Read A Matter of Principle

Lord Black's post reminds me to mention that one of the reasons I've been out of pocket is A Matter of Principle, his gripping memoir, which I was asked to review for the next edition of The New Criterion -- our friend Roger Kimball, the editor of the TNC, reviewed it in a recent issue of NR. I would say that there is no describing how profoundly Conrad was wronged by our nation's insane disdain for, and criminalization of, free enterprise, and how shocking it can be when the system decides not merely to pursue but to ruin a man and his family -- except that Conrad has described it with his characteristic panache and persuasive force. If you have not read it, you should.