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its ecstasy was horrible
Benjamin asked me to play him an audiobook this afternoon. Which one? “One with monsters.” I played him Geraldine McCaughrean’s Odysseus, but my favorite of her monsters is this one, from a chapter in Perseus called "Love at First Sight": At the sight of the monster wat

candy economy
"The true magic of Halloween is the transforming effect of free exchange…" – Jeffrey Tucker

Perseus
Benjamin Tucker Marcus as Perseus (with the head of Medusa) for Halloween 2009 We so enjoyed Geraldine McCaughrean’s retelling of Gilgamesh that I bought her 4-part “Heroes”

Mises.org and the Christian Science Monitor
What an amazing fan letter: Dear Mr. French, First of all, we have to tell you that your "Mises" blog is fantastic. The breadth of subject matter, the depth of scholarship, and the overarching wit and sense of humor distinguish it from virtually every other blog in its space. We know that’s not news to you, but it’s always nice to hear it from someone else. As a matter of fact, we were stunned that it was not chosen to be among the Wall Street Journal’s Top 25 Economics Blogs. (They certai