Sad End

Via Roderick's other blog, I've just learned that Laissez-Faire Books is closing their business. As Roderick notes, the rationale is understandable, but I can't help note the event with sadness. I remember when they were a physical store in Manhattan, and many times when I was in Grad school I would go up there, often with my friend Dan Schmutter. I picked up many books there which contributed to my education in classical liberalism, things which for the most part wouldn't have occurred to most of my professors. The store, and later the catalogue, was an open door for me into a world which otherwise might have remained obscure. Not just philosophy and economics, either: I discovered Steve Ditko's brilliant Static via LFB also. The more I think about this, the sadder I'm getting, but I have a 9:30 class to teach, so this will have to do for now. :-(