From the print and online editions of the nation's premier urban-policy magazine http://www.city-journal.org/cj-comments.xml?story=6809 Manhattan Institute Dave forwarded your email and I enjoyed this article you wrote. Didn't know you ever smoked. Dave and I did from dating to young married. I gave up the stuff for good the day I gave birth to Maggi. Can you believe I smoked during both pregnancies and didn't have a clue that it was bad news for me or our kids. Dave gave it up much later, and then we began to learn about the harm second-hand smoke does. Best to you both. If you're ever in Durham let us know. http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=6809#6568 http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=6809#6568 Fri, 27 May 2011 16:30:02 EDT An unusual way of describing the pleasures of smoking a cigar, but very poetic. I am going to smoke a cigar right now. http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=6809#4774 http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=6809#4774 Mon, 21 Feb 2011 11:48:58 EST Lovely article, Jerry. The sublime qualities of the cigar are quite at odds with the pedestrian "cool", and today not-so-cool, of the cigarette. Here in DC, the opportunity to share this experience with others is severly hindered by overly restrictive regulations about where one can imbibe. Spring is still months away, and outdoor smoking is but a memory and a wish. I am a cigar maker, one of two in the Metropolitan area, so glad that I found the noble cigar, and quit the evil "nail". http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=6809#4707 http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=6809#4707 Sun, 20 Feb 2011 09:09:40 EST Very nicely written. http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=6809#4504 http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=6809#4504 Tue, 15 Feb 2011 05:19:28 EST Such poignant musing on cigars. I can't wait for this weather to thaw a little...nothing beats having a cigar on a spring or summer night! Guess it's time to head to http://www.famous-smoke.com and stock up! http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=6809#4477 http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=6809#4477 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 06:34:47 EST Great article. The simple joys are mostly the best joys. http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=6809#4397 http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=6809#4397 Sat, 12 Feb 2011 10:11:08 EST I love good journalism. Great article, Professor Weinberger. http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=6809#4372 http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=6809#4372 Fri, 11 Feb 2011 14:16:10 EST Big tobacco knew early on what their product did to people's health, but they lied about it. They deserved what they got. To those people bemoaning the fact that public health "fascism" stops them smoking ..... we live in a shared social space. The moment you light up a cigarette, cigar or pipe, then it becomes your space. There is no compromise possible on this. Its only when you become an ex-smoker that you realise how intrusive the habit is. http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=6809#4342 http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=6809#4342 Wed, 09 Feb 2011 13:52:23 EST Great article Professor Weinberger! While I lost my infatuation with cigarettes at the young age of 19, cigars have continued to have a mystical hold on me. A nice meal, good sex, a job well done; everything is better when it is finished with a long contemplative smoke. Unfortunately I live in NYC where the notion of "the consent of the governed" disappeared long ago and it's nearly impossible to have a cigar and a drink with your friends in public. We carry on though. Cheers! http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=6809#4340 http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=6809#4340 Wed, 09 Feb 2011 12:46:39 EST Mr. Weinberger, this piece was a pleasure to savor, right down to the final draw. http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=6809#4335 http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=6809#4335 Wed, 09 Feb 2011 06:30:15 EST As an ex-cigarette smoker, I read the article with fond memories of the sublime pleasure that is smoking a cigarette especially, for me, with my morning cup of coffee. And no, I never kidded myself that I was doing something that was good for my health. But I do now enjoy the pleasure of a fine tobacco product, the occasional robusto-sized cigar. Not quite the same, but still in its own way, tremendously satisfying. Regrettably we now live in a society where smokers of all types are demonized and, in our schools, categorized with illegal drug users. Very sad. Perhaps I will console myself with a cigar this evening. http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=6809#4333 http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=6809#4333 Wed, 09 Feb 2011 05:23:20 EST Jeez, what is with these cigar dorks? They're better off endlessly jawing their tiresome mantra, "It doesn't get any better than this!" than trying to wax all lyrical as in this soggy-brained cesspool. http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=6809#4331 http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=6809#4331 Wed, 09 Feb 2011 04:15:21 EST Why the separation of Americans into CLASSES? The class construct is a European mindset! Please explain? J.Berger(Drammen, Norway) Date: 2/9/11 http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=6809#4330 http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=6809#4330 Wed, 09 Feb 2011 02:42:07 EST You should give up the cigar too, bub. And although your writing is lovely it's just too damn seductive for former smokers. I don't smoke. I am, in fact, one of those annoying asthmatics who wave away smoke ostentatiously in public. I think what your anti-smoke essay is going to do is entice those who are on the wagon in the non-smoker to start puffing away again. Bad, bad, bad. http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=6809#4327 http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=6809#4327 Tue, 08 Feb 2011 22:11:35 EST Never smoked - didn't like it. But loved characters in the movies who did. http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=6809#4325 http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=6809#4325 Tue, 08 Feb 2011 19:13:59 EST Wow... I am not a smoker, except for the very rare cigar, whose reality is usually not as good as the thought of it. Nevertheless, the poetry and the picture it evokes make me wanna go burn one, toute de suite (as my late grandfather would say). DS http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=6809#4323 http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=6809#4323 Tue, 08 Feb 2011 17:57:52 EST A pleasant essay describing pleasurable moments. Thank you! http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=6809#4322 http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=6809#4322 Tue, 08 Feb 2011 17:55:21 EST Gads. I haven't wanted a smoke so much since 1982. http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=6809#4321 http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=6809#4321 Tue, 08 Feb 2011 16:47:46 EST Love the writing. I've been up Hwy. 99 quite a few times, and Dr. W's description of it brought back lots of good memories. http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=6809#4320 http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=6809#4320 Tue, 08 Feb 2011 16:44:17 EST Wonder if Dr. Weinberger is familiar with Dr. Freud's observation that sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. He does, anyway, confirm it. http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=6809#4319 http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=6809#4319 Tue, 08 Feb 2011 16:29:55 EST What a lovely bit of writing. I'd like to know when and where you publish more. You really should join THE VOCABULA REVIEW. You would like them and they you. Be well, Richard http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=6809#4318 http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=6809#4318 Tue, 08 Feb 2011 15:40:06 EST