A man walks into a chip shop and requests “fish ‘n’ chips twice”. The bloke behind the counter says “it’s alright mate I heard you the first time!” This seems to be an old British joke, but I’ve never heard “twice” used in this way. It came up in discussion on an e-mail list and [...]
“Alexander Hamilton: The Man Who Made Modern America” is an exhibit at the New York Historical Society. I haven’t seen this exhibit, nor do I intend to. Mike Wallace’s scathing review in the NY Review of Books was enough to convince me that it isn’t worth the time of day. And not for ideological reasons, [...]