Dangerous Intersection (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
This weekend, a good friend (Thanks, Eddie!) reminded me to read a “classic” on mass movements, The True Believer (1951), by Eric Hoffer, an American social writer. Hoffer was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in February 1983 by President of the United States Ronald Reagan. Hoffer begins his book by recognizing that all mass movements [...]
Bill Boyarsky (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
Sports Illustrated's Richard Hoffer pays eloquent homage to Vin Scully and his importance to Los Angeles on this week's issue. Hoffer used to cover sports...
Baseball Toaster (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
Vin Scully is the subject of a Sports Illustrated profile this week by Richard Hoffer.
Farther Off the Wall (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
It's not even 1,500 words, this essay/pseudo story that Richard Hoffer has cobbled together for the current issue of Sports Illustrated on Dodgers Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully (linked here) that arrived in subscriber mailboxes today. Nor is...
Christian quoter (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
The modern liberal will strike a militant posture in defense of rights, but he can no longer explain why that biped who conjugates verbs should be the bearer of rights.- Hadley Arkes, Natural Rights and the Right to Choose No one has a right to happiness. - Eric Hoffer Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political...
