"The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing."

                --Archilochus

Glenn Reynolds:
"Heh."

Barack Obama:
"Impossible to transcend."

Albert A. Gore, Jr.:
"An incontinent brute."

Rev. Jeremiah Wright:
"God damn the Gentleman Farmer."

Friends of GF's Sons:
"Is that really your dad?"

Kickball Girl:
"Keeping 'em alive until 7:45."

Hired Hand:
"I think . . . we forgot the pheasant."




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Sunday, April 30, 2006

John Kenneth Galbraith (1908-2006)

Conventional wisdom dictates that the Times would write him a five-page obit.

Comments on "John Kenneth Galbraith (1908-2006)"

 

Anonymous Anonymous said ... (12:48 AM) : 

Have you ever looked at a map of gas prices in the United Stated based on county? Have you compared it to the results of a presidential election based on a precinct map?

 

Blogger Gentleman Farmer said ... (8:04 AM) : 

You have to love the line to the effect that Galbraith thought Kennedy to be a lightweight, until Kennedy started to call Galbraith for advice. Such consultation, one presumes, persuaded the professor of Kennedy's good judgment.

 

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