THE LIST OF SUPERB THINGS: THE ECONOMIST
Long have we yearned for the right measure of praise for the Economist, our favorite magazine in the universe. After all, they combine airtight prose with ruthless cold sense and snarkily captured pics: everything we aspire to be and will never, ever be. They also make covers like this, for which we love them and would willingly massage all of their black-socked feet:
Someone has beaten us to it. If that’s the price to pay for being well-informed, then too fucking bad. SIR–this rules. Thank you, Orson Swindle, Atlanta, GA USA.
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SB at 23,
I manged to secure a couple of cases of the Taylor and Fonseca and 3 of the Graham. (Wanted the Quinto de Noval badly, of course but just wasn’t feasible). At the time the expense was beyond prohibitive but looking at current prices a much larger buy would have been worth the effort. Sell some at auction and enjoy the rest for free.
I try to stay away from the stuff ’cause its just too tasty but had occasion to broach a bottle just last week to go with some cigars of …er… foreign manufacture. that I had picked up in Barcelona. The one thing missing was a good College Football game.
Comment by marcillac — May 7, 2008 @ 2:57 pm
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I am not a connoisseur of fine Ports, more like a guy that knows what he likes. Warres Warrior is a favorite, but a friend sent me a case of Madeira from V. Sattui. Reasonably priced, with that same Port-like fruitiness/sweetness.
Comment by hunglikehussain — May 7, 2008 @ 2:42 pm
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marcillac @ #12…the Fonseca, Taylor-Fladgate and Quinto do Noval were all 100 point wines by anyone rating at the time, and the vintage was considered the best of the century. I had a daughter born that year so I dropped a load on 7 cases…the above three, a Dow, a Graham’s, a Warres and a Croft. I’ll be drinking port for the rest of my life…so this is the second time I have encountered too much of a good thing…the first was, well, I don’t know her anymore…
Comment by sb — May 7, 2008 @ 1:56 pm
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i knew there was some connection between my concurrent obsessions with economist.com and edsbs.com.
Comment by woooooohooooooooo — May 7, 2008 @ 1:19 pm
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I’ve had a subscription for about 6 months and I must say that I certainly feel smarter about the world after reading each issue. The articles are perfectly written with a great balance of fact and opinion, so much so that you read it almost don’t realize that’s the case.
I only wish I had enough free time each week to read each issue cover to cover.
There should be something said though for how many people who read this blog also read the Economist. In a weird way, we all have the same dry sense of humor.
Comment by haybeav — May 7, 2008 @ 1:14 pm
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Yes, its a good rag, but has fallen off a bit in recent years. I have not continued my subscription since 2005.
EDSBS is, however, still in its prime. I egerly renew each year.
Comment by tzubear — May 7, 2008 @ 12:55 pm
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My 90-minute commute would be unbearable without all that tiny print. Salut.
Comment by Holly — May 7, 2008 @ 12:23 pm
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Sir -
You neglect to mention that its articles do not include the name of the journalist who wrote them. While I am an admitted Economist junkie, the lack of authorship makes the publication little more than a monacle wearing blog, or worse, a monacle wearing blog commenter.
Yours Respectfully,
DrPeterV
Atlanta, GA
Comment by DrPeterV — May 7, 2008 @ 12:00 pm
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#14
Well played sir.
Comment by Chips O'Toole — May 7, 2008 @ 11:58 am
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FT!
Comment by Bloke — May 7, 2008 @ 11:57 am
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The staff of the Economist = the Phil Steele of reality.
Of course, a part of me still feels dirty when seeing the colour photographs. Just my 2,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Z$ worth.
Comment by Conan D'Amato — May 7, 2008 @ 11:50 am
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Sir-
It should be noted that The Economist is technically a newspaper. I also will never tire of The Economist’s stated mission: “to take part in a severe contest between intelligence, which presses forward, and an unworthy, timid ignorance obstructing our progress.”
Respectfully,
PeteJayhawk
Lawrence, Kansas
Comment by PeteJayhawk — May 7, 2008 @ 11:50 am
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Speaking of 1992, that’s the year I started reading the Economist. Yikes.
Comment by marcillac — May 7, 2008 @ 11:46 am
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DG at 2, SB at 6
The 1994 Fonseca is quite superb as well. The 1997 of both the Taylor and Fonseca are drinking well but the 1992 Taylor (tricentenuary) is somewhat disappointing in my experience.
Comment by marcillac — May 7, 2008 @ 11:45 am
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Cheers to Orson Swindle and EDSBS!
For contrasting views, a recent scanning of an OSU fan blog mentioned “Buck-stache Monthly” as their favorite publication. Ha-Ha!!
Comment by Black Swamp Gator — May 7, 2008 @ 11:44 am
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Sir, I think you mean Zimbabwe.
Ghana’s inflation, while still in the 10 to 20% range, is relatively stable.
Mugabe’s lunatic totalitarian populism and land grabs have led to the hyperinflation in Zimbabwe
Cheers
Comment by Kerwin4two — May 7, 2008 @ 11:42 am
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one of the best, if not the best, magazines in the world.
Comment by socalbryan — May 7, 2008 @ 11:41 am
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is it just me or is it innately funny that an article applauding the Economist features sidebar advertising for Anne Coulter. Like a Vegan food blog sponsored by a photo of a cow eating bacon
Comment by jon — May 7, 2008 @ 11:29 am
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Sir–
We are also members of the UHB, and we applaud your taste. My favorite recent Economist remark was about how inflation in Africa has generally been stable, with the exception of Ghana, where it was 150,000%.
All said with appropriate dryness yet a lack of smug.
Now i’m off to a Rioja wine tasting in my Zeppelin!
That’s actually true, except the Zeppelin business. It’s just a hovercraft.
Comment by jon — May 7, 2008 @ 11:22 am
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DG @ #2…make that a Taylor-Fladgate 1994 vintage port, sir…from my cellar.
Hung @ #4…”Abu Dhabi Hot Pocket”…bravo, but dark brown is the giver, not the getter, no?
Comment by sb — May 7, 2008 @ 11:16 am
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My favorite economist cover: http://home.lbl.gov:8080/~psb/Economist/GreetingsEarthlings.jpg
Comment by Matt — May 7, 2008 @ 11:08 am
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Looks like the dark brown camel is getting the “Abu Dhabi Hot Pocket.”
Comment by hunglikehussain — May 7, 2008 @ 11:05 am
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the economist is my bible.
i knew there was a reason i read this blog
Comment by ryan — May 7, 2008 @ 11:05 am
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Sir –
This is likely the only sports blog in the world whose proprietor calls The Economist his favourite magazine. And it shows. One hundred glasses of port for you, sir.
DG
Washington, DC USA
Comment by DevilGrad — May 7, 2008 @ 11:04 am
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Take a look at CNN.com. On the headlines page, you can actually order shirts with the title of the article on it.
In other words, I can actually own a shirt that says, “60-lb. pit bull found wedged in engine.”
Comment by Zone Left — May 7, 2008 @ 11:00 am