Monthly Archives: June 2003


No to Pryor

Steve at No More Mister Nice Blog has a bunch of material on Bill Pryor. Plenty of stuff to help you over the hump if there is some reason you have been hesitant to let your senators know you want them to keep this guy off the bench. You can also go over to Ruminate This for more.


Mutating Corporations

Virginia Postrel’s article Specialization is the Rage will likely disappear into the NY Times pay content world in a few days. But, as Lynne Keisling tells us, it is a must read:

Its topic is specialization, and specifically the move away from vertical integration in the structure of many industries. Technological change has contributed to making this move possible and profitable.

The implications should extend far beyond the corporate world.


Enjoying Life

The Talking Dog Family and the Sisyphus Family attended the Coney Island annual Mermaid Parade. TD tells us that:

In the nationally franchised, branded, homogenized, sterilized world in which we spend most of our lives, something local, something real. While it lasts, anyway, something precious.

Our kids have grown past the ‘swag magnet’ stage but reading td’s report made me want to be there with them.