Churchill on Appeasement
Quoting the same article twice is probably bad form, but I had to highlight one of Churchill’s lesser-known lines, which should be thrown back in the face of hawks every time the word “appeasement”...
Author: Will
Beer Blogging: The Gateway Drug
This is my confession: I did not emerge from the womb a fully-formed beer snob. I will admit to sneaking off to the bathroom during high school parties to pour out half-empty Budweisers (adolescence...
How bad was the Deepwater Horizon spill?
At Master Resource, Paul Schwennesen takes on oil spill alarmism:
Beer Blogging: The Godfather Comes Out of Retirement
If you’ve been following Erik’s debate over the origins of the craft brew movement, you might be interested in the story of Jack McAuliffe, a beer enthusiast who built the first modern microbrewery in...
Beer blogging: What makes a craft brew?
Interesting thoughts from The Washington City Paper on what makes a craft beer. Now that the industry is expanding, do numbers or quality distinguish between micro and macro brews?
Bradbury at 90
Bill Kauffman just reminded me of his excellent Ray Bradbury remembrance (you’ve already caught Bradbury’s tirade against big guvmint, the Internets, and our lack of space travel, right?).
The Demand-Driven Prestige Racket
The Washington Monthly’s college rankings issue is an excellent read, and I hope their list of dropout factories generates an appropriate level of heartburn for crummy administrators (their list of top community colleges is...
“The Great Ghastly Rand”
NR’s latest on Ayn Rand is quite good. As a side note, I’m glad to know I’m not the only one who enjoyed The Fountainhead a lot more than Atlas Shrugged.
ATTN: DC Beer Week
I hope Washington-area readers are taking advantage of DC beer week, which features some truly excellent activities.
Your friday night jukebox and a brief announcement about League Beer Week
As a belated rejoinder to Joe Carter’s article on music celebrating abusive relationships, I thought I’d post this: I think The Crystal’s were pretty clearly rationalizing an abusive relationship (“If he didn’t care for...
Fresh as boiled cabbage
Having endured one of his commencement addresses, I naively assumed that my opinion of Newt Gingrich could not get much lower. Boy was I wrong! No, I’m not referring to his incoherent objections to...
Toy Story
Why did Star Wars go off the rails? The Los Angeles Times takes a look at the producers’ internecine squabbles — and how the toy industry shaped the movies’ trajectory:
The Gay Rights Movement’s Pyhrric Victory
I’m still wading through the text of the Perry decision, but this post sums up my feelings on the legal strategy of gay marriage advocates:
Bloomberg’s Tribalism
I hate to be the turd in the punch bowl, but Bloomberg’s latest proclamation on the ‘Ground Zero Mosque’ would be a bit easier to take if he wasn’t such an avowed defender of...
The Breeders
Inspired by Jason’s latest post, I decided to pick up a copy of A Farewell to Alms yesterday. After reading a chapter or two, I think some of his criticism misses the mark. First,...
