When (Wo)man’s Best Friend Dies: Rest in Peace Murray
Apr 30th, 2014 | By Mike Schwartz | Category: Features, Lead ArticleBy Paul Gottfried This story originally appeared in Community Digital News February 10, 2014 – Last week my wife’s Basset died at the age of ten and a half. Murray was a gentle creature with an unforgettably droopy face, short, stubby legs, and an interminably long torso. He was named for the economist Murray Rothbard, who was a close friend of ours. Since Murray had no offspring, we decided to give our puppy his name, and from what our friends told us, our pet “looked exactly like a Murray.” The name fitted our Basset to perfection, although he looked nothing[Read more...]