"No Amount of Alcohol is Good for You--That Much is Clear"
The idea that moderate drinking is healthy has been debunked . . . currently
Eric Scheske
No Amount of Alcohol is Good for You?
“No Amount of Alcohol is Good for You--That Much is Clear”The idea that moderate drinking is healthy has been debunked . . . currentlyThe Daily EudemonEric Scheske
About a year ago, a friend of mine started evading my invitations to grab a drink. It was only when we caught up for
Capitalism and Communism are Flipsides of the Same Coin?
Rod Dreher calls Niall Ferguson's first column for The Free Press a "banger" and he's right.
Ferguson highlights an alarming number of similarities between the last years of the Soviet Union and the United States today. Does it mean the United States is reaching
The Left Hemisphere Larps
LARPing, Reality, and FraudThis nascent essay needs work, but it’s a decent blog post. The essay could take a few directions. E.g., Fantasy role-playing is fun, but now take your character into the real world. You’re Kick-Ass, coming to beat that inner-city thug, only
Rationalized Ideals of Silence Crashing Against the Rock of Reality
Or rather, "Rationalized Ideals AGAINST Silence Crashing . . . ".
Bill Kauffman on the Subjugation of Canada and Neil Young's Sanity
Bill Kauffman at The American Conservative
Slanting History Since 400 BC
A Substack Montage
Cocaine Beer Coming?
If it were anywhere else in South America, the nondescript house with buckets of coca leaves soaking in liquid could be mistaken for a clandestine cocaine lab.
But this is La Paz, Bolivia, and the fruity aroma of coca steeping in barrels signals that you’ve arrived at the government-
Existence Strikes Back Project Glossary
A work-in-process. Very early stages. I envision the final product will be ten times this long, if not longer. I haven't even begun to include The Hemisphere Hypothesis, but I hope to start soon.
We're on Information Overload. Here's One Solution
One forgotten ancient suggests what we might do with all of today's information