Short Review: Quaffable, but not transcendent.
Month: August 2010
Socrates, we’ll remember, felt a reverent awe in the face of poetry. In Ion, god-inspired rhapsody had...
It was a disaster, a quagmire, a nightmare, and the American government should have never gotten us...
[Update: In response to comments, I have toned this post down a bit. It was unduly harsh in relation to the fault...
This is my confession: I did not emerge from the womb a fully-formed beer snob. I will...
I’m not a libertarian but I do share many beliefs in common with libertarians. That’s one reason...
At Master Resource, Paul Schwennesen takes on oil spill alarmism:
It wasn’t so long ago that everyone just loved Cash for Clunkers. People thought I was a...
In wine there is truth, in beer there is freedom, in water there is bacteria. — Unknown...
If you’ve been following Erik’s debate over the origins of the craft brew movement, you might be...
Interesting thoughts from The Washington City Paper on what makes a craft beer. Now that the industry...
My favorite spot to view him is standing by the Pagoda looking East over Patterson Park at...
Bill Kauffman just reminded me of his excellent Ray Bradbury remembrance (you’ve already caught Bradbury’s tirade against...
Conor Friedersdorf ponders the poisonous question: Who rules? Is it liberal elites in the media and culture...
I’m not sure this is the best approach to “beer blogging”, but I thought I’d post something...
The Washington Monthly’s college rankings issue is an excellent read, and I hope their list of dropout...
Jonathan Strong has an interesting piece on the sometimes-fuzzy line between blogging and paid political advocacy. I...
NR’s latest on Ayn Rand is quite good. As a side note, I’m glad to know I’m...
Friedrich Hayek famously suggested that we could improve on representative democracy by separating state powers in yet...
Philadelphia starts requiring bloggers to get $300 licenses (via):
