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  • Like all forms of protectionism, the NY regime is, to paraphrase Nock, the robbery of the consumer by the liquor store owner with Stale Dale getting his cut.

    Political Class Dismissed James Ostrowski 2010

  • In loving memory of Isadore "Nock" Charns, husband of Fran; father of Larry and the late Stuart, Jeffrey and Donald; grandfather of Lisa, Stephanie, Leslie, Daniel and Paul; brother of Sol and Harvey Charnofsky and the late Sam and Ben, a monument will be dedicated Sun.,

    unknown title 2009

  • Nock was writing in 1936, and his idea was that the mid-thirties opponents of the inevitable slide toward socialism were being insuperably hampered by the need to appeal to a mass audience:

    Matthew Yglesias » DeMint’s Remnant 2009

  • Three cartoonists (me, Diana Nock and Mike Bocianowski) are given a challenge made up of suggestions from the audience which they have to draw against a strict time limit, the winner being judged by the volume of audience cheering.

    Kids Read Comics Report (with preamble) Roger Langridge 2010

  • Nock goes on to offer a reading of the story of the Prophet Isaiah in which the moral of the story turns out to be the need to spend less time focusing on the appeal to the masses on more time on preserving a pure “remnant” of conservatism that could return at some long-distant future point.

    Matthew Yglesias » DeMint’s Remnant 2009

  • No one said this better than the libertarian Albert Jay Nock in a letter dated August 22, 1938: The simple truth is that our businessmen do not want a government that will let business alone.

    Business Often Seeks To Use Government 2011

  • As the evening rolls on it gets a little easier, as I finally get to meet a lot of names who have up until now only been voices on my computer, or names in books and on websites - Kevin Cross (and his smart, funny wife Laura), Mark Rudolph, Diana Nock, Ryan Estrada, Krishna Sadasivam, Sara Turner and others I'm sure I'm blanking on right now.

    Kids Read Comics Report (with preamble) Roger Langridge 2010

  • Three cartoonists (me, Diana Nock and Mike Bocianowski) are given a challenge made up of suggestions from the audience which they have to draw against a strict time limit, the winner being judged by the volume of audience cheering.

    Archive 2010-06-01 Roger Langridge 2010

  • The group's new EP, "Trouble in Mind," sparkles with clever arrangements that are performed deftly by drummer David Nock, who worked with Paul McCartney, and guitarist Simon Tong, who has played with the Verve and Blur.

    Jamming on Rock and Gospel Jim Fusilli 2010

  • As the evening rolls on it gets a little easier, as I finally get to meet a lot of names who have up until now only been voices on my computer, or names in books and on websites - Kevin Cross (and his smart, funny wife Laura), Mark Rudolph, Diana Nock, Ryan Estrada, Krishna Sadasivam, Sara Turner and others I'm sure I'm blanking on right now.

    Archive 2010-06-01 Roger Langridge 2010

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