travel – This Game Is Over, Salvucci Sez

The Grave’s a Fine and Private Place, But None There Do I Think Embrace

Quite. You know the saying, “Be careful what you wish for? You may get it.” Yeah, funny that. A few years ago, I wrote a piece, not my usual cynical crap, about a little girl from South Philadelphia, Concetta Delia, who was run over by a trolley at the age of eight (?) in 1914Continue reading “The Grave’s a Fine and Private Place, But None There Do I Think Embrace”

Philly is the Paris of the USA (humor)

I actually read that line in the Philadelphia Inquirer, what passes as a newspaper of record in my readopted home town. Having spent nearly forty years in Texas, I think I know B-S when I see it. I’m not here to tell you that isn’t really true, because you’re not an idiot. Or if youContinue reading “Philly is the Paris of the USA (humor)”

Economics is Everywhere

Economics is Everywhere. No. I didn’t invent the phrase. Daniel Hamermesh, a labor economist who I wish I had had as a colleague instead of the one I suffered with, is responsible for the useful observation (and accompanying textbook, which I assume, in a fifth edition, is doing very well). Actually, for years now, thisContinue reading “Economics is Everywhere”