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Brews You Can Use IV

For my transcendentalist, beer-drinking readers. You can't judge a book by its cover, but this cover is beautiful:

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And speaking of regional beer news, readers in the tri-state area of Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana will be glad to see that some old Cincinnati beers like Hudepohol are coming back to town.

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Back in the greasy, disco-lit haze of the 1970s and the dawn of the Reaganite ‘80s, the publishing world churned out a billion paperbacks. They were dirt cheap, some even free, handed out like girlie pamphlets on the Vegas strip. But there was a hook: they were riddled with ads,

Books Can Shield You From Cults

Role models are great. We all oughtta have a few. But don’t underestimate the anti-role models. These cautionary wraiths of consequence are more often the true educators in this carnival of folly called “modernity,” whispering not “be like me” but “For God’s sake, be anything but.” That lean

Twenty 20th-Century Books for Young Autodidacts

(Actually, there are 33, if you count the honorable mentions) Joseph Epstein is arguably the best essayist alive. He’s urbane, funny, self-deprecating. He’s a fine stylist, and he’s remarkably well-read. I remember William F. Buckley marveling at Epstein’s erudition and wondering how Epstein could have so