In 1995, forty years after appearing with Mario in the movie Serenade, Metropolitan Opera veteran Licia Albanese attended the Mario Lanza Ball in Philadelphia. The octogenarian wasn't scheduled to sing, but sing she did, to the surprise and delight of the 600 attendees, who included moi:

In the teeth of fierce opposition itching for a new law regulating UK press and investigative journalism, David Cameron says:

Don’t Let the Election Results Threaten Liberty
By Edward Hudgins

Americans face automatic tax hikes at the start of 2013 that would cripple a barely limping economy. But the federal government is running astronomical budget deficits, borrowing 40 cents for every dollar it spends. What to do?

One of Ayn Rand's better essays is called The Argument From Intimidation.

George Reisman was kind enough to send me a complimentary copy of his new Kindle book, "The Benevolent Nature of Capitalism and Other Essays." I have given it the five stars it deserves, and reviewed it, under the title, "Concise, Potent Antidote to Obamarx."

Here:

http://www.peikoff.com/2012/11...

Maria Callas sings at Covent Garden. No words are necessary:

http://www.thenewamerican.com/...

The Age of Irony-for-Irony's-Sake is one of pomowankery's most insidious contributions to the demise of civilisation.

Hostess Twinkies Teach Economics to Unions
By Edward Hudgins

November 21, 2012 -- The venerable Hostess Brands company, maker of Twinkies, Ho-Hos, Wonder Bread, and other baked delights, is shutting its doors, bankrupt.

If you do not mind traveling you may want to consider working in the Alberta oil patch.

At some quick point the wartime standard and ideal of "proportional response" is truly inhuman and depraved. You're supposed to defeat your evil enemy -- not play "tit for tat" with him.

"Their" meaning the Left.

http://beforeitsnews.com/polit...

I'm constantly disappointed by Objectivist analysis of well, pretty much everything outside of economics.

“Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.” (Job 1:21)

Unhappy Americans ask to secede from US

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/n...

Ditto TVNZ and Radio New Zealand, and all other dumbed-down tax-funded playgrounds and playthings for quackers, cretins and compulsionists anywhere in the world!

Airhead Alert! This is more than two hours long. Take your Ritalin!

"In the name of the best within you, do not sacrifice this world to those who are its worst. In the name of the values that keep you alive, do not let your vision of man be distorted by the ugly, the cowardly, the mindless in those who have never achieved his title.

http://freebeacon.com/cnn-iran...

So Iran fired at a US drone last week. I got this from Jihad Watch. Robert Spencer asks this:

Ever since the Blue Oyster Bar scene in Police Academy I have been aware that there's a freaky side to homosexuality.

Here is Ari Armstrong's latest blog post from the The Objective Standard.

Here they are:

http://elections.nytimes.com/2...

Here is the important breakdown:

White 59% Romney
Black 93% Obama

Fighting for Freedom Against Reelected Obama
By Edward Hudgins

November, 7, 2012 -- Barack Obama’s reelection victory, with a narrow popular vote margin, does not constitute a mandate for his future policies; he didn’t give us specifics about them in any case. But we know from Obama's first term that he is a paternalist and a socialist, whether he labels himself as such or not. He wants to push for more government control of our lives and limits on our liberty.

"History always repeats itself twice: first time as tragedy, second time as farce." - Karl Marx

Dear Republicans,

I wonder which part of the following sentiment has eluded your attention or comprehension: "Liberty-lovers, in and outside the party founded against slavery, are beyond-exasperated with your putting up presidential candidates who appease and endorse slavery"?

Here is a link to a typical occurrence in America:

http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/...