Extra Ordinary Ideas

The Real World

Despite my shameful, longer-than-planned absence from this page, a surprising number of you continue to trickle through wondering whether I have emerged from the blog coma that has afflicted me these few weeks. Since I know most of you in the actual physical universe, I want you to know what’s been happening:

My brother visited DC and took the Foreign Service exam. I, at least, am confident he kicked its ass. Always more temperamentally suited to making peace than war, he may decide to trade Air Force blues for diplomatic immunity next year. A salutary exchange, as you know if you’ve seen him drive.

I’ve decided to move to Boston in September to pursue a(n additional) graduate degree. I plan to learn empirical analysis and basic economics, and prolong my extended adolescence by wearing jeans every day, dancing regularly, and flirting with interesting law students and graduate philosophy TAs. I’ll continue to work with the Cato Institute from a distance while I am there.

I am 96 footnotes into what is shaping up to be about a 140-footnote paper. Expect posting to continue to be more sparse than usual until I finish.

I'm going to be in Seattle next weekend on business. I’ll be quite busy, but do harass me by cell phone if you want to try get together.

This is an issue blog. Really it is. But it’s only for extra ideas, and I haven’t had many to spare just lately. Don’t worry; I will be back. Until then, go see Julian’s extra ideas. That man never runs short.