by Vincent McCaffrey | Nov 21, 2022 | Blog, Essays
In ancient times, using a pen name, I wrote a series of short-short stories for use as one-page advertisements, under the heading ‘An annotated browser,’ to promote the shop. These are a few examples. Counterpane It is...
by Vincent McCaffrey | Jul 17, 2020 | Blog, Essays
A dialog. “What’s this?” “What?” “This ‘Resolution 451’ business.” “Not a business. Just a revolution. Like a New Year’s revolution.” “You mean resolution.” “Well, yes, but it’s a revolting matter to have to deal with after all the ages..” “How so? What’s the matter?”...
by Vincent McCaffrey | Mar 25, 2020 | About Books, Blog, Essays, Reference
I have finally done something I had promised to do here years ago. But it is posted at the Bookshop site under ‘annotations.’...
by Vincent McCaffrey | Jun 19, 2019 | Blog, Essays
I first knowingly encountered the Administrative State in 1972 when I went to City Hall in Boston to get a peddler’s license so that I might sell books and magazines on the street. I was under the delusion (illusion is too kind) that the First Amendment to the...
by Vincent McCaffrey | Feb 17, 2019 | Blog, Essays
The spawn of a recent article by Richard Fernandez (https://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/surprise-collapse/) is a rather gloomy extended thought on my part. It is my tendency to be gloomy, true, but that aside, I have the habit of seeing analogy in most of what I hear...
by Vincent McCaffrey | Feb 8, 2019 | Blog, Essays
The occasion of this post is my recent discovery of a wonderful book by John Kaag entitled American Philosophy, a Love Story. Before I get to any criticism of the work, I should commit myself beyond the adjective ‘wonderful,’ and say that I think it is indeed truly...
