Coolidge Corner

Hitting Restart

Having not blogged in almost 9 months, I wanted to explain my reasons for stopping, report on some pretty big changes in my life, and explain my hopes for the blog now that I plan to begin again.  Since hits have dwindled to fewer than one a day, and my family and friends know most of this, this is largely for my benefit – but bear with me.

Part of my reason for starting the blog in the first place was to provide an outlet for my interest in economics, law, and policy (and by unfortunate extension – politics).   Ultimately, the hours spent on google reader and fits and starts blogging weren’t enough; I wanted something more closely related to my interests than the excel jockeying bankruptcy consulting provided.  While I am somewhat embarrassed to put it in words as it sounds so naïve, I decided to assist in the defense of liberty, the best next step, given my talents and nature, would be to become a lawyer.

So, while traveling 5 days a week consulting for troubled companies, I studied for and took the LSAT and applied to law schools.  While awaiting responses, I guess because rethinking and redirecting my professional life had sparked a broader re-evaluation of my priorities, I asked Daisy, my girlfriend of five years, to marry me.  

Fast forward to today – I have left my consulting position, my fiancé Daisy and I are packing for a move to D.C. where I will be attending Georgetown University Law Center, and I want to begin blogging again.  I hope going forward I can continue to address the policy questions that interest me, and by extension the politics involved, without becoming so heated.  Also, I will probably be blogging more about all the other exciting, interesting, befuddling and galling things that I encounter in my changing life.   Nick Gillespie stated the libertarian position nicely:

First and foremost, we believe that politics—a rotten, zero-sum game in which the winners rub the losers' face in dog shit like a schoolyard bully—should not be the primary focus of human activity. It should be squeezed into the smallest box possible so that individuals and the communities they form can get on with far more interesting and exciting and liberatory stuff.

While I will continue to lament the increasing control of government over my life, I also want to spend more time celebrating the control I exercise over my life – and all the fun that comes of it.

Apologies

Apologies for the dearth of posts, I don't really have any excuses, but I don't need any, because its my blog.

None the less, I am going to try and get up a some more material.  Maybe try for somewhat shorter posts. 

Anyway, if there is anything in particular you guys are interested in, let me know.

Welcome

Welcome to Coolidge Corner, my first attempt at blogging.  It became clear I should have a blog a few weeks ago when I realized I was posting new items with commentary to my Facebook profile multiple times daily.  The major impediments were:

-coming up with a name I didn't find stupid
-figuring out how to post sufficiently often without loosing my day job which allows me to afford the cool $8.95 per month this baby is costing me

I have succeed to some degree on the first, Calvin Coolidge was an alumnus of my alma mater, Amherst College, and was a champion of liberty which I hope to be.  Also, I live in the Coolidge Corner neighborhood of Brookline, MA.

As to the second, it remains to be seen but please bear with me as have a go at this.