Joe Verruni

The Live Music Event That Changed My Life I met my destiny, and nothing would be the same afterwards

”That also taught me something important about jazz. It happens in the moment. And if you hear it one night, don’t expect to find it on an a record. You can even go back and hear the same band the next night, and have a completely different experience.” www.honest-broker.com/p/the-live-m...

“It’s innocent, it’s generous, it doesn’t lie, it has no agenda, it has no body, it can’t make things happen.”

Unlike Radley and Shikha I was never at Reason (I only wrote a piece for them once). But having been in the similar orbit at Cato: some libertarians have been good on strongly opposing Trump as a uniquely dire threat, but it was firmly a minority. To claim vindication writ large is... unmerited.

I feel like there is a view among some self-proclaimed libertarians that racism is a personal belief and that personal beliefs should never be criticized. Their only concern is what the government is doing. Needless to say, I'm not a fan of this approach to promoting limited government.

Made Stromboli

Kid Rick made pedophilic comments about the Olsen twins

Kid Rick’s cool daddy cool lyrics TPUSA halftime show performer

I always assumed the “kid” part of “Kid Rock” referred to himself. Clearly that’s not the case…

This headline could’ve used some work.

This is very very good

“There are hailstorms, landslides, droughts, malaria and . . . the State. These are inescapable evils; such there always have been and there always will be.”

This is why we celebrate the Boston Substack Party, when the patriots wrote strongly worded pamphlets about tea.

Bob Weir Is Gone, but the Dead’s Music Plays On

“Like perhaps no other act, the Dead have evolved into an idea and a songbook.”

called my dad today to thank him for introducing me to the Grateful Dead

Bishop Barron's tendentious attack on Mayor Mamdani distorts doctrine Bishop Robert Barron's criticism of NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani's inaugural address evidences a mendacity unworthy of a minister of the Gospel. Also, will someone remind the bishop that his diocese is in...

Bishop Robert Barron had a nightmare. He dreamed that a cultural meme came and went before he could post something on X about it. https://bit.ly/4bpw23L

Everyone is 12.

I’d rather you not be ahead of me on this one

Snowflakes in the sand!

Asbury Park, NJ

BE A MINDFUL CONSUMER IN THE ATTENTION ECONOMY

“A man with a car in a world designed for feet is a god. A man with a car in a world designed for cars is in traffic.”

Reading the comments on any story about housing is a great way to understand how we got a housing shortage.

Happy feast day of Saint Frances Xaviar Cabrini

I would very much like Selcouth Quartet to tour again.

Went from getting the MLB package because I had a baby to missing the entire World Series because I have a baby

Twice-Yearly Time Travel Is Bad for Your Health Sticking to one time year-round makes sense for sleep, safety, and sanity.

🕰️ This Sunday, we change the clocks. But maybe it's not just an inconvenience, it’s a health risk.

“Our internal clocks are aligned with the sun, not social schedules,” writes Dr. Jeff Singer. Let’s pick a time and stick with it.

Washington has “showered” the US steel industry with protection from import competition for decades. Yet the industry continues to struggle, and steel prices in the US are among the world’s highest.

More protectionism will only exacerbate this long-term trend. www.cato.org/blog/folly-a...

Getting used to constant military jet flyovers isn’t something I had planned on

Opinion | Striking down the tariffs won’t hurt anybody The Supreme Court will not devastate the economy or the budget by obeying the Constitution.

“Given the legal deficiencies in the Trump administration’s case, this shock-and-awe approach is understandable. Yet it suffers from a serious flaw: The underlying policy claims are ridiculous.” @scottlincicome.bsky.social @cato.org

Feeding AI's Energy Appetite Featuring Jennifer Huddleston and Travis Fisher

Can free market policies in both AI and electricity create previously unimaginable levels of human flourishing and prosperity? @cato.org @jrhuddles.bsky.social

The Tylenol Scare Is a Reminder: We’re Leaving People in Pain with Too Few Options The Tylenol scare is built on shaky evidence but creates real fear, leaving women with almost no safe options.

What do pregnant women with high fevers and people with severe chronic pain have in common? Increasingly, both are being told to “tough it out.”
The Tylenol scare is built on shaky evidence, but it leaves women, like millions with pain, with nowhere to turn.

@fatherjmisty.bsky.social covering @brucespringsteen.net at the Stone Pony a couple years back