No, I haven’t been singing that horrible song from HAIRSPRAY (in truth, not bad as a whole) when I go outside here in the city of endless row houses.
But, here’s my first report on the ISI honors week.
Paul Seaton—who lurks in our threads and is Baltimore’s most distinguished Manent expert—will speak on Friday on liberty and our present philosopher-pope. It’s fitting and proper that RAT CHOICE THEORY be the peak of our week.
Jim is right, by the way, below. I misunderestimated the speaker and the rest of the Republican leadership. In the word of a great man, suddenly they are WINNING.
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