website and their newest episode on YouTube. I’m waiting for the T-shirt to come out! It’s just a…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #1802
Song of the Day: Blue Trombone [YouTube link], composed by trombonist Rex Peer, is delivered with lyrical, melodic flair by my long-time friend—author, editor, and trombonist Roger Bissell—on his album “Reflective Trombone.” Just another reason to love and celebrate Roger and his gifts.
