Greg Mankiw passes along that PBS has announced that it will broadcast The Power of Choice, a documentary about Milton Friedman, on January 29th.
This promises to be a special show and one that should not be missed by anyone who is interested in the course of economics and capitalism in American society. The preview for the show is up on YouTube and can be viewed here.
One of my sisters, Mary, is a pediatrician who lives in Boerne and works in San Antonio.
Although sister Mary couldn’t care less about professional sports in general and professional basketball in particular, she knows who former San Antonio Spurs center David Robinson is and admires him a great deal. This NY Times article explains why.
Robinson made a lot of money in San Antone while playing for the Spurs, embraced the community during his playing days and decided to stick around and give back to the community after his playing career was over. Bully for him.
As noted in this earlier post and several previous posts, football is synonomous with autumn in Texas and, each year, there always seems to be one play that stands out among all the rest from the season.
This season, there really is no question about the play of the year, but it’s not for the faint of stomach. During a key part of the 4th quarter in the state 5A D-1 championship game between Southlake Carroll and Austin Westlake, Southlake Carroll QB Riley Dodge barks out the signals, vomits immediately before taking the snap, proceeds to throw a perfect TD pass to put Southlake ahead for good in the game, and then is helped off the field by a couple of his teammates as he vomits again on his way to the sideline.
Through the genius of YouTube, you can now enjoy — or at least admire — QB Dodge’s effort.