Episode review: Columbo A Matter of Honor

columbophile's avatarTHE COLUMBOPHILE BLOG

Columbo A Matter of Honor opening titles

Columbo was enjoying a little sojourn south of the border on 1st February 1976, hanging out with legendary matador Luis Montoya in A Matter of Honor.

Featuring no less a talent than Ricardo Montalban as the villainous bullfighter, how will the Lieutenant fare on foreign soil this time round, four years after the London-sized debacle that was Dagger of the Mind?

Or to put it another way, is this a prize bull of an episode, or a pathetic wannabe matador destined to be gored to death? Let’s wet our muleta, down a bottle of mescal and don our comedy sombreros to find out…

Honor cast

Dramatis personae

Lieutenant Columbo: Peter Falk
Luis Montoya: Ricardo Montalban
Comandante Emilio Sanchez: Pedro Armendariz Jr
Curro Rangel: A. Martinez
Hector Rangel: Robert Carricart
Nina Montoya: Maria Grimm
Miguel Hernandez: Emilio Fernandez
Jaime Delgado: Enrique Lucero

View original post 4,833 more words

Pope Francis is backward on economics

The Numbers Game: Do The Rich Get All The Gains?

Coase’s influence on economics, and Adam Smith’s influence on Coase

Appreciation of Ronald Coase

marxism, more practically

teppo's avatarorgtheory.net

Teppo

This weekend I read Leszek Kolakowski‘s 1974 essay “My Correct Views on Everything” (well worth the read) – a response to British historian E.P. Thompson, who took Kolakowski to task in a scathing article (titled “Open Letter to Leszek Kolakowski”) arguing in effect that Kolakowski had sold out his Marxist ideals. While Marxism undoubtedly is highly influential theoretically, it is hard to dismiss the practical of it all (particularly if we believe Lewin’s epithet of [roughly] ‘nothing is quite as practical as theory’). As Kolakowski notes – the practical outcomes of Marxism, theoretical ideals and potential misconstruals aside, have been devastating.

My reading of the Kolakowski essay coincides with a recent translation of his 1,283-page tome Main Currents of Marxism, published by Norton. The book is reviewed by Tony Judt in the NYRB here (also recommended). On the Kolakowski essay mentioned above, Judt notes:

View original post 95 more words

Animal Rights Extremists: Terrorism vs. Protest

gjihad's avatarGreen Jihad

During February, Vice News released a very good and revealing documentary about the animal rights terrorist group Direct Action Everywhere (DxE). At first it seems to be favorable to DxE, but (fortunately) the reporter and producers of the film seem to have done their best to be even handed in their presentation. The events surrounding DxE’s activity involve their trespass and theft of chickens at a Petaluma, California poultry farm.

Ultimately, what counts is the interview with the poultry farm owner. Despite the changes made to some of their procedures resulting from what DxE did, he still has fear that they will be back and the hoodlums are still terrorizing Sonoma County farmers. Ultimately, as DxE’s leader Wayne Hsiung implies, their mission is to get animals legal recognition the same as humans to not only stop using animals for food but also to destroy the meat and dairy industry built…

View original post 2 more words

Scotese Plate Tectonics Paleogeography & Ice ages

From Star Times article on kids taken out of school for a week at a time for funerals of more distant relatives as well as family

Must have upset the Privacy Commissioner

Image

Speaking of 1.5°C to survive

Image

Still more gender gaps

Image

The importance of the market test

Image

Why does this North Korean defector want to return home ? BBC News

Friedrich von Hayek and Jack High

Previous Older Entries Next Newer Entries

The War on Prices

Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law

The Bleeding Heart Libertarian

Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law

More Stories from the Stories I Publish!

Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law

In My Tribe

Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law

Coordination Problem

Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law

Libertarian Land

Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law

Arin’s Substack

Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law

David Andolfatto

Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law

Monetary Non-Neutrality

Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law

Reason Magazine

Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law

Coyote Blog

Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law

Thoughts from the North

Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law

Fardels Bear

A History of the Alt-Right

Vincent Geloso

Econ Prof at George Mason University, Economic Historian, Québécois

Bassett, Brash & Hide

Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law

Truth on the Market

Scholarly commentary on law, economics, and more

The Undercover Historian

Beatrice Cherrier's blog

Matua Kahurangi

Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law

Temple of Sociology

Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law

Velvet Glove, Iron Fist

Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law

Why Evolution Is True

Why Evolution is True is a blog written by Jerry Coyne, centered on evolution and biology but also dealing with diverse topics like politics, culture, and cats.

NoTricksZone

Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law

Homepaddock

A rural perspective with a blue tint by Ele Ludemann

Kiwiblog

DPF's Kiwiblog - Fomenting Happy Mischief since 2003

The Dangerous Economist

Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law

Watts Up With That?

The world's most viewed site on global warming and climate change

The Logical Place

Tim Harding's writings on rationality, informal logic and skepticism

Doc's Books

A window into Doc Freiberger's library

The Risk-Monger

Let's examine hard decisions!

Uneasy Money

Commentary on monetary policy in the spirit of R. G. Hawtrey

Barrie Saunders

Thoughts on public policy and the media

Liberty Scott

Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law

Point of Order

Politics and the economy

James Bowden's Blog

A blog (primarily) on Canadian and Commonwealth political history and institutions

Science Matters

Reading between the lines, and underneath the hype.

Peter Winsley

Economics, and such stuff as dreams are made on

A Venerable Puzzle

"The British constitution has always been puzzling, and always will be." --Queen Elizabeth II

The Antiplanner

Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law

Bet On It

Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law

History of Sorts

WORLD WAR II, MUSIC, HISTORY, HOLOCAUST

Roger Pielke Jr.

Undisciplined scholar, recovering academic

Offsetting Behaviour

Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law

JONATHAN TURLEY

Res ipsa loquitur - The thing itself speaks

Conversable Economist

In Hume’s spirit, I will attempt to serve as an ambassador from my world of economics, and help in “finding topics of conversation fit for the entertainment of rational creatures.”

The Victorian Commons

Researching the House of Commons, 1832-1868

Books & Boots

Reflections on books and art