mandatory semantics
December 12, 2006 1 Comment
I sent this Nest Heads comic to my traceur friend:
His reply: “That is marvelous. And a little terrifying — the old coot mandating meaning.”
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Father of Benjamin, husband of Nathalie, BK Marcus works from Charlottesville, Virginia, as a publishing consultant.
He is the former managing editor of Mises.org and the founder of Invisible Order.
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