The launch of the FlynnFiles book club is two weeks away. The inaugural selection is F.A. Hayek's The Fatal Conceit. The benefit of assigning a book that I've never read is that I get to read a new book. The danger is the unexpected, which in the case of The Fatal Conceit is that the book is not as accessible as I had hoped. Not to worry, that's what the book club is for. There are a lot of smart blokes lurking about FlynnFiles, and surely they will help us all to understand the 154-page read. In addition to the FlynnFiles regulars, there will be a few ringers who will be joining us for the multi-post discussion. If you want to participate, pick up a copy of The Fatal Conceit through FlynnFiles or some other venue. If you've already picked up the book, happy reading! You have two weeks--just eleven pages a day--to finish.

Yep, there's still time to take advantage of this focused study opportunity. I've gotten through about 11 pages so far and like Dan says it's a little lumpy. But it also seems offer talking points on socialized vs. free-market economics that will last a lifetime.

The book gets easier as you go along, so if you get through the first chapter you'll be fine as two and three seem a lot easier to comprehend through just a light read.

I like the idea of a book club. But since I can't read (public schools) how about also having a movie club. This would help the thousands of Flynnfiles who look at Flynnfiles but don't really understand it. The first movie could be the one I watched last night, Team America. It was great.Disuss.

Sarge,
What I find curious about the South Park boys is how they are perceived as liberal by liberals and conservative by conservatives. Despite my retrograde stance, I thought their sendup of gung ho Americans was hysterically funny. Perhaps it is my dislike of the snooty anti-American French that made the destruction of Paris in its defense seem so funny, but it was funny. And of course I enjoyed watching them stick pins in the Hollywood doughheads. The entire discussion of a**holes, pussies, and dicks was funny and somehow bearing more than a grain of truth.