The Hedgehog’s Array: April 24, 2015
Noteworthy reads from the last week.
Up in Smoke—Plain Packaging and Brand Identity
Posted on April 20, 2015
Image: Vintage Camel cigarettes ad featuring prominent athletes such as Mickey Mantle.
Is plain packaging for cigarettes a barrier to trade?
The Hedgehog’s Array: April 17, 2015
Posted on April 17, 2015
Noteworthy reads from the last week.
The Hedgehog’s Array: April 10, 2015
Posted on April 10, 2015
Noteworthy reads from the last week.
An Interview With Alan Jacobs
Humility, laziness, true confessions, and The Karate Kid—an interview with Alan Jacobs on his 79 Theses for Disputation.
The Troubled Stranger
Posted on April 7, 2015
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In a 2011 Pew Research Center survey of the general public, more than 90 percent of the respondents expressed pride in the post-9/11 troops, and some three-quarters said they had thanked a service member. At the same time, most have no link to recent or active-duty service members, have never heard their stories, and report little understanding of their challenges.